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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cotton, John 1585-1652 (search)
aoh did the land of Goshen unto the sons of Jacob. Thirdly, when hee makes a Countrey though not altogether void of inhabitants, yet voyd in that place where they reside. Where there is a vacant place, there is liberty for the sonne of Adam or Noah to come and inhabite, though they neither buy it, nor aske their leaves. Abraham and Isaac, when they sojourned amongst the Philistines, they did not buy that land to feede their cattle, because they said There is roome enough. And so did Jacob am and his posterity in Paradise, Gen. 1. 28. Multiply and replenish the earth, and subdue it. If therefore any sonne of Adam come and finde a place empty, he hath liberty to come, and fill, and subdue the earth there. This Charter was renewed to Noah, Gen. 9. 1. Fulfill the earth and multiply: So that it is free from that comon Grant for any to take possession of vacant Countries. Indeed no Nation is to drive out another without speciall Commission from heaven, such as the Israelites had, unl
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grady, Henry Woodfen 1851-1892 (search)
be dinged if I don't. So, while those who call to me from behind may inspire me with energy, if not with courage, I ask an indulgent hearing from you. I beg that you will bring your full faith in American fairness and frankness to judgment upon what I shall say. There was an old preacher once who told some boys of the Bible lesson he was going to read in the morning. The boys, finding the place, glued together the connection pages. The next morning he read on the bottom of one page: When Noah was 120 years old he took unto himself a wife, who was —then turning the page— 140 cubits long, 40 cubits wide, built of gopher wood, and covered with pitch inside and out. He was naturally puzzled at this. He read it again, verified it, and then he said: My friends, this is the first time I ever met this in the Bible, but I accept it as an evidence of the assertion that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. If I could get you to hold such faith to-night, I could proceed cheerfully to the
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jews. (search)
1899-1900 (Hebrew year, 5660), Cyrus Adler, the editor, considering the number of Jews in the United States, said: As the census of the United States has, in accordance with the spirit of American institutions, taken no heed of the religious convictions of American citizens, whether native-born or naturalized, all statements concerning the number of Jews living in this country are based upon estimate, though several of the estimates have been most conscientiously made. In 1818 Mordecai M. Noah estimated the Jewish population at 3,000. In 1826 Isaac C. Harby placed the figures at 6,000, and in 1840 these were further increased by the estimate published in the American almanac to 15,000. In 1848 M. A. Berk made their number 50,000. In 1880 William B. Hackenburg put the figures at 230,257; in 1888 Isaac Markens put them at 400,000, and in 1897 David Sulzberger estimated the total at 937,800. The following figures are then given: Jewish immigration into the United States
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
enth Congress adjourns......March 3, 1825 tenth administration—Democraticrepublican (coalition), March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1829. John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts, President. John C. Calhoun, South Carolina, Vice-President. Corner-stone of Bunker Hill monument laid......June 17, 1825 [Lafayette was present, and Daniel Webster delivered the oration.] Lafayette leaves Washington for France in the new frigate Brandywine, furnished him by the government......Sept. 7, 1825 Mordecai M. Noah selects Grand Island, in the Niagara River, as a site for a city of refuge for the Jews, to be called Ararat......Sept. 17, 1825 Com. David Porter, while cruising, lands a force at Porto Rico and exacts an apology for an insult to the American flag. He is recalled and suspended for six months......1825 Erie Canal finished......Oct. 26, 1825 Nineteenth Congress, first session, convenes......Dec. 5, 1825 Dispute between the State of Georgia and the United States upon the remo