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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2 2 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 10. (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ely, Richard Theodore, 1854- (search)
Ely, Richard Theodore, 1854- Political economist; born in Ripley, N. Y., April 13, 1854; graduated at Columbia University in 1876; became Professor of Political Economy in the University of Wisconsin in 1892. Among his works are French and German socialism; Taxation in American States; Socialism and social reform; The social law of service; The labor movement in America, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pennsylvania, (search)
Philadelphia and Pittsburg connected by telegraph......Dec. 26, 1846 State forbids the use of jails to hold fugitive slaves......May 3, 1848 Resurvey of Mason and Dixon's line completed......Nov. 19, 1849 Judiciary made elective......1850 Manufacture of galvanized iron begun In Philadelphia......1852 Railroad track torn up at Harbor Creek, near Erie, by the opposition to the railroad......Dec. 9, 1853 Pennsylvania State Agricultural College organized in Centre county. April 13, 1854 Zinc works at Bethlehem go into operation......Oct. 12, 1854 Entire traffic-line of State improvements from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, completed by the State in 1831, sold to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for $7,500,000......July 31, 1857 State divided into twelve (afterwards thirteen) normal school districts......1857 Banks suspend specie payment......1857 First normal school in the State opened at Millersville......1859 First oil-well drilled in the United States