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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Taylor, Zachary 1784- (search)
ce. The exequatur was granted, and Mr. Hempstead, in a letter to the Department of State bearing date of Feb. 12, 1848, a copy of which is herewith submitted, acknowledged the receipt of his exequatur from her Britannic Majesty, by virtue of which he has discharged his consular functions. Thus far this government has recognized the existence of a British colony at Belize, within the territory of Honduras. I have recalled the consul, and have appointed no one to supply his place. On May 26, 1848, Mr. Hempstead represented in a letter to the Department of State that the Indians had applied to her Majesty's superintendent at Belize for protection, and had desired him to take possession of the territory which they occupied and take them under his protection as British subjects ; and he added that in the event of the success of their application the British government would then have possession of the entire coast from Cape Conte to San Juan de Nicaragua. In another letter, dated Ju
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
b Astor dies in New York, aged eighty-five......March 29, 1848 Congress authorizes a loan of $16,000,000......March 31, 1848 By resolution Congress tenders the congratulations of the people of the United States to the French people on becoming a republic......April 13, 1848 Democratic National Convention at Baltimore nominates upon the fourth ballot, under the two-thirds rule, Lewis Cass, of Michigan, for President, and William O. Butler, of Kentucky, for Vice-President......May 22-26, 1848 Wisconsin admitted as the thirtieth State by act approved......May 29, 1848 Congress appropriates $25,000 to buy the unpublished papers of James Madison......May 31, 1848 Whig National Convention at Independence Hall, Philadelphia, on the fourth ballot nominates Maj.-Gen. Zachary Taylor, of Louisiana, for President; Millard Fillmore, of New York, for Vice-President......June 7-8, 1848 Corner-stone of the Washington monument laid at Washington, D. C.......July 4, 1848 Free-so