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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 7 7 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Debtors. (search)
64, less $8,375,934, estimated as lost or destroyed, act of June 21, 1879.6,877,462.41 ———— Aggregate of debt bearing no interest.382,315,880.41 Certificates and notes issued on deposits of coin and legal-tender notes and purchases of silver bullion. Classification.In treasury.In circulation.Amount issued. Dollars.Dollars.Dollars. Gold certificates.Mar. 3, 1863; July 12, 1882; Mar. 14, 1900.28,418,890.00248,286,099.00276,704,989.00 Silver certificates.Feb. 28, 1878; Aug. 4, 1886; Mar. 3, 1887; Mar. 14, 1900.4,634,680.00427,206,390.00431,841,000.00 Treasury notes of 1890.July 14, 1890.152,768.0053,728,232.0053,881,000.00 ———————————— Aggregate of certificates and treasury notes, offset by cash in the treasury.33,206,338.00729,220,651.00762,426,989.00 Recapitulation. Classification.March 31, 1901. Dollars. Interest bearing debt.1,001,500,410.00 Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity.1,770,140.26 Debt bearing no interest.382,315,880.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ptured or seized by Gen. B. F. Butler in 1862, to such person as the court of claims may decide to be the owners......March 3, 1887 Tenure of office act repealed......March 3, 1887 Act for return and recoinage at par of trade dollars......MarcMarch 3, 1887 Act for return and recoinage at par of trade dollars......March 3, 1887 Forty-ninth Congress adjourns......March 3, 1887 Henry Ward Beecher, stricken with apoplexy, March 2, dies in Brooklyn......March 8, 1887 James B. Eads, engineer, born 1820, dies at Nassau, N. P.......March 8, 1887 Inter-State March 3, 1887 Forty-ninth Congress adjourns......March 3, 1887 Henry Ward Beecher, stricken with apoplexy, March 2, dies in Brooklyn......March 8, 1887 James B. Eads, engineer, born 1820, dies at Nassau, N. P.......March 8, 1887 Inter-State commerce commission appointed by the President......March 22, 1887 Transatlantic yacht race from Sandy Hook to Queenstown, between the Coronet and Dauntless, won by the former in 14 days, 19 hours, 3 minutes, 14 seconds, sailing 2,934 miles......March 3, 1887 Henry Ward Beecher, stricken with apoplexy, March 2, dies in Brooklyn......March 8, 1887 James B. Eads, engineer, born 1820, dies at Nassau, N. P.......March 8, 1887 Inter-State commerce commission appointed by the President......March 22, 1887 Transatlantic yacht race from Sandy Hook to Queenstown, between the Coronet and Dauntless, won by the former in 14 days, 19 hours, 3 minutes, 14 seconds, sailing 2,934 miles......March 27, 1887 John G. Saxe, poet, born 1816, dies in Albany, N. Y.......March 31, 1887 Body of Abraham Lincoln, carefully guarded since an effort to steal it from the sarcophagus of the Lincoln monument, Springfield, Ill., made in 1876, is bu
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Utah, (search)
of murder in the first degree for the Mountain Meadows massacre, Sept. 11, 1857, is shot on the site of it......March 23, 1877 Brigham Young dies......Aug. 29, 1877 School districts formed and a tax levied for school buildings......1880 Edmunds law against polygamy, amending law of 1862......March 22, 1882 Congress authorizes an industrial home at Salt Lake City for women renouncing polygamy, and for their children......1886 Edmunds-Tucker anti-polygamy law approved......March 3, 1887 Gentiles for the first time control a municipal election in Salt Lake City......Feb. 10, 1890 New free-school law, a territorial bureau of statistics established, and 8 per cent made the legal rate of interest by legislature at session......Jan. 13–March 13, 1890 Mormon Church renounces polygamy at a general conference in Salt Lake City......Oct. 6, 1890 New school law making public schools free......1890 Methodist University at Ogden founded......1890 Territorial refor
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Weather Bureau. (search)
m of international co-operative simultaneous weather observation, proposed by General Myer at the congress of meteorologists convened at Vienna, is begun......September, 1873 All Smithsonian weather observers transferred to the signal service at the instance of Prof. Joseph Henry......Feb. 2, 1874 Meteorological reports of army post surgeons ordered by the surgeon-general to be sent to the chief signal office......June 19, 1874 Daily publication of Bulletin of international simultaneous meteorological observations of the Northern Hemisphere begun at Washington......Jan. 1, 1875 Publication of graphic synoptic International weather maps of simultaneous observations begun by General Myer......July 1, 1878 Brig.-Gen. W. B. Hazen appointed chief signal officer......Dec. 6, 1880 Gen. A. W. Greely appointed chief signal officer......March 3, 1887 Weather bureau transferred to the Department of Agriculture, and Prof. Mark W. Harrington appointed chief......June 30, 1891
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 7 (search)
, to Mar. 18, 1863. Second Lieutenant, 81st U. S. Colored Infantry, Mar 18, 1863. First Lieutenant, Apr. 14, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Captain, 81st U. S. Colored Infantry, Apr. 4, 1865. Mustered out, Mar. 22, 1867. Second Lieutenant, 36th U. S. Infantry, Mar. 7, 1867; accepted, May 20, 1867. Unassigned, May 19, 1869. Assigned to 5th U. S. Cavalry, July 14, 1869. First Lieutenant, May 27, 1873. Captain, June 11, 1886. Brig. General and Chief Signal Officer, Mar. 3, 1887; accepted, Mar. 8, 1887. Green, Nicholas St. John. Born in New Hampshire. Appointed from Massachusetts. Major, Additional Paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 31, 1863. Resigned, May 19, 1865. Green, William Nelson, Jr. See General Officers. Greene, James Durell. See General Officers. Greene, William Batchelder. Born in Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1835, to Nov. 15, 1837. Second Lieutenant, 7th U. S. Infantry, July 1, 1839. Resigned, Nov.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 9 (search)
to Mar. 18, 1863. Second Lieutenant, 81st U. S. Colored Infantry, Mar. 18, 1863. First Lieutenant, Apr. 14, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865. Captain, 81st U. S. Colored Infantry, Apr. 4, 1865. Mustered out, Mar. 22, 1867. Second Lieutenant, 36th U. S. Infantry, Mar. 7, 1867; accepted, May 20, 1867. Unassigned, May 19, 1869. Assigned to 5th U. S. Cavalry, July 14, 1869. First Lieutenant, May 27, 1873. Captain, June 11, 1886. Brig. General and Chief Signal Officer, Mar. 3, 1887; accepted, Mar. 8, 1887. Green, Henry M. Private, 26th Mass. Infantry. Corporal, Sept. 2, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 86th U. S. Colored Infantry, Sept. 23, 1863; mustered, Sept. 28, 1863. First Lieutenant, Adjutant, Nov. 8, 1864. Captain, Sept. 28, 1865. Mustered out, Apr. 10, 1866. Greene, Charles Warren. Born at Belchertown, Mass., Aug. 17, 1840. Captain, 2d R. I. Infantry, June 5, 1861. Resigned, June 27, 1861. Captain, 116th U. S. Colored Infantry. Resigned, May 28, 1
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.23 (search)
888, Quinfree Bradley, E, Eleventh Virginia Infantry. August 29, 1888, John M. Brumfield, Fayette Artillery. August 10, 1889, R. S. Baldwin, Hospital service. July 29, 1892, R. H. Buchanan, C, Sixth Virginia Infantry. August 19, 1892, Robert Banks, D, Sixth Virginia Infantry. June 22, 1885, John H. Conley, G, Eleventh Virginia Infantry. August 8, 1885, Thomas V. Carr, C, First Virginia Infantry. May 25, 1886, Frank Carr, Confederates States steamer Patrick Henry. March 3, 1887, P. R. Cunningham, H, Fifty-eight Virginia Infantry. November 24, 1887, Robert G. Carrington, A, Fourth Virginia Infantry. October 28, 1888, Charles W. Cooper, S, Fifth Virginia Infantry. January 8, 1889, Z. T. Curlew, B. Sixty-first Virginia Infantry. August 7, 1889, I. G. Crews, F, Eleventh Virginia Infantry. March 14, 1890, John Carhoni, A, Eighteenth Virginia Infantry. April 29, 1890, W. W. Caldwell, C, Twelfth Virginia Infantry. August 15, 1892, George B. Carrin