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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gould, Helen Miller 1868- (search)
Gould, Helen Miller 1868- Philanthropist; born in New York City, June 20, 1868; daughter of Jay Gould; has been actively associated with benevolent work. When the war with Spain began in 1898 she gave the United States government $100,000 to be used at the discretion of the authorities. She was also actively identified with the Woman's National War Relief Association and freely contributed to its work. When the sick, wounded, and convalescent soldiers from Cuba were taken to Camp Wikoff on Long Island, she gave her personal services and also $25,000 for needed supplies. Among her other benefactions are $250,000 to the University of New York for a new library (secretly given in 1895), and later $60,000 for additional cost; $60,000 to Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N. J.; $10,000 for the engineering school of the University of New York; $8,000 to Vassar College; $100,000 to the University of New York for a Hall of Fame; $250,000 for the erection of a Presbyterian church at Ro
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Veto (search)
5, 1867Suffrage in District of ColumbiaPassed over veto. 60Jan. 29, 1867Admission of Colorado. 61Jan. 29, 1867Admission of NebraskaPassed over veto. 62March 2, 1867Tenure of OfficePassed over veto. 63March 2, 1867ReconstructionPassed over veto. 64March 23, 1867Supplemental ReconstructionPassed over veto. 65July 19, 1867Supplemental ReconstructionPassed over veto. 66July 19, 1867Joint Resolution ReconstructionPassed over veto. 67March 25, 1868Amending JudiciaryPassed over veto. 68June 20, 1868Admission of Arkansas (reconstructed)Passed over veto. 69 25 1868Admission of Southern StatesPassed over veto. 70July 20, 1868Exclusion of Electoral Votes of Unreconstructed StatesPassed over veto. 71July 25, 1868Discontinuance of Freedmen's BureauPassed over veto. 72Feb. 13, 1869Trustees of Colored Schools in District of Columbia. 73Feb. 22, 1869Tariff on CopperPassed over veto. Grant, 43. 74Jan. 11, 1870Relief, PrivatePassed one House over veto. 75July 14, 1870Southern Union Tro