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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Debtors. (search)
c, $1,000; total13,000.00 Debt bearing no interest. Dollars. United States notes.Feb. 25, 1862; July 11, 1862; Mar. 3, 1863.346,681,016.00 Old demand notes.July 17, 1861; Feb. 12, 1862.53,847.50 National-bank notes: Redemption account.July 14, 1890.28,703,554.50 Fractional currency.July 17, 1862; March 3, 1863; June 30, 1864, less $8,375,934, estimated as lost or destroyed, act of June 21, 1879.6,877,462.41 ———— Aggregate of debt bearing no interest.382,315,880.41 Certificates andd certificates.Mar. 3, 1863; July 12, 1882; Mar. 14, 1900.28,418,890.00248,286,099.00276,704,989.00 Silver certificates.Feb. 28, 1878; Aug. 4, 1886; Mar. 3, 1887; Mar. 14, 1900.4,634,680.00427,206,390.00431,841,000.00 Treasury notes of 1890.July 14, 1890.152,768.0053,728,232.0053,881,000.00 ———————————— Aggregate of certificates and treasury notes, offset by cash in the treasury.33,206,338.00729,220,651.00762,426,989.00 Recapitulation. Classification.March 31,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Gold standard act. (search)
f gold, nine-tenths fine, shall be the standard of value, and all forms of money issued or coined shall be maintained at a parity of value with this gold standard. The United States notes and treasury notes shall be redeemed in gold coin, and a redemption fund of $150,000,000 of gold coin and bullion is set aside for that purpose only. The following is the text of the section carrying out this provision: Sec. 2. That United States notes, and Treasury notes issued under the act of July 14. 1890, when presented to the treasury for redemption, shall be redeemed in gold coin of the standard fixed in the first section of this act, and in order to secure the prompt and certain redemption of such notes as herein provided it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to set apart in the treasury a reserve fund of $150,000,000 in gold coin and bullion, which fund shall be used for such redemption purposes only, and whenever and as often as any of said notes shall be redeemed f
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Monetary reform. (search)
of both the United States notes and treasury notes issued under the act of July 14, 1890, outstanding, and a further sum in gold equal to 5 per cent. of the aggregaec. 2. That United States notes, and treasury notes issued under the act of July 14, 1890, when presented to the treasury for redemption, shall be fixed in the firstt as standard silver dollars are coined under the provisions of the acts of July 14, 1890, and June 13, 1898, from bullion purchased under the act of July 14, 1890, July 14, 1890, to retire and cancel an equal amount of treasury notes whenever received into the treasury, either by exchange in accordance with the provisions of this act or in thver bullion in the treasury of the United States purchased under the act of July 14, 1890, for coinage into such denominations of subsidiary silver coin as may be neregate $100,000,000. Whenever any silver bullion purchased under the act of July 14, 1890, shall be used in the coinage of subsidiary silver coin, an amount of treas
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), People's party. (search)
t at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, payable quarterly, and not to be sold at less than par, the bonds to mature thirty years from date, and be redeemable at the option of the government after twenty years; and that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized to use the proceeds of the sale of said bonds to defray current expenses of the government, and for the redemption of United States legal-tender notes and of treasury notes issued under the act of July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, as hereinafter provided. Seven sections following this section provide details, including authority to national banks to enlarge their circulation to the full limit of their bonds deposited. No Populist could endorse a measure like that; yet when the bill was reported favorably to the Senate by Mr. Jones every Democrat in Congress at the time, with the possible exception of a few monometallists, stood ready to support it. There are still other matters of differenc
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Railway, the Intercontinental (search)
ity, the cost, and the available location for a railroad connecting the countries of South and Central America with Mexico and the United States. This recommendation was cordially endorsed by Secretary Blaine in submitting the report to President Harrison, who transmitted it to Congress, asking that an appropriation be made to commence the surveys. In the same act which authorized the establishment of the bureau of the American republics—the diplomatic and consular appropriation act of July 14, 1890—the Intercontinental Railway Commission was created. In this act it was provided that three commissioners on the part of the A Railroad train of the twentieth century. United States should be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, who were to act with representatives of the other American republics to devise plans for carrying out the objects recommended by the international American conference. The commission organized Dec. 4, 1890, and at once set
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Silver legislation. (search)
Silver legislation. The silver bill, which was adopted by act of Congress and approved July 14, 1890, provided that silver bullion to the amount of 4,500,000 ounces might be purchased monthly, or as much thereof as should be offered, and that silver notes should be issued on deposit of silver bullion, the same to be redeemed, upon demand, in gold or silver coin at the discretion of the secretary. The bill also declared it to be the settled policy of the United States to maintain a parity between the two metals, gold and silver, at such ratio as the law should determine; and it required the monthly coinage into dollars of 2,000,000 ounces of the bullion purchased until July 1, 1891. The purchasing clause of the silver bill of 1890 was repealed in 1893. The Republican party pledged itself to secure international recognition of silver if possible, and on that issue won the general election of 1896. In the fall of 1897 Congress was expected to take action appointing commission
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
10, 1890 Act authorizing a bridge over the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey, and incorporating the North River Bridge Company......July 11, 1890 Maj.-Gen. John C. Fremont, born 1813, dies at New York......July 13, 1890 Act authorizing the purchase of not more than 4,500,000 ounces of silver per month at not more than $1 for 371 grains, and to issue treasury notes therefor, and coinage of 2,000,000 ounces per month until July 1, 1891, and thereafter as necessary......July 14, 1890 Message of President Harrison recommends legislation that will close the mails and express lines of the United States against lottery companies......July 29, 1890 Strike of 3,000 trainmen on the New York Central Railroad......Aug. 8, 1890 Wilson bill as amended, authorizing the States to prohibit sale of imported liquors in original packages, approved......Aug. 8, 1890 John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish patriot and poet, born 1844, dies at Hull, Mass.......Aug. 10, 1890 First an
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, V. List of Medical officers in Massachusetts Regiments. (search)
Mass. Infantry, Aug. 1, 1861. Promoted to Major, Surgeon, 1st Mass. Infantry, Mar. 5, 1863. Mustered out, May 28, 1864. White, Elisha Mann. Hospital Steward, 48th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Dec. 8, 1862. Mustered out, Sept. 3, 1863. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 37th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 29, 1864. Promoted Major, Surgeon, Dec. 21, 1864. Transferred to 20th Mass. Infantry, June 19, 1865. Mustered out, June 22, 1865. Died at Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyo., July 14, 1890. White, Whitman V. Major, Surgeon, 57th Mass. Infantry, Dec. 5, 1863. Mustered out, July 30, 1865. Whitman, Frank. First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon, 58th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 4, 1864. Promoted Major, Surgeon, Apr. 20, 1865. Mustered out, July 14, 1865. Whitney, Allston Waldo. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1846. Resigned, June 23, 1848. Major, Surgeon, 13th Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1861. Mustered out, July 26, 1864. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Voluntee