Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909, Volume 3 |
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... Soon after his return to New York he became managing editor of the Tribune , and held the place till 1862 , when he was appointed assistant Secre- tary of War . In 1866 he organized the stock company which bought the old New York Sun ...
... Soon after his return to New York he became managing editor of the Tribune , and held the place till 1862 , when he was appointed assistant Secre- tary of War . In 1866 he organized the stock company which bought the old New York Sun ...
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... soon ascer- tained that the English engineer had never crossed the isthmus at all . The summit level to which he directed the expedition was 1,000 feet above tide- water , instead of 150 feet . The expedi- tion effected nothing . In ...
... soon ascer- tained that the English engineer had never crossed the isthmus at all . The summit level to which he directed the expedition was 1,000 feet above tide- water , instead of 150 feet . The expedi- tion effected nothing . In ...
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... soon as proper arrangements for their enlarge- ment could be made . At the conclusion of peace there were about 6,000 Ameri- can captives confined in Dartmoor Prison , including 2,500 American seamen im- pressed by British cruisers ...
... soon as proper arrangements for their enlarge- ment could be made . At the conclusion of peace there were about 6,000 Ameri- can captives confined in Dartmoor Prison , including 2,500 American seamen im- pressed by British cruisers ...
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... soon attracted pub- succeeded by his son , John , who was sent lie attention . James Moor , a farmer , gave to Europe to procure funds for the sup- two acres of land and a house for the use port of the college . He obtained consider- of ...
... soon attracted pub- succeeded by his son , John , who was sent lie attention . James Moor , a farmer , gave to Europe to procure funds for the sup- two acres of land and a house for the use port of the college . He obtained consider- of ...
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... soon afterwards sent as one of the envoys to the French Directory . Very soon after his return he withdrew from public life . In March , 1813 , he was appointed a ma- jor - general , but declined the service on account of bodily ...
... soon afterwards sent as one of the envoys to the French Directory . Very soon after his return he withdrew from public life . In March , 1813 , he was appointed a ma- jor - general , but declined the service on account of bodily ...
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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...