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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ody buried at Peabody (South Danvers), Mass......Feb. 8, 1870 Congress authorizes the Secretary of War to establish a weather bureau for the United States......Feb. 9, 1870 Northern Pacific Railroad begun at the Dalles of the St. Louis, Minn......Feb. 15, 1870 Anson Burlingame, born 1822, dies at St. Petersburg, Russia......Feb. 23, 1870 Mississippi readmitted by act approved......Feb. 23, 1870 Hiram R. Revels, of Mississippi, first colored member of the Senate, sworn......Feb. 25, 1870 Act removing legal and political disabilities from many persons in the Southern States......March 7, 1870 Texas readmitted by act approved......March 30, 1870 Secretary Fish proclaims the ratification of Fifteenth Amendment by twenty-nine States: North Carolina, West Virginia, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Maine, Louisiana, Michigan, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, New York, New Hampshire, Nevada, Vermont, Virginia, Alabama, Missour
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 55: Fessenden's death.—the public debt.—reduction of postage.— Mrs. Lincoln's pension.—end of reconstruction.—race discriminations in naturalization.—the Chinese.—the senator's record.—the Cuban Civil War.—annexation of San Domingo.—the treaties.—their use of the navy.—interview with the presedent.—opposition to the annexation; its defeat.—Mr. Fish.—removal of Motley.—lecture on Franco-Prussian War.—1869-1870. (search)
e state department, May 10 (Globe, p. 3339): the needs of that department and of foreign missions and consulates, May 6, June 14, 21 (Globe, pp. 3285, 3288, 4419, -4659, 4660); salaries in the treasury department, May 6, 1870 (Globe, p. 3287); the character and services of General Nathaniel Greene, to whom he paid a tribute on the presentation of his statue to be placed in the Capitol, Jan. 20, 1870 (Works, vol. XIII. pp. 299-302); the admission of Mr. Revels, the first colored senator, Feb. 25. 1870 (Works, vol. XIII. pp. 336-3:38): the residence of a senator as affecting his eligibility, April 1, 1870 (Works, vol. XIII. pp. 341-349); the proposed exclusion of retired army officers from civil offices, which he opposed, May 12.1870 (Works, vol. XIII. pp. 381-383); a bureau of education, and an expedition for Arctic explorations, both of which he favored. May 9, 27, 1870 (Works, vol. XIII. pp. 377-380: Ibid., pp. 384-386),—advocating the bureau again, March 13, 1872 (Globe, p. 1