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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
, 1873 Susan B. Anthony fined $100 for illegal voting at Rochester......June 18, 1873 Ravenscraig, of Kirkcaldy, Scotland, in lat. 75° 38′ N., and long. 65° 35′ W., rescues the remainder of the crew of the Polaris......June 23, 1873 Centennial exposition at Philadelphia, to open April 19, 1876, and close Oct. 19 following, by proclamation of President......July 3, 1873 Site of exposition buildings in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, transferred to the centennial commission......July 4, 1873 England pays the Alabama award ($15,500,000)......Sept. 5, 1873 Panic begins in the Stock Exchange, New York City......Sept. 19, 1873 New York Stock Exchange closed Sept. 20; reopens......Sept. 30, 1873 Execution of Captain Jack and other Modocs......Oct. 3, 1873 Evangelical Alliance of the World holds a session in New York......Oct. 3-11, 1873 Virginius, an American schooner, suspected of conveying men and arms from New York to the insurgents in Cuba, is captured by the<
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 61: Court of inquiry; president of Howard University (search)
r subjects. This office I held for five years and four months. In the summer of 1873, the trustees, independently of me, fixed upon their own method of settlement of money accounts, very properly desiring to return to me, as far as possible, all extraordinary outlays, and to compensate me for my time and labor expended for the institution over and above that reckoned as officially due to the Government. In the statement which they prepared, called General Howard's account, of date July 4, 1873, they put down receipts and expenditures and attached a summary which exhibited on the debtor side $17,583, and on the credit side $16,906.18, showing that I had received a balance of only $676.82 in money. The trustees then remarked: The amount General Howard has actually received over and above what he has given to the university and to destitute students for seven years service is six hundred and seventy-six dollars and eighty-two cents ($676.82). If we recall the investmen
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 58: the battle-flag resolution.—the censure by the Massachusetts Legislature.—the return of the angina pectoris. —absence from the senate.—proofs of popular favor.— last meetings with friends and constituents.—the Virginius case.—European friends recalled.—1872-1873. (search)
eing drawn up by the author for his published history. The first was given to Sumner in 1872 by Mrs. Grote. Among Sumner's published papers during the year were open letters on civil rights to the colored people; Dec. 19, 1872. Boston Journal, Dec. 20. 1872; April 16, 1873. Works, vol. XV. pp. 266, 267. June 22, Ibid., pp. 268, 269. July 29, Ibid., pp. 275-278. a reply to the President of Hayti, who had testified gratefully to his resistance to the annexation of San Domingo; July 4, 1873. Works, vol. XV. pp 270-272. a note of congratulation to Henry Richard on the success of his motion in Parliament for international arbitration; July 10. Works, vol. XV. pp. 273, 274. a letter commending the scheme for the extension of the territory of Boston by the inclusion of suburban municipalities; October 4. Works, vol. XV. pp. 279, 280. and a bibliographical memorandum on Archdeacon Walter Mapes, an English writer of the time of Henry II. July 23. New York Evening Po