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Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States. 12 0 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 4 0 Browse Search
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William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . 1 1 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harvard Memorial Biographies 1 1 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America, together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published: description of towns and cities. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cabet, Etienne 1788-1856 (search)
Cabet, Etienne 1788-1856 Communist; born in Dijon, France, in 1788; studied law, but applied himself to literature and politics. In 1840 he attracted much attention through his social romance, Voyage en Icarie, in which he described a communistic Utopia. In 1848 he sent an Icarian colony to the Red River in Texas, but the colony did not thrive; and in 1850, as the leader of another colony, he settled in Nauvoo, Ill., whence the Mormons had been expelled. This colony likewise failed to prosper, and was abandoned in 1857. He died in St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 9, 1856.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Cannon, George Q. 1827- (search)
Cannon, George Q. 1827- Mormon leader; born in Liverpool, England, Jan. 11, 1827; came to the United States in 1844; brought up in the Mormon faith; was driven out of Nauvoo, Ill., with the other Mormons in 1846, and settled in Utah in 1847. In 1857 he was chosen an apostle; in 1872-82 represented the Territory of Utah in Congress; and during this period his right to a seat in that body was many times hotly contested. He became the object of public scorn and suffered much personal calumniation both in Congress and in the press, but held his seat till absolutely forced to retire. When Utah was seeking admission into the Union he was one of the chief promoters of the movement. He died in Monterey, Cal., April 12, 1901.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Illinois. (search)
tempting anything more. They suffered dreadfully on their return march. Among the prominent events of the War of 1812-15 in that region was the massacre at Chicago (q. v.). After that war the population rapidly increased, and on Dec. 3, 1818, Illinois, with its present limits, was admitted into the Union as a State. The census of 1820 showed a population of more than 55,000. The Black Hawk War (q. v.) occurred in Illinois in 1832. There the Mormons established themselves in 1840, at Nauvoo (see Mormons); their founder was slain by a mob at Carthage, in 1844, and soon afterwards a general exodus of this people occurred. A new State constitution was framed in 1847, and in July, 1870, the present constitution was adopted. The Illinois Central Railroad, completed in 1856, has been a source of great material prosperity for the State. During the Civil War Illinois furnished to the national government (to Dec. 1, 1864) 197,364 troops. In 1899 the equalized valuations of taxable
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mormons, (search)
nd Smith was directed by a revelation to build a city, to be called Nauvoo, at Commerce. He laid out the city, sold lots to his followers at high prices, and amassed a considerable fortune. Nauvoo soon became a city of several thousand inhabitants, the Saints being summoned by a neeration, for ever and ever. Extraordinary privileges were given to Nauvoo by the legislature of Illinois, and Smith and Rigdon exercised almoamy was established among the Mormons. Much scandal was created at Nauvoo. The Apostles strenuously denied the fact until it could no longericentiousness became so flagrant that a great uproar was created at Nauvoo, and he was denounced as a corrupter of virtue. The affidavits of the Mormons. Armed mobs attacked the smaller settlements, and also Nauvoo, their city. At length a special revelation commanded their departate; and finally, in September, 1846, the last lingering Mormons at Nauvoo were driven out at the point of the bayonet by 1,600 troops. At th
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Nauvoo, (search)
Nauvoo, A city in Hancock county, Ill., which in 1831 was selected as the gathering-place of the Mormons, but the bulk of the community did not leave Kirtland, O., until 1838. The citizens of Illinois determined to expel these people, and arrested the prophet Joseph Smith in 1844 and carried him to jail, where a mob shot him. Within a few months Brigham Young, his successor, determined to remove the entire community to a site west of the Rocky Mountains. Sixteen thousand Mormons crossed the Mississippi in May, 1846, on their way westward, leaving about 1,000 behind them with instructions to sell the remaining property and join the main body as soon as possible. Nauvoo in 1900 had a population of 1,321. See Mormons.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
g the autumn......1840 Fourteenth Presidential election......Nov. 10, 1840 Treaty of commerce between Texas and Great Britain made......Nov. 14, 1840 Second session assembles......Dec. 7, 1840 Electoral votes counted......Feb. 19, 1841 Twenty-sixth Congress adjourns......March 3, 1841 Fourteenth administration—Whig, March 4, 1841, to March 3, 1845. William Henry Harrison, Ohio, President. John Tyler, Virginia, Vice-President. Corner-stone of the Mormon temple at Nauvoo, Ill., laid......April 6, 1841 Twenty-seventh Congress, first session (extra), assembles......May 31, 1841 Samuel L. Southard, New Jersey, president pro tem. of the Senate and acting Vice-President of the United States until his death, May 22, 1842. W. P. Mangum, North Carolina, president pro tem. of the Senate and acting Vice-President of the United States from May 31, 1842, to the end of President Tyler's term. Act to appropriate the proceeds of the public lands and pre-emptive
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Idaho (search)
in First Methodist, and the Superior Court in the Episcopal......Dec. 9, 1839 Mormons locate on the east bank of the Mississippi, in Hancock county, and found Nauvoo......1840 Laws passed, to diminish the State debt and put the State bank into liquidation. Jan. 24, 1843, and to reduce the public debt $1,000,000 and put the Bank of Illinois into liquidation ......1843 Mormon leaders Joe and Hyrum Smith, the former mayor of Nauvoo, imprisoned for treason in levying war against the State by declaring martial law in Nauvoo. and by ordering out the Nauvoo Legion to resist a posse comitatus, assassinated in jail at Carthage by conspirators......JuneNauvoo. and by ordering out the Nauvoo Legion to resist a posse comitatus, assassinated in jail at Carthage by conspirators......June 27, 1844 Two thousand Mormons, the van of the general exodus, cross the Mississippi on the ice......Feb. 15, 1846 Abraham Lincoln elected to Congress......1846 Convention meets at Springfield, June 7, 1847, and completes a constitution, Aug. 31, which is adopted by the people, 59,887 to 15,859, and takes effect......Apri
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Iowa, (search)
38 Seat of government removed to Iowa City......1839 Boundary disputes between Missouri and Iowa cause fighting on the border; one Iowan is killed in resisting the Missouri sheriff's collection of taxes......1839 Constitution adopted by a convention which meets at Iowa City Oct. 7, 1844......Nov. 1, 1844 Enabling act for Iowa approved......March 3, 1845 Boundary defined in the enabling act rejected by the people; 7,235 for, and 7,656 against......1845 Mormons remove from Nauvoo, Ill., and settle at Council Bluffs......1846 Constitution framed by a convention which meets at Iowa City May 4, completing its labors May 19, 1846, is ratified by a vote of the people, 9,492 to 9,036......Aug. 3, 1846 Act of Congress, fixing boundaries for Iowa, referring the Missouri boundary to the Supreme Court......Aug. 4. 1846 Iowa admitted into the Union by act approved......Dec. 28. 1846 Antoine le Claire breaks ground at Davenport for the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wisconsin, (search)
pine forests of the valley of the St. Croix and its tributaries......July 29, 1837 Assembly meets at Burlington, Des Moines county......Nov. 6, 1837 Legislature assembles at Madison......Nov. 26, 1838 Portage canal, connecting Wisconsin and Fox rivers, begun by the United States......1838 Mitchell's bank at Milwaukee established......1839 The Wisconsin phalanx, a community on Fourier's system, established at Ceresco, now Ripon......May, 1844 Mormon colony, an offshoot from Nauvoo, led by James Jesse Strang, is founded on White River at Voree......1845 Enabling act for the State of Wisconsin passed by Congress......Aug. 6, 1846 State constitution prohibiting banks and banking, framed by a convention at Madison, Oct. 5–Dec. 16, 1846, is rejected by the people......April, 1847 Troops from Michigan and Wisconsin leave Detroit by boat for Vera Cruz, enlisted in the Mexican War......April 24, 1847 First railroad charter in Wisconsin granted to the Milwaukee and
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Young, Brigham 1801-1877 (search)
Vt., June 1, 1801; joined the Mormons at Kirtland, O., in 1832, and by shrewdness and energy soon became influential among them. He was appointed one of the apostles sent out in 1835 to make converts; and on the death of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon Church, in 1844, became its president, prophet, and high-priest. Informing his followers that the region Scene in the Yosemite Valley. of the Great Salt Lake, in mid-continent, was the promised land of the Mormons, they abandoned Nauvoo in 1846, after being cannonaded by exasperated citizens of that region. The following year Brigham Young led a few persons to Great Salt Lake Valley, and in May, 1848, the great body of the Mormons arrived there and founded Salt Lake City. Appointed the first territorial governor of Utah, he Brigham young. assumed a political independence which was offensive to the United States government, and from time to time he gave the government much trouble. In 1856 President Buchanan sent out