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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Alabama. (search)
e 21. 1865), and in September a convention re-ordained the civil and criminal laws, excepting such as related to slavery: declared the Ordinance of Secession and the State war-debt null; passed an ordinance against slavery: and provided for an election of State officers, who were chosen in November. The government thus constituted remained in force until superseded by military rule in 1867. In November of that year a convention formed a new constitution for the State, which was ratified Feb. 4, 1868. State officers and members of Congress having been duly chosen, and all requirements complied with, Alabama became entitled to representation in Congress; and on July 14, 1868, the military relinquished to the civil authorities all legal control. The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the national Constitution were ratified by Alabama, the latter Nov. 16, 1870. Population in 1890, 1,508,073; in 1900, 1,828,697. Governors of the Mississippi Territory. Including the present Stat
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Inflation legislation. (search)
pproved April 12, 1866, directed that of United States notes not more than $10,000,000 may be retired and cancelled within six months of the passage of this act, and thereafter not more than $4,000,000 per month. Under this act the notes were retired and cancelled as provided by law, and reduced to ashes, as provided by treasury regulations, until threatened stringency in the money market made Congress eager to ward off, if possible, the inevitable result of contraction. By an act of Feb. 4, 1868, the authority to further retire United States notes was suspended, then leaving outstanding $356,000,000. Now the maximum limit of United States notes had been fixed, by the act of June 30, 1864, as $400,000,000, and during the year 1870 some financial genius discovered that this was meant to indicate the minimum also, and that $44,000,000 in notes, though they had been burned according to regulations, still remained as a reserve, which the Secretary of the Treasury could issue or retire
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Arkansas (search)
63 Union forces occupy Little Rock......Sept. 10, 1863 Union State convention assembles to form a new constitution......Jan. 8, 1864 Dr. Isaac Murphy provisional governor; inaugurated......Jan. 22, 1864 Constitution ratified by vote of the people......March 14, 1864 [The legislature under this constitution is not recognized by Congress.] Arkansas and Mississippi formed into the 4th Military District under Gen. Edward O. C. Ord.......1867 New constitution reported......Feb. 4, 1868 New constitution adopted and ratified......March 13, 1868 State readmitted to the Union over Johnson's veto......June 22, 1868 Military commander, Gen. A. C. Gillem, turns over the State to the civil authorities......June 22, 1868 Gen. Thomas C. Hindman assassinated at Helena by an old soldier......1868 Powell Clayton elected governor......1868 Governor Clayton places ten counties under martial law......Nov. 9, 1868 Elisha Baxter nominated for governor by the Republic