Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: A Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference, Volume 6Howard Louis Conard Southern History Company, 1901 - Missouri |
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... important , biography is equally so , for biography is but history individualized . In the former we have the episodes and events illustrated by communities , peoples , states , nations . In the latter we have the lives and characters ...
... important , biography is equally so , for biography is but history individualized . In the former we have the episodes and events illustrated by communities , peoples , states , nations . In the latter we have the lives and characters ...
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... important railroad legislation of that time . He was an eman- cipationist and free soiler , and when the Civil War came , became prominent as an Unconditional Unionist . In 1862 he was again elected to the Legislature , and was active ...
... important railroad legislation of that time . He was an eman- cipationist and free soiler , and when the Civil War came , became prominent as an Unconditional Unionist . In 1862 he was again elected to the Legislature , and was active ...
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... important enterprises at times gave him an air of austerity , which had no real existence . Great - hearted in all the meaning of the word , his personal interest in his fellows was as earnest as was his devo- tion to public concerns ...
... important enterprises at times gave him an air of austerity , which had no real existence . Great - hearted in all the meaning of the word , his personal interest in his fellows was as earnest as was his devo- tion to public concerns ...
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... important engagements of the first two years of the war , and the day following his enlistment the bat- tle was fought at Cole Camp . It also par- ticipated in the battles of Pea Ridge , Carthage , Oak Hill and Fayetteville . After the ...
... important engagements of the first two years of the war , and the day following his enlistment the bat- tle was fought at Cole Camp . It also par- ticipated in the battles of Pea Ridge , Carthage , Oak Hill and Fayetteville . After the ...
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... important work . In the primary department of the schools the introduction of the system of writing , instead of printing the letters on the slates , and of arithmetic , into the work of the first year were to a great extent due to his ...
... important work . In the primary department of the schools the introduction of the system of writing , instead of printing the letters on the slates , and of arithmetic , into the work of the first year were to a great extent due to his ...
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Page 213 - THE President of the United States of America, and the First Consul of the French Republic, in the name of the French people, desiring to remove all source of misunderstanding relative to objects of discussion, mentioned in the second and fifth articles of the convention of the 8th...
Page 211 - Madrid, the 27th of October, 1795, between His Catholic Majesty and the said United States, and willing to strengthen the union and friendship which at the time of the said convention was happily reestablished between the two nations, have respectively named their Plenipotentiaries...
Page 212 - Orleans and in all other legal ports of entry within the ceded territory in the same manner, as the ships of the United States, coming directly from France or Spain, or any of their colonies, without being subject to any other, or greater duty on merchandise, or other or greater tonnage, than those, paid by the citizens of the United States.
Page 213 - Constantinople within the space of one month, or sooner if possible. In faith of which the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Treaty, and have affixed to it the seal of their arms.
Page 384 - Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the Island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Page 211 - There shall be sent by the government of France, a commissary to Louisiana, to the end that he do every act necessary, as well to receive from the officers of his Catholic Majesty the said country and its...
Page 253 - ... solemnly and religiously, as in his most holy presence, promise and bind ourselves to walk in all our ways according to the rule of the Gospel, and in all sincere conformity to his holy ordinances, and in mutual love and respect to each other, so near as God shall give us grace.
Page 211 - United States, in the name of the French Republic, forever and in full sovereignty, the said territory, with all its rights and appurtenances, as fully and in the same manner as they have been acquired by the French Republic, in virtue of the above-mentioned treaty, concluded with His Catholic Majesty.
Page 436 - Congregational church, and in a fraternal way he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Page 135 - When any office shall become vacant, the governor, unless otherwise provided by law, shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy, who shall continue in office until a successor shall have been duly elected or appointed and qualified according to law.