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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 3 3 Browse Search
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Treaties. (search)
tax on emigration abolishedBerlinMar. 26, 1844 Hesse-Darmtstadt: Treaty of NaturalizationDarmstadtAug. 1, 1868 Italy: Convention of ConsularWashingtonFeb. 8, 1868 Convention of ExtraditionWashingtonMar. 23, 1868 Treaty of Commerce and navigationFlorenceFeb. 26, 1871 Convention of Consular privilegesWashingtonMay 8, 1878 Convention of Consular rightsWashingtonFeb. 24, 1881 Japan: Treaty of Peace, amity, commerce, etc.KanagawaMar. 31, 1854 Treaty of Commercial; ports openedSimodaJune 17, 1857 Principal treaties and conventions of the United States with other powers—Continued. Foreign Power and Object of Treaty.Where Concluded.Date. Japan—Continued: Treaty of Peace, amity, and commerceTokioJuly 29, 1858 Convention of Reducing import dutiesTokioJan. 28, 1864 Convention of Indemnities. (U. S., Great Britain, France, and Holland sign)YokohamaOct. 22, 1864 Convention of Regarding expense of shipwrecksTokioMay 17, 1880 Treaty of ExtraditionTokioApril 29, 1886 Korea: Tr
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
eighteenth administration—Democratic, March 4, 1857, to March 3, 1861. James Buchanan, Pennsylvania, President. John C. Breckinridge, Kentucky, Vice-President. Chief-Justice Taney, of the Supreme Court, delivers his decision in the Dred Scott case......March 6, 1857 Robert J. Walker, of Mississippi, appointed governor of Kansas, in place of Geary, of Pennsylvania, resigned......April, 1857 Second treaty with Japan; the third port, Nagasaki, opened to the United States......June 17, 1857 Shore end of the Atlantic submarine telegraph cable is fixed by the United States steam-frigate Niagara at Valencia Bay, Ireland......Aug. 5, 1857 Cable breaks after paying out 335 miles......Aug. 11, 1857 [It was abandoned until the next year.] Brigham Young, governor of Utah, by proclamation forbids any armed force coming into Salt Lake City, and orders the troops in readiness to repel such invasion and declares martial law......Sept. 15, 1857 Mountain Meadow (Utah) mass
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Warren, Joseph 1741- (search)
towards Bunker Hill an officer of the British army who knew him called out to him by name to surrender, at the same time commanding his men to cease firing. As Warren turned, attracted by the voice, a bullet penetrated his brain and he fell dead. The Continental Congress voted him a monument, and resolved to educate his infant son at the public Warren's monument. expense. The monument was never erected by the government, but the Bunker Hill monument was unveiled on the famous hill, June 17, 1857. A masonic lodge in Charlestown erected a monument in 1794 on the spot where he fell. It was composed of a brick pedestal 8 feet square, rising 10 feet from the ground, and supporting a Tuscan column of wood 18 feet in height. This was surmounted by a gilt cross, bearing the inscription J. W., aged 35, entwined with masonic emblems. Upon the pedestal was an appropriate inscription. The monument stood thus forty years, when it gave way to the Bunker Hill monument. A beautiful model