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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 6 6 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 2 2 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Neilson, John 1745-1833 (search)
Neilson, John 1745-1833 Military officer; born in New Brunswick, N. J., March 11, 1745; was commissioned colonel of the 2d Middlesex Regiment in 1776; made a brigadier-general of militia in 1777; member of the Continental Congress from New Jersey in 1778-79; and member of the State Assembly in 1800-1. He died in New Brunswick, N. J., March 3, 1833
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nullification, (search)
ritten by Louis McLane, then Secretary of the Treasury, met the hearty response of every friend of the Union of whatever party. It was emphasized by ordering United States troops to Charleston and Augusta. Met by such boldness and determination on the part of the President, with such a loyal majority of the people of the Union behind him, the South Carolina nullifiers, though led by such able men as John C. Calhoun and Robert Y. Hayne, paused for a moment; but their zeal in the assertion of State supremacy did not for a moment abate. Every day the tempest-cloud of civil commotion grew darker and darker, until at length Henry Clay, the founder of the American system which had produced this uproar, presented a compromise bill, Feb. 12, 1833, which provided for a gradual reduction of the obnoxious duties during the succeeding ten years. This compromise measure was accepted by both parties. It became a law March 3, 1833, and the discord between the North and South ceased for a while.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tariff. (search)
em duties for revenue only......Feb. 8, 1832 John Quincy Adams reports a bill repealing the act of 1828, and reducing duties on coarse woollens, iron, etc.......May 23, 1832 Tariff bill retaining the protective features of the tariff of 1828, but reducing or abolishing many taxes, is reported. It reduced the tax on iron, increased that on woollens, made some raw wools free, and left cotton unchanged. Duties of less than $200 to be paid in cash without discount, law to take effect March 3, 1833; approved......July 14, 1832 Representatives from South Carolina publish an address on the subject of the tariff, urging resistance......July 15, 1832 Convention meets in Columbia, S. C., Nov. 19, and calls on the legislature to declare the tariff acts of 1824 and 1828 null and void in that State, and to prohibit the collection of duties there after Feb. 1, 1833; law passed......Nov. 24, 1832 Secretary of the Treasury, in his report, recommends a reduction of duties to the requi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ctoral votes counted in the House......Feb. 11, 1829 Twentieth Congress adjourns......March 3, 1829 eleventh administration—Democratic, March 4, 1829, to March 3, 1833. Andrew Jackson, Tennessee, President. John C. Calhoun, South Carolina Vice-President. John Jay, statesman, dies at Bedford, N. Y.......May 19, 1829 Jamd......Feb. 13, 1833 Compromise tariff passes the House, 119 to 85......Feb. 26, 1833 And the Senate, 29 to 16......March 1, 1833 Becomes a law......March 3, 1833 [This law scaled down all duties so that 20 per cent. should be the standard duty in 1842.] Twenty-second Congress adjourns......March 3, 1833 TwelfthMarch 3, 1833 Twelfth administration—Democratic, March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1837. Andrew Jackson, Tennessee, President. Martin Van Buren, New York, Vice-President. South Carolina repeals the ordinance of nullification in a convention held......March 16, 1833 John Randolph, of Virginia, dies in Philadelphia, aged sixty......May 24, 1833 P