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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Connecticut, (search)
Jan. 9, 1879 Boundary dispute between New York and Connecticut, begun in 1856, is settled, the southern boundary being fixed through the middle of Long Island Sound; the oblong tract, 4.68 square miles in area, lying 20 miles east of the North River, goes to New York......1880 Board of Pardons, consisting of the governor, a judge of the Supreme Court of Errors, and four persons appointed by the General Assembly, who must all concur in a pardon, is created by legislature......Jan. 3–May 3, 1883 Bronze memorial statue of William A. Buckingham, Connecticut's war governor, is unveiled in Hartford......June 18, 1884 State constitution amended; biennial legislative sessions to begin in 1887; ratified by 30,520 to 16,380......Oct. 6, 1884 President Noah Porter, of Yale University, resigns......1886 Republican candidates for State officers elected by the legislature, there being no choice in State election of Nov. 2, 1886......January, 1887 First text-book ever publishe
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wrecks. (search)
Peninsular and Oriental steamer Bombay, off Yokohama; about 115 lives lost......Jan. 24, 1870 American steamer Pacific collides, 30 miles southwest of Cape Flattery; 236 lives lost......Nov. 4, 1875 American schooner Sunshine stranded near Cape Foulweather, Or.; twenty lives lost......Nov. 18, 1875 American bark Malleville stranded on Vancouver Island; nineteen lives lost......Oct. 10, 1882 Grappler burned near Bute Inlet, Vancouver Island; about seventy lives lost......about May 3, 1883 American schooner Flying Scud, bound for Kadiak, Alaska, never heard from; twenty-four persons on board......November, 1886 American schooner Harvey Mills founders, 60 miles southwest of Cape Flattery, Wash.; twenty-three lives lost......Dec. 14, 1886 American bark Atlantic stranded at entrance to Golden Gate, Cal.; twenty-seven lives lost......Dec. 17, 1886 American ship St. Stephen, from Port Townsend to San Francisco, founders at sea; twenty-seven lives lost......April,