Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909, Volume 3 |
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... United States army as a scout , and subsequently became well known as “ Big Sam . ” In 1831 he supervised the re- moval of the Choctaw Indians to the Ind- ian Territory . He died in Lauderdale county , Miss . , May 24 , 1841 . paymaster ...
... United States army as a scout , and subsequently became well known as “ Big Sam . ” In 1831 he supervised the re- moval of the Choctaw Indians to the Ind- ian Territory . He died in Lauderdale county , Miss . , May 24 , 1841 . paymaster ...
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... United States with William St. John for President . The Prohibition ticket received about 150,000 votes . it was held in the ice - pack for twenty - two Daniel , WILLIAM , prohibitionist ; born months . From the place where the in ...
... United States with William St. John for President . The Prohibition ticket received about 150,000 votes . it was held in the ice - pack for twenty - two Daniel , WILLIAM , prohibitionist ; born months . From the place where the in ...
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... United States offered to pay $ 3,240,000 for the islands ; but the Danish Upper House rejected the treaty to sell ... United States . Among 1590. He found Roanoke a desolation , his works are Geographical Description of and no trace of ...
... United States offered to pay $ 3,240,000 for the islands ; but the Danish Upper House rejected the treaty to sell ... United States . Among 1590. He found Roanoke a desolation , his works are Geographical Description of and no trace of ...
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... United States govern- tinued until night . The cause of the ment - one under Commander T. O. Sel- darkness has never been revealed . The fridge , of the United States navy , to the air was unclouded . Isthmus of Darien ; and the other ...
... United States govern- tinued until night . The cause of the ment - one under Commander T. O. Sel- darkness has never been revealed . The fridge , of the United States navy , to the air was unclouded . Isthmus of Darien ; and the other ...
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... United States road Company for fourteen vears ; after- district attorney for Minnesota in 1868- ward engaged in ... United States Infantry . At the beginning of the war with Spain he was commissioned brigadier - general of vol- unteers ...
... United States road Company for fourteen vears ; after- district attorney for Minnesota in 1868- ward engaged in ... United States Infantry . At the beginning of the war with Spain he was commissioned brigadier - general of vol- unteers ...
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Page 226 - ... respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States ; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 225 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 226 - All officers or persons in the military or naval service of the United States are prohibited from employing any of the forces under their respective commands for the purpose of returning fugitives from service or labor, who may have escaped from any persons to whom such service or labor is claimed to be due, and any officer who shall be found guilty by a court-martial of violating this article shall be dismissed from the service. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That this act shall take effect...
Page 230 - And I further declare and make known, that such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Page 225 - I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter, as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States and each of the States and the people thereof in which States that relation is or may be suspended or disturbed.
Page 226 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 225 - ... and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Page 226 - That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free...
Page 226 - ... approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following : " ' Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That all slaves of persons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the government of the United States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army ; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them, and coming under the control of the government of the United States,...
Page 226 - ... against the laws, unless the person claiming said fugitive shall first make oath that the person to whom the labor or service of such fugitive is alleged to be due is his lawful owner, and has not...