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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 304 304 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 50 50 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 48 48 Browse Search
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The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) 16 16 Browse Search
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r in this Ku-Klux business. The most heinous crimes occurred just before an election. Gradually the friends of order and good government in those very much disturbed sections came to the front and were outspoken in their condemnation of the whippings, lynchings, and assassinations, and all such infamous secret proceedings; so that even when the Regulators were for a time apparently very strong, reaction in the best Southern circles had set in against them before the close of 1869. During 1870, there were few localities which were kept in ferment by these unscrupulous secret organizations. By procuring the support of good citizens all over the South and,when necessary, action by the army to arrest outlaws, our schools whenever temporarily closed were soon reopened and steady progress made. Colonel Beecher, in his June report from Alabama, spoke of bad feeling in a few counties. There were threats to burn school structures, but by vigilance the dreaded calamity was everywhere p
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 59: institutions of the higher grade; the Barry Farm (search)
ciation in 1866. It is mentioned in my accounts for 1870 as having 305 pupils, 9 teachers, and two buildings.$2,000. And the final reference to the college in 1870 shows my authorization of $7,000 more to complete th School, one of a high order, at Selma, Ala., had in 1870 but 35 pupils and two teachers. In 1896 there were 9 at Orangeburg, S. C. In my accounts of schools for 1870 I mention it as then under Methodist auspices. It hnded by the Methodist Freedmen's Aid Society, had in 1870 92 scholars and 5 teachers. It had risen in 1896 t fifteen assistant teachers, commenced his work. In 1870 there were 283 pupils; in 1904, 525 students. Mr. Cs given in our other schools. My own reference of 1870 gave this institution 75 students and 6 teachers. Igrade which began under my supervision from 1865 to 1870 and continued for more than twenty-five years, havinbefore a Congressional Committee of Investigation in 1870, gave to the gentlemen of the committee a few sketch