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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Greeley, Horace 1811-1872 (search)
the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery, and which might come by and with the authority that could control the armies then at war with the United States. This declaration was the grand object of the Confederates at Niagara, and they used it to fire the Southern heart and to sow the seeds of discontent among the loyal people of the land. Accepting Presidential nominations. The Liberal Republican Convention, held in Cincinnati, gave him the nomination for the Presidency on May 1, 1872, and on the 3d the committee on notifications informed him of the convention's choice. On the day following the nomination Mr. Greeley retired from all connection with the editorial department of the Tribune, and on May 20 he accepted the nomination in the following letter to the committee: New York, May 20, 1872. Gentlemen,—I have chosen not to acknowledge your letter of the 3d inst. until I could learn how the work of your convention was received in all parts of our great country,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Liberal Republican party, (search)
e and enforcement of the so-called Force bill (see Ku-Klux Klan), on April 20, 1871, increased the movement to such an extent that organization only seemed necessary to make it a telling power. A union of Liberal Republicans and Democrats was effected in Missouri in 1870-71. Its leading principles were a reform of the tariff and the civil service, universal suffrage, universal amnesty, and the cessation of unconstitutional laws to cure Ku-klux disorders, irreligion, or intemperance. On May 1, 1872, this fusion held a national convention in Cincinnati, which nominated Horace Greeley, of New York, for President, and B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri, for Vice-President. On July 9 the Democratic National Convention adopted the platform and candidates of the Cincinnati convention, and in the ensuing election the ticket of Greeley and Brown was overwhelmingly defeated. The party really became disintegrated before the election, but after that event its dissolution was rapid, and by 1876 th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Parks in the United States. (search)
Parks in the United States. The development of the park system, national, state, and civic, in the United States, is recent, though Boston had its Common, part of a purchase for a cow pasture in 1634, and since 1878 protected from encroachment by law. Interest in public parks was created by the papers of A. J. Downing in 1849, and led to the establishment of Central Park (862 acres) in the city of New York in 1857. The most important national parks or reservations in the United States are: Yosemite Park and Mariposa Grove, on the Merced River in Mariposa county, Cal., discovered in 1851, and established by Congress1864 Yellowstone National Park, 3,575 square miles, nearly all in northwestern Wyoming, established by act of CongressMay 1, 1872 A State forestry commission was appointed by New York State for the preservation of the Adirondack forest1885 State reservation at Niagara Falls opened to the publicJuly 15, 1885
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tariff. (search)
ff which becomes a law by act of......March 2, 1867 Duty on copper and copper ore increased by act of......Feb. 24, 1869 First law distinctly authorizing the appointment of special agents of the treasury in the customs service, passed......May 12, 1870 Following a general debate on an act to reduce internal taxes, etc., a new tariff, retaining most of the protective features, becomes a law......July 14, 1870 Duties removed from tea and coffee after July 1, 1872, by act of......May 1, 1872 General act passed reducing duties on imports and internal taxes......June 6, 1872 All provision moieties to informers repealed, and the proceeds of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures to be paid into the treasury, by act of......June 22, 1874 Tariff law amended by act of Congress......Feb. 8, 1875 Salts and sulphate of quinine put on the free-list......July 1, 1879 Act creating a tariff commission of nine civilians appointed by the President to visit different sections o
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
from North Carolina admitted to a seat, and the Senate for the first time since 1861 is full......April 24, 1872 Brigham Young taken to Camp Douglas, March 21, and released......April 30, 1872 Duty on tea and coffee repealed by act......May 1, 1872 National Liberal Republican Convention meets in Cincinnati, O., Carl Schurz permanent president. Horace Greeley, of New York, nominated for President on the sixth ballot, May 3; Gov. B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri, for Vice-President......MayMay 1-3, 1872 Greeley's letter of acceptance dated......May 20, 1872 Political disabilities under article 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment removed, except from Senators and Representatives in Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses, and officers of the judicial, military, and naval service of the United States, heads of departments, and foreign ministers of the United States, by act......May 22, 1872 Workingmen's National Convention at New York nominates Grant and Wilson for President an
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman), The Cambridge Hospital. (search)
Rebellion, opened in Cambridge, in 1867, with the aid of generous individuals, a hospital for women and children. It was kept open a year, and then closed for want of a house. It was reopened in 1869. On the 13th of February, 1871, the Cambridge Hospital for sick and disabled persons was incorporated. Early in 1872 it became evident, by reason of a lack of interest in the community, that the hospital could no longer be kept open and, with the approval of Miss Parsons, it was closed May 1, 1872. It is due to this warm-hearted, energetic woman to declare that her interest in the hospital never flagged, and the hope never ceased that the day would come when the dearest wish of her heart would be realized. In December, 1873, Mr. Isaac Fay bequeathed to the hospital $10,000, with the restriction that it should be used only for the erection of buildings. This generous bequest thus restricted was carefully invested. In 1881, nine years after the hospital had been closed, Cambrid
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order, Boston events. (search)
School st., purchased by the town, Mar. 31, 1645 Occupied for a school house, 1645 Occupied for a school and engine-house, 1811 An exchange in part with Mr. Richardson, Feb. 19, 1827 Offered for sale, but not sold, May 14, 1827 Additional land bought on School street, June 4, 1839 Trees, shrubbery, and fence removed for new house, Sep. 30, 1862 City Messenger. Johnson Colby, chosen, Sep. 26, 1822 Oliver H. Spurr, chosen, June, 1852 Alvah H. Peters, chosen, May 1, 1872 Marshal, Benjamin Pollard, chosen, May 30, 1823 Daniel Parkman, chosen, June 19, 1837 Ezra Weston, Jr., chosen, June 25, 1838 James H. Blake, chosen, May 1, 1840 Ira Gibbs, chosen, June 25, 1845 Francis Tukey, chosen, June 22, 1846 Fined for fast driving, chosen, May 2, 1848 Office changed to Chief of Police, June 17, 1852 Physician, Theodore Dexter, chosen, June 13, 1825 Jerome Van Crowningshield Smith, chosen, June 3, 1829 Henry G. Clarke, chosen, June 5