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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 3 3 Browse Search
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Reynolds, Elmer Robert 1846- (search)
Reynolds, Elmer Robert 1846- Scientist; born in Dansville, N. Y., July 30, 1846; graduated at Columbia College in 1880. During the Civil War he was in the 10th Wisconsin Cavalry. For many years he was engaged in ethnological exploration. and is the author of Aboriginal Soapstone quarries in the District of Columbia; Pre-Columbian shell mounds at Newburg, Md.; Prehistoric remains in the valleys of the Potomac and the Shenandoah; The War memories of a soldier, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tariff. (search)
d dropping the principle of home valuation, is passed......Sept. 11, 1841 Tariff law passed containing the muchcontroverted and litigated similitude section (sec. 20), imposing duties on non-enumerated articles which may be similar in material, quality, texture, or use to any enumerated article......Aug. 30, 1842 Tariff bill passes the House by a vote of 114 to 95, and the Senate by the casting vote of the Vice-President, George M. Dallas. Average rate of duty 25 1/2 per Cent......July 30, 1846 Warehouse system established by act of Congress......Aug. 6, 1846 Robert J. Walker introduces the system of private bonded warehouses, which is confirmed by act of Congress......March 28, 1854 Free-trade policy declared in the platform of the Democratic party at Cincinnati......June 6, 1856 Tariff act passed lowering the average duty to about 20 per cent.......March 3, 1857 Republican Convention at Chicago adopts a protective-tariff platform......May 17, 1860 Tariff bil
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
Rocky Mountains on the 49th parallel of N. lat., and thus settling the Oregon difficulty ......June 15, 1846 Com. John D. Sloat, of the Pacific Squadron, occupies Monterey, Cal., and proclaims the country annexed to the United States......July 6, 1846 Congress recedes to Virginia the southern part of the District of Columbia......July 9, 1846 Tariff of 1842 repealed, and a revenue tariff passed (in the Senate by the casting vote of Vice-President George M. Dallas)......approved July 30, 1846 Warehouse system established by Congress......Aug. 6, 1846 Independent treasury system re-enacted......Aug. 6, 1846 Wisconsin authorized to form a constitution and State government......Aug. 6, 1846 Bill with the Wilmot proviso attached passes the House by 85 to 79 (no vote in the Senate)......Aug. 8, 1846 Act establishing the Smithsonian Institution approved......Aug. 10, 1846 First session adjourns......Aug. 10, 1846 Brigadier-General Kearny takes peaceable possess