The Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Volume 5Mississippi Valley Historical Association, 1919 Includes articles and reviews covering all aspects of American history. Formerly the Mississippi Valley Historical Review, |
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Halaman 396
... Whitney of New York , a mer- chant but recently returned from China , started an agitation for a railroad to the Pacific in order to shorten the distance to Chi- nese ports . Whitney had first had his attention called to the importance ...
... Whitney of New York , a mer- chant but recently returned from China , started an agitation for a railroad to the Pacific in order to shorten the distance to Chi- nese ports . Whitney had first had his attention called to the importance ...
Halaman 397
... Whitney had been over the route and knew that most of the land was of little value ; he thought it would require a tract sixty miles wide across the con- tinent to finance the undertaking properly . From the sale of this land the road ...
... Whitney had been over the route and knew that most of the land was of little value ; he thought it would require a tract sixty miles wide across the con- tinent to finance the undertaking properly . From the sale of this land the road ...
Halaman 398
... Whitney's attracted attention all over the country and at first was widely condemned as a silly and chi- merical scheme . " Whitney , however , had no intention of resting his case on a memorial ; he organized a vast system of publicity ...
... Whitney's attracted attention all over the country and at first was widely condemned as a silly and chi- merical scheme . " Whitney , however , had no intention of resting his case on a memorial ; he organized a vast system of publicity ...
Halaman 399
... Whitney objecting to his plan and to the route proposed . He advised Whitney to adopt Chicago as his terminal and to take a route through Council Bluffs and South Pass . Douglas went so far as to publish his plan for a railroad in ...
... Whitney objecting to his plan and to the route proposed . He advised Whitney to adopt Chicago as his terminal and to take a route through Council Bluffs and South Pass . Douglas went so far as to publish his plan for a railroad in ...
Halaman 400
... Whitney returned to the attack on congress . On February 24 , 1846 , he sent in a second memorial on his Pa- cific railway . In the senate it was referred to the committee on public lands and in the house to the committee on roads and ...
... Whitney returned to the attack on congress . On February 24 , 1846 , he sent in a second memorial on his Pa- cific railway . In the senate it was referred to the committee on public lands and in the house to the committee on roads and ...
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Halaman 25 - The Governor and Judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the District, such laws of the original States, criminal and civil, as may be necessary, and best suited to the circumstances of the District...
Halaman 241 - ... all classes and persons upon precisely equal terms. That system has promoted an amount of immigration and settlement, of which the history of the world affords no other example; and it has produced to the United States a revenue which has averaged about half a million sterling per annum, and has amounted in one twelve month to above four millions sterling, or more than the whole expenditure of the Federal Government.
Halaman 221 - A country west of Missouri and Arkansas has been assigned to them, into which the white settlements are not to be pushed. No political communities can be formed in that extensive region, except those which are established by the Indians themselves or by the United States for them and with their concurrence.
Halaman 7 - ... vote at any election in this State by reason of his failure to possess the educational qualifications herein prescribed, provided he shall have registered in accordance with the terms of this section prior to December 1, 1908.
Halaman 20 - The prosperity of Texas has been the object of my labors, the idol of my existence — it has assumed the character of a religion for the guidance of my thoughts...
Halaman 209 - ... for the repose of Europe as well as of America, the European and American political system should be kept as separate and distinct from each other as possible.
Halaman 83 - Franklin, as president of the "Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery," etc., issued the following letter: — "AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC. " From the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes unla-wfully held in Bondage.
Halaman 139 - tis thine emblem — dust Is on thy brow. And I could love to die : To leave untasted life's dark, bitter streams — By thee, as erst in childhood, lie, And share thy dreams. And...
Halaman 140 - Can gild the horrors of the gloom. But bitter, bitter are the tears Of her who slighted love bewails ; No hope her dreary prospect cheers, No pleasing melancholy hails. Hers are the pangs of wounded pride, Of blasted hope, of wither'd joy ; The flattering veil is rent aside, The flame of love burns to destroy.
Halaman 25 - Governor, numerous, complicated and extensive, authorized and required him to adopt and publish such laws of the original States, criminal and civil, as might be necessary and best suited to the circumstances of the Territory...