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Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) | 50 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 41 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 27 | 3 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Averill , William woods , 1832 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Beekman , Gerardus , -1728 (search)
Beekman, Gerardus, -1728
Colonial governor; was a member of Leisler's council in 1688 and was condemned with Leisler, but subsequently pardoned.
In 1700 he became lieutenant-colonel of a militia regiment under Governor Bellomont.
After the removal of Governor Ingoldsby.
Beekman was president of the council and acting governor of New York until the arrival of Governor Hunter, in whose council he also served.
He died in New York City about 1728.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Civil War in the United States . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hampton Roads conference . (search)
Hampton Roads conference.
In January, 1865, Francis P. Blair twice visited Richmond, Va., to confer with Jefferson Davis.
He believed that a suspension of hostilities, and an ultimate settlement by restoration of the Union, might be brought about, by the common desire, North and South, to enforce the Monroe doctrine against the French in Mexico.
Out of Mr. Blair's visits grew a conference, held on a vessel in Hampton Roads, Feb. 3, 1865, between Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward on one side, and Messrs. A. H. Stephens, R. M. T. Hunter, and John A. Campbell on the other.
It was informal, and no basis for negotiation was reached.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hunter , Robert Mercer Taliaferro 1809 - (search)
Hunter, Robert Mercer Taliaferro 1809-
Statesman; born in Essex county, Va., April 21, 1809; was educated at the University of Virginia; became a member of the House of Delegates when twenty-four years of age; and was a member of Congress from 1837 to 1841, and from 1845 to 1847.
From 1839 to 1841 he was speaker.
He was one of the most persistent supporters of the doctrine of State supremacy and of the slave-labor system, advocating with vehemence all measures calculated to enforce the practical operations of the former and to nationalize the latter.
In 1847 he became a United States Senator, and remained such by re-election until July, 1861, when he was expelled from that body for treason against the government.
He became the Confederate secretary of state, and afterwards a member of the Confederate Congress.
After the war he was held for a while as a prisoner of state, but was released and pardoned by President Johnson in 1867.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for United
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lincoln , Abraham 1809 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Livingston , Robert 1634 -1725 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Logan , John Alexander 1826 -1886 (search)