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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Clay, Henry 1777-1852 (search)
e for the last time from 1849 till 1852, taking a leading part in the compromise measures of 1850, as he did in those of 1832. Mr. Clay did much by his eloquence to arouse a war spirit against Great Britain in 1812; and his efforts were effective in securing an acknowledgment of the independence of the Spanish colonies in South America. He always advocated the thoroughly American policy of President Monroe in excluding European influence on this continent. He died in Washington, D. C., June 29, 1852. The secret history of Clay's Compromise Bill in 1832, which quieted rampant nullification, seems to be as follows: Mr. Calhoun, as leader of the nullifiers, had proceeded to the verge of treason in his opposition to the national government, and President Jackson had threatened him with arrest if he moved another step forward. Knowing the firmness and decision of the President, he dared not take the fatal step. He could not recede, or even stand still, without compromising his chara
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McMaster, John Bach (search)
McMaster, John Bach Historian; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., June 29, 1852; graduated at the College of the City of New York in 1872; employed in civil engineering in 1873-77; instructor in civil engineering at Princeton University in 1877-83; and became Professor of American History in the University of Pennsylvania in the latter year. He has been a prolific producer of historical work of high merit, his best known publications being A history of the people of the United States (7 volumes); Benjamin Franklin as a man of letters; With the fathers; Origin, meaning, and application of the Monroe doctrine; A School history of the United States, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
esidency were Millard Fillmore, New York; Gen. Winfield Scott, Virginia; and Daniel Webster, Massachusetts. On the first ballot Fillmore had 133 votes, Scott 131, and Webster 29; these proportions were maintained very steadily until the fifty-third ballot, when General Scott received 159 votes to 112 for Fillmore, and 21 for Webster. William A. Graham, North Carolina, was on the second ballot nominated for Vice-President.] Henry Clay dies at Washington, D. C., aged seventy-five......June 29, 1852 Branch of the United States mint established at San Francisco, Cal.......July 3, 1852 Free-soil convention at Pittsburg, Pa.......Aug. 11, 1852 [Named John P. Hale, New Hampshire, for President, and George W. Julian, Indiana, for Vice-President.] First session adjourns (after a session of 275 days)......Aug. 31, 1852 Daniel Webster dies at Marshfield, Mass., aged seventy......Oct. 24, 1852 Seventeenth Presidential election takes place......Nov. 2, 1852 Second session
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
ble in the Washington monument at Washington, inscribed, Under the auspices of Heaven and the precepts of Washington, Kentucky will be the last to give up the Union ......Jan. 24, 1850 New constitution adopted......May 7, 1850 Battle monument erected in State cemetery, Frankfort......June 25, 1850 John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, appointed Attorney-General of the United States; and John L. Helm becomes governor......July 31, 1850 Death at Washington, D. C., of Henry Clay......June 29, 1852 United States Military Asylum located at Harrodsburg Springs......May 8, 1853 James Guthrie, of Louisville, Secretary of the Treasury, and Jefferson Davis, of Christian county, Secretary of War......1853 Miss Delia A. Webster again appearing in Kentucky, and assisting Rev. Norris Day in transporting slaves to Ohio, is first requested and then compelled to leave the State......March 12, 1854 A jury having acquitted Matthew F. Ward of the murder of William H. G. Butler in Louis