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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Michigan, (search)
y law, March 18, 1837, and located at Ann Arbor, is opened for reception of students......Sept. 20, 1842 State land office established at Marshall by law, to take charge of and dispose of 500,000 acres granted by Congress......April, 1843 James G. Birney, of Michigan, nominated as Liberty candidate for President of the United States......1844 Copper-mining in the upper peninsula of Michigan begun......1845 Seat of government permanently located at Lansing by act approved......March 16, 1847 Michigan and Wisconsin troops enlisted for the Mexican War leave Detroit by boat for Vera Cruz......April 24, 1847 Capital punishment, except for treason, abolished in the State......1847 Epaphroditus Ransom elected governor......November, 1847 Constitution framed by a convention which met at Lansing June 3; adopted by vote of the people......Nov. 5, 1850 Governor McClelland made United States Secretary of the Interior, Lieut.-Gov. Andrew Parsons acting governor......March
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 30: addresses before colleges and lyceums.—active interest in reforms.—friendships.—personal life.—1845-1850. (search)
Jan. 6. 1847; Guns and Plumes in a Christian Church, disapproving the wearing of military uniforms in the Old South Church on Election day, Boston Chronotype, Jan. 14, 1847; The Boston Atlas and Southern Influence, setting forth the pro-slavery tone of that journal, especially in its Washington correspondence, Boston Whig, Jan. 5 and 19, 1817; The Next Presidency, insisting on a candidate of well-defined antislavery position, Courier, Jan. 22, 1847; D. P. King's speech in Congress, Whig, March 16, 1847; Rev. George Putnam's sermon on the Mexican War, a criticism on the sermon which brought about a correspondence between the preacher and the critic, ending however in a good understanding, Courier, May 8, 1847: Thanks to General Taylor, denying the propriety of such a testimony to victories obtained in an unjust war, Courier, April 17, 1847; The Position of Massachusetts, viewed in the light of the division in the Whig party on the slavery question, and the importance of union against th