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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana 1 1 Browse Search
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Georgia, (search)
xcept in penitentiary discontinued......May 1, 1867 Republican State mass convention held at Atlanta adopts the name Union Republican party of Georgia, and pledges hearty support of reconstruction measures......July 4, 1867 Convention of native white citizens of Georgia, at Macon, under name of Conservative party of Georgia ......Dec. 5, 1867 Constitutional convention, called by order of General Pope, meets at Atlanta......Dec. 9, 1867 Convention makes Atlanta the capital......Jan. 8, 1868 Governor Jenkins, refusing warrant for expenses of constitutional convention, is removed by General Meade, military governor; Maj.-Gen. Thomas H. Ruger made provisional governor......Jan. 13, 1868 State central committee of conservative party meets at Macon and adopts the title The central executive committee of the national Democratic party of Georgia ......Feb. 13, 1868 New constitution ratified......March 11, 1868 Rufus B. Bullock, Republican, elected governor......April 20
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 22: beginning of a New era (search)
ot yet secured all of the capital needed for his new venture, and seemed to be quite uncertain as to his ultimate success. Indeed, that project proved harder to carry through than he expected. So far as could be seen, there were already enough daily newspapers in New York City, and hence, with all Dana could do, he could not complete his financial arrangements till well towards the close of 1867. Perhaps the delay was a fortunate one both for himself and for his stockholders, for on January 8, 1868, he wrote: Thanks for your welcome letter. It finds me in the midst of business. Just as we were about commencing our own paper, the purchase of the Sun was proposed to me and accepted. It has a circulation of from fifty to sixty thousand a day, and all among the mechanics and small merchants of this city. We pay a large sum for it-$175,000-but it gives us at once a large and profitable business. If you have a thousand dollars at leisure you had better invest it in the stoc
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 24: (search)
r all the kindness we received in Dresden from your whole family. Remember us, too, to the Princess Amelia, who was so considerate to us, not only at home, but when we met her afterwards in Florence, and whose works are kept among our pleasant reading and that of our friends. Preserve us, I pray you, in your kind recollections, and believe me to be always, very faithfully and affectionately, Your Majesty's friend and servant, Geo. Ticknor. To Sir Edmund Head, London. Boston, January 8, 1868. my dear Head,—The new year must not get on any farther without my recognizing that I owe you a good deal of happiness, and wishing you a great deal more. I think I wrote to you last, just after we came to town in the late autumn; but whether I did or not, I want to hear from you again. If we had not, in the mean time, heard of Lady Head's recovery, I should have claimed a letter sooner. But we want to hear about all of you,—not forgetting yourself. We want to hear, too, about