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Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct., chapter 10 (search)
The Daily Dispatch: January 19, 1865., [Electronic resource], Three hundred Dollars Reward. (search)
Confederate Congress.
Senate.
Wednesday, January 18, 1865.
Prayer by the Rev. Dr. Read, of the Presbyterian Church.
On resolution, by Mr. Walker, of Alabama, the privileges of the floor of the Senate were extended to Captain Raphael Semmes during his stay in the city.
Mr. Sparrow offered a resolution calling upon the President to communicate to the Senate information asked for in a resolution of the Senate of last November as to the number of persons in each State exempted from military service by reason of being claimed as State officers; and, also, information in response to resolutions of November 9th as to the number of exemptions and details for express, telegraph and railroad companies.
Agreed to.
Senate bill for the re-organization of companies, battalions and regiments was, on motion, by Mr. Sparrow, postponed till half-past 12 o'clock P. M. to-day.
Mr. Oldham introduced a bill, which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, to amend the ac
The Daily Dispatch: January 19, 1865., [Electronic resource], Runaway.--one thousand Dollars Reward. (search)
Virginia Legislature [extra session.]
Senate. Wednesday, January 18, 1865.
At 12 o'clock M. the Senate was called to order.
Prayer by Rev. Dr. McCabe.
On motion of Mr. Christian, of Augusta, the House bill authorizing the County Court of Augusta to make an additional levy for the support of soldiers' families was taken from the calendar, read the requisite number of times and passed:
Mr. Brannon, from the Finance Committee, reported, without amendment, House bill for the relief of the securities of John E. Lewis, late sheriff of Greenbrier county.
Read a third time and laid on the table.
A resolution was offered by Mr. Dickinson, inquiring into the expediency of so amending the Code of Virginia as more effectually to prevent slaves from going at large and trading as free persons.
Mr. Dulaney reported an act authorizing the Auditor of Public Accounts to pay General Samuel Cooper for a horse impressed for the service of the State.--Referred to the Comm
The Daily Dispatch: February 3, 1865., [Electronic resource], General Lee Commander-in-chief . (search)
The Correspondence connected with the resignation of Hon. James A. Seddon.
Confederate States of America,War Department,Richmond, Va., January 18, 1865. His Excellency Jefferson Davis, President:Sir:
I have been surprised to learn that, on a recent conference of the members of Congress from Virginia, they resolved, as a delegation, to advise you to re-organize your Cabinet by relieving all the present heads of departments.--While this action operates with different influences on me than on the other members of this Cabinet, you will understand my feeling that it ought to be, as it is, controlling with me. After such an expression of opinion on the part of the delegation from my own State, I could no longer fill my present position with its full measure of usefulness to you or the Confederacy.
As a sense of duty has alone induced me to undertake and endure the incessant labors and anxieties of my office, I can have no hesitation in relinquishing it when a similar motive imp