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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Corwin, Thomas 1794-1865 (search)
Corwin, Thomas 1794-1865 Statesman; born in Bourbon county, Ky., July 29, 1794; reared to manhood on a farm, attending a common school in winter; began the study of law in 1815; admitted to the bar in 1818; became a member of the Ohio legislature in 1822, and was elected to Congress in 1830. He remained in the Thomas Corwin. House until elected governor of Ohio in 1840. In 1845 he was chosen United States Senator, and was called to the cabinet of President Fillmore in 1850, as Secretary of the Treasury. He was again elected to Congress in 1859. In 1861 President Lincoln sent him as minister to Mexico. Mr. Corwin was an eloquent, witty, and effective speaker. He died in Washington, D. C., Dec. 18, 1865. The War with Mexico. The action of Congress upon the subject of the Mexican War, in the winter of 1846-47, gave rise to a question in which an important principle was involved. Is it the duty of the legislature to provide the means of prosecuting a war made unconsti
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
ction and rebellion......Aug. 25, 1856 House of Ottawa Jones burned by proslavery ruffians......Aug. 29, 1856 Osawatomie sacked by Missourians, and Frederick Brown killed......Aug. 30, 1856 Missourians commence the raids in Linn and Bourbon counties, followed later by James Montgomery's retaliatory measures......August, 1856 William Phillips, free-State, killed at a Leavenworth city election......Sept. 1, 1856 John W. Geary, of Pennsylvania, third territorial governor, promises inarrives at Lecompton......Dec. 18, 1858 John Brown and his men go into Missouri, liberate fourteen slaves, and bring them into Kansas......Dec. 20, 1858 Kansas in 1858, by W. P. Tomlinson, contains a history of the troubles in Linn and Bourbon counties......Dec. 31, 1858 Democratic territorial convention, Tecumseh, states that the slavery question is practically settled in favor of a free State ......May 11, 1859 Republican party organized in Kansas; convention at Osawatomie addresse
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mississippi, (search)
States at the 31st parallel N. lat., from the Mississippi to the St. Mary's River; but in ceding Florida to Spain no boundary on the north is mentioned, hence Spain claims north to the mouth of the Yazoo River; signed......Sept. 3, 1782 County of Bourbon established by Georgia of all lands east of the Mississippi between lat. 31° and the mouth of the Yazoo, to which Indian titles had been extinguished......Feb. 7, 1785 Act erecting Bourbon county repealed......Feb. 1, 1788 Four companBourbon county repealed......Feb. 1, 1788 Four companies chartered by the Georgia legislature with control of more than 3,000,000 acres of land in Mississippi at the rate of 2 1/2 cents per acre, to be paid into the State treasury......Jan. 7, 1795 Treaty at Madrid with Spain fixes the southern boundary of the United States at lat. 31° N.; the western boundary the middle of the Mississippi River, with free navigation......Oct. 27, 1795 Georgia legislature rescinds grants to the Mississippi companies......Feb. 13, 1796 Spanish commissioner
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 3: Fleshing the sword. (search)
sful attack, on a Missouri force, by a party of Free State men, led by Captain Snyder, the blacksmith, whose name is inseparably associated with the history of the massacre of the Marais-des-Cygnes. This cabin was the Headquarters of these ruffians. When they saw the Free State men coming they offered fight; a conflict ensued; they refused to surrender; the cabin was fired, and four of the murderers perished in its flames. At this time John Brown and his men were at Bain's cabin, in Bourbon County, preparing for any emergency that might demand their aid. Two hundred Missourians had assembled at Fail's store, eight miles distant, in Missouri, for the purpose of invading the Territory; but, hearing that Old Brown was recruiting his forces to attack them, they withdrew fifteen miles farther from the borders. While John Brown was stating his plan of following them, and, by invading Missouri and carrying off slaves, teaching the citizens of that State to attend to their own affairs,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Roster of the companies. (search)
Q. R. Oldham, J. P. Oldham, Thomas Portwood, Benjamin Price, Silas Pearce, Robert Rowan, J. K. Sams, John Semonis, Andrew Turpin, Samuel Turpin, died in Camp Douglas, November 26, 1864, of smallpox; Harris Thorp, Granville Troxwell, Durrett White, Daniel White, Joel W. Watts, died in Camp Douglas, February 25, 1864, of pneumonia; Wm. Wilder, Alex. Woods, died in Knoxville, Tenn., November 13, 1862; C. F. Wright—72 officers and enlisted men. Company G. This company was recruited in Bourbon County. There is only one known roll in existence, covering the period from September 10, 1862, to December 31, 1862, and it is supposed to be very incomplete. It is as follows: Captains—James Mitchel, Thomas Wells. First Lieutenants— G. W. Bowen, Alfred Williams. Second Lieutenants—Thomas J. Current, W. A. Bedford, D. H. Clowers, Milo Wells, killed November 13, 1864, at Bull's Gap, Tenn. Sergeants—First, Charles C. Rule; second, Charles R. Shawhan; third, Wm. Kendall; fourth, Wm.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 36. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.6 (search)
en shillings and four pence, currency, in full for the above acct. (Signed) Robt. Baggs. The above accounts read like a page from the history of the days of the ill-fated Southern Confederacy of 1861-65. At the date of the assembling of the Convention (1788) the State of Kentucky was an integral part of the Old Dominion and was known in the geography of the State as the District of Kentucky, and was divided into seven counties, and was represented in the Convention as follows: Bourbon County by Henry Lee and Notlaw Conn; Fayette County by Humphrey Marshall and John Fowler; Jefferson County by Robt. Breckinbridge and Rice Bullock; Nelson County by Mathew Walton and John Steele; Mercer County by Thomas Allen and Alx. Robertson; Lincoln County by John Logan and Henry Pawling; Madison County by John Miller and Green Clay. Virginia at this time was an empire not only in territory, but her population had reached over 800,000 souls. Her population was over three-fourths of all
The Daily Dispatch: November 24, 1860., [Electronic resource], The New troubles in Kansas. (search)
Clinton, Mo., Nov. 21, 1860. Sir: I am here to inform the citizens of this State of the following facts, and I have been requested to present them to you as Governor of the State. The abolitionists, under command of Montgomery and director Tennyson, to the number of 300 to 500, armed with Sharpe's rifles, dragoons' sabres, navy revolvers and bowie knives, have suddenly commenced a war of extreme ferocity on the law-abiding citizens of Southern Kansas, in the counties of Lima and Bourbon.--These arrived by the wagon load at or near Mound City about one month since, in boxes marked as donations for Kansas sufferers. Montgomery has been in Boston during a part of the summer, and returned with plenty of money to enlist recruits. Many of his men are newly imported. He has taken possession of Fort Scott and other towns on the border, near the Missouri line. He has murdered Mr. Moore, a grand juror, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Samuel Scott, Mr. Hinds, and obliged all the United States
The Daily Dispatch: may 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], Progress of the Revolution. (search)
such a majority as was never before given in Virginia for any man or measure. The vote in the East, the Valley, the Southwest and the Central West will be nearly unanimous. There will be no contest except in the Northwest, and even in this section there will be a majority for the ordinance outside of the Pan Handle. We have already sufficient information to justify the expectation of decided majorities in favor of the ordinance in the counties of Wetzel, Tyler, Pleasants, Hitchie, Lewis, Bourbon and Marion. In Wood, Taylor and Monongahela, it is believed that the majorities will be the other way.--From the other counties of the Northwest, outside of the Pan Handle, our information is not yet sufficient to determine with confidence to which side the majorities will incline; but in all of them many votes will be cast for the ordinance. Along the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad we learn that the Western counties of Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan and Hampshire are not only f
The Daily Dispatch: may 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], Progress of the Revolution. (search)
such a majority as was never before given in Virginia for any man or measure. The vote in the East, the Valley, the Southwest and the Central West will be nearly unanimous. There will be no contest except in the Northwest, and even in this section there will be a majority for the ordinance outside of the Pan Handle. We have already sufficient information to justify the expectation of decided majorities in favor of the ordinance in the counties of Wetzel, Tyler, Pleasants, Hitchie, Lewis, Bourbon and Marion. In Wood, Taylor and Monongahela, it is believed that the majorities will be the other way.--From the other counties of the Northwest, outside of the Pan Handle, our information is not yet sufficient to determine with confidence to which side the majorities will incline; but in all of them many votes will be cast for the ordinance. Along the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad we learn that the Western counties of Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan and Hampshire are not only f
The Daily Dispatch: January 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], Message from the acting Governor of Kansas. (search)
owing in part to the disastrous effect of the drought. The total number of acres subject to taxation are 3,900,000; total number of town lots 135,328, which are valued at $5,649,000; total amount of taxable property, $22,000,000--total of taxes levied in 1859 and 1860, $81,000 A part, ($23,000,) levied prior to 1857, remains unpaid. He recommends township, county and municipal organization for the mineral regions of Western Kansas. In relation to the late disturbances in Lynn and Bourbon counties, he urges that steps be taken for the enforcement of the laws and the vindication of the Government. He recommends an expression of gratitude by the Legislature to the charitable who have given relief to the sufferers from the drought. He also urges the repeal of the act of the last session prohibiting slavery, on the ground of its unconstitutionality. In regard to national affairs, he thinks the present distracted state of the country is owing to the aggressive policy of the Rep
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