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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 4 4 Browse Search
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Mrs. John A. Logan, Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife: An Autobiography, Chapter 10: (search)
beautiful in either style or color. The dear lady could not accomplish very much with the small appropriation that was made for the repairs in the White House. Congress had at that time a very different idea of the necessities of the home of the President from the one it holds to-day. Americans had not arrived at an appreciation of the gorgeousness of European palaces and the requisites of the home of the ruler of the country. When President and Mrs. Grant moved into the White House, March 5, 1869, they consequently found it in a very deplorable condition, to say nothing of its hideous appearance. I remember well the bright green curtains with gay trimming which used to hang in the state dining-room. Congress was more generous in its appropriation for the repairs necessary at this time than it had been previously. General 0. E. Babcock was authorized to negotiate for many changes, refurnishing and redecorating during the summer of 1869. The relations between General Logan
William Boynton, Sherman's Historical Raid, Chapter 19: (search)
dquarters of the Army, Adjutant-General's office, Washington, March 8, 1869. The following orders of the President of the United States are published for the information and government of all concerned: War Department, Washington city, March 5, 1869. By direction of the President General William T. Sherman will assume command of the Army of the United States. The Chiefs of Staff Corps, Departments, and Bureaus will report to and act under the immediate orders of the General commlowing orders, received from the War Department, are published for the government of all concerned: War Department, Washington city, March 26, 1869. By direction of the President, the order of the Secretary of War, dated War Department, March 5, 1869, and published in General Orders No. 11, Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant-General's office, dated March 8, 1869, except so much as directs General W. T. Sherman to assume command of the Army of the United States, is hereby rescinded. All
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Idaho (search)
completed under the Chicago River; 810 feet long......December, 1868 U. S. Grant inaugurated President......March 4, 1869 Legislature ratifies the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution; vote, in Senate 17 to 7; in House, 52 to 27......March 5, 1869 Elihu B. Washburne appointed Secretary of the Treasury......March 5, 1869 John A. Rawlins appointed Secretary of War......March 11, 1869 Appropriation made by legislature for the Northern Illinois Hospital for the Insane at Elgin....March 5, 1869 John A. Rawlins appointed Secretary of War......March 11, 1869 Appropriation made by legislature for the Northern Illinois Hospital for the Insane at Elgin......1869 Constitution framed by a convention at Springfield, May, 1870, ratified by the people; 134,227 to 35,443......July 2, 1870 Remains of President Lincoln transferred from the temporary tomb to the crypt of the monument at Oak Ridge Cemetery......May, 1871 Deepening of the Illinois and Michigan canal to create a current from Lake Michigan to the Illinois River, begun in 1865, is completed......July 18, 1871 Illinois and Michigan Canal turned over to the State......August, 1871
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
ered 1863; opened......October, 1867 State legislature adjourns after the longest session ever held in the State up to date, being 165 days......June 12, 1868 Worcester Polytechnic Institute at Worcester, chartered 1865; opened......1868 Governor and council contract with Walter Shanly, of Montreal, and Francis Shanly, of Toronto, to complete the Hoosac tunnel before March, 1874, for $4,594,268......Dec. 24, 1868 Ebenezer R. Hoar appointed United States Attorney-General......March 5, 1869 Legislature adopts the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States......March 9-12, 1869 George S. Boutwell appointed Secretary of the Treasury......March 11, 1869 Great peace jubilee in Boston......June 15, 1869 Legislature establishes a bureau of statistics, a State board of health, abolishes the district system of public schools, and adjourns after a session of 171 days......June 25, 1869 Landing at Duxbury, July 23, of the French Atlantic cables celebr
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), North Carolina, (search)
called under the reconstruction acts of Congress by General Canby assembles at Raleigh, Jan. 14; frames a constitution and adjourns, March 16. Constitution is ratified by a popular vote of 93,118 to 74,009......April, 1868 North Carolina readmitted into the Union......June 25, 1868 Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States rejected by North Carolina, Dec. 4, 1866, is ratified by legislature......July 4, 1868 Legislature ratifies the Fifteenth Amendment......March 5, 1869 Acts of violence by secret organizations in Lenoir, Jones, Orange, and Chatham counties lead Governor Holden to issue a proclamation of admonition and warning......Oct. 20, 1869 Owing to alleged outrages of the Kuklux, Governor Holden proclaims Alamance county in a state of insurrection, March 7, 1870, and Caswell county, July 8, and sends militia into the disturbed counties under Colonel Kirk......July, 1870 Colonel Kirk arrests persons implicated in deeds of violence; writs o