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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kelley, William Darrah 1814-1890 (search)
Kelley, William Darrah 1814-1890 Legislator; born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 12, 1814; admitted to the bar in 1841; was a Freetrade Democrat till 1848, when he entered the Republican party, becoming a firm abolitionist and protectionist. He was elected to Congress in 1860, and held a seat in that body for many years. He was the author of Slavery in the Territories (an address); Address at the colored Department of the House of refuge; Reasons for abandoning the theory of free-trade and adopting the principle of protection to American industry; Letters on industrial and financial questions; The New South, etc. He died in Washington, D. C., Jan. 9, 1890.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
urder of Dr. Cronin, of Chicago, and Beggs acquitted......Dec. 16, 1889 La grippe invades the United States......Dec. 21, 1889 Horatio Allen, first locomotive engineer in the United States, dies at Montrose, N. J., aged eighty-eight......Jan. 1, 1890 State dinner given by the President to the Vice-President and cabinet......Jan. 7, 1890 William D. Kelley, born 1814, the oldest member of the House of Representatives in term of service (since 1860) as well as in years, dies......Jan. 9, 1890 Woman's Christian Temperance League organized at Cleveland, O.......Jan. 23, 1890 House of Representatives disputes on the power of the speaker to count a quorum when members present refuse to vote......Jan. 29, 1890 Wife and daughter of Secretary of the Navy Tracy lose their lives in the burning of their residence at Washington, D. C.......Feb. 3, 1890 Gentiles at Salt Lake City, Utah, for the first time obtain control in a local election......Feb. 10, 1890 Proclamation of
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Florida, (search)
for draining Lake Okeechobee and reclaiming land; half of reclaimed land to go to the contractors......1882 Trustees remove the State university from Eau Gallie to Lake City and incorporate the Florida University......1883 At the November election a new constitution, formed by the convention of 1885, ratified by the people......Nov. 2, 1886 Discovery of phosphate rock in abundance near Dunnellen, Marion county......June, 1889 Sub-tropical exposition opens at Jacksonville......Jan. 9, 1890 Constitutional amendment adopted providing that the election of State officers shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in October every second year......November, 1890 Supreme council of the National Farmers' Alliance begins its session at Ocala......Dec. 2, 1890 Gen. Francis E. Spinner, ex-Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, born 1802, dies at Jacksonville......Dec. 31, 1890 Large deposit of Kaolin clay discovered in Putnam and Lake counties......Febru
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pennsylvania, (search)
anniversary of the Declaration of American Independence, opens......May 10, 1876 Great strike of railroad employes, rapidly extending over most of the lines of the northern United States, inaugurated......July 19, 1877 [The strike was not entirely quieted until November.] Natural gas used as fuel in western counties......1884 Johnstown flood......June 1, 1889 William D. Kelley, born in 1814, the oldest member of the House of Representatives, dies in Washington, D. C.......Jan. 9, 1890 Proposal of Mr. Carnegie to expend $1,000,000 for a public library in Pittsburg accepted......Feb. 10, 1890 Cyclone at Wilkesbarre and other towns, killing fourteen, injuring 180, and damaging property to $1,000,000......Aug. 19, 1890 Boundary between Pennsylvania and New York agreed upon by commissioners, March 26, 1886, and confirmed by both legislatures, is approved by Congress......Aug. 19, 1890 International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers is organized at Pittsburg...