Portrait and Biographical Album of Sumner County, Kansas: Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits & Biographies of All the Governors of the State and the Presidents of the United StatesChapman bros., 1885 - 432 頁 |
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... Illinois and Wisconsin , was called the " Indiana Territory . " Wil- liam Henry Harrison , then 27 years of age , was ap- pointed by John Adams , Governor of the Indiana Territory , and immediately after , also Governor of Upper ...
... Illinois and Wisconsin , was called the " Indiana Territory . " Wil- liam Henry Harrison , then 27 years of age , was ap- pointed by John Adams , Governor of the Indiana Territory , and immediately after , also Governor of Upper ...
第 79 頁
... Illinois , and thence by the Mis- sissippi to New Orleans . Whatever Abraham Lin- coln undertook , he performed so faithfully as to give great satisfaction to his employers . In this adven- ture his employers were so well pleased , that ...
... Illinois , and thence by the Mis- sissippi to New Orleans . Whatever Abraham Lin- coln undertook , he performed so faithfully as to give great satisfaction to his employers . In this adven- ture his employers were so well pleased , that ...
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... Illinois , in 1856 , he took an active part , and at once became one of the leaders in that party . Mr. Lincoln's speeches in opposition to Senator Douglas in the con- test in 1858 for a seat in the Senate , form a most notable part of ...
... Illinois , in 1856 , he took an active part , and at once became one of the leaders in that party . Mr. Lincoln's speeches in opposition to Senator Douglas in the con- test in 1858 for a seat in the Senate , form a most notable part of ...
第 88 頁
... Illinois Vol- unteers . His merits as a West Point graduate , who had served for 15 years in the regular army , were such that he was soon promoted to the rank of Brigadier- General and was placed in command at Cairo . The rebels raised ...
... Illinois Vol- unteers . His merits as a West Point graduate , who had served for 15 years in the regular army , were such that he was soon promoted to the rank of Brigadier- General and was placed in command at Cairo . The rebels raised ...
第 127 頁
... Illinois and Iowa , and following his tastes and talents , became a finished practical sur- veyor and civil engineer . Mr. Harvey , in the year 1859 , just before Kansas was freed from Territorial enthrallment , and when she was ...
... Illinois and Iowa , and following his tastes and talents , became a finished practical sur- veyor and civil engineer . Mr. Harvey , in the year 1859 , just before Kansas was freed from Territorial enthrallment , and when she was ...
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第 27 頁 - July; and at the same time, it was voted that a committee be appointed to prepare a Declaration to the effect of the resolution. This committee was elected by ballot, on the following day, and consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston.
第 24 頁 - You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory.
第 23 頁 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
第 23 頁 - the greatest question was decided that ever was debated in America; and greater, perhaps, never was or wiL be decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, ' that these United States are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states.
第 108 頁 - Gifted witli quick perception, a logical mind and a ready tongue, he is one of the most distinguished impromptu speakers in the Nation. Many of these speeches sparkled with the rarest of eloquence and contained arguments of greatest weight. Many of his terse statements have already become aphorisms. Original in thought, precise in logic, terse in statement, yet withal faultless in eloquence, he is recognized as the sound statesman and brilliant orator o- tue day 108 "«Vggl gjffrg&'t«Q_fcgJgg ,...
第 104 頁 - ... Thomas F. Bayard, Roswell P. Flower, Thomas A. Hendricks, Benjamin F. Butler, Allen G. Thurman, etc.: and he was elected by the people, by a majority of about a thousand, over the brilliant and long-tried Republican statesman, James G.
第 99 頁 - Lemmon, of Virginia, went to New York with his slaves, intending to ship them to Texas, when they were discovered and freed. The Judge decided that they could not be held by the owner under the Fugitive Slave Law. A howl of rage went up from the South, and the Virginia Legislature authorized the Attorney General of that State to assist in #n appeal, Wm.
第 47 頁 - Van Buren married a lady alike distinguished for beauty and accomplishments. After twelve short years she sank into the grave, the victim of consumption, leaving her husband and four sons to weep over her loss. For twenty-five years, Mr. Van Buren was an earnest, successful, assiduous lawyer. The record of those years is barren in items of public
第 108 頁 - Col. Harrison employed all his time at first mastering military tactics and drilling his men, when he therefore came to move toward the East with Sherman his regiment was one of the best Drilled and organized in the army.
第 83 頁 - His parents, belonging to the class of the "poor whites " of the South, were in such circumstances, that they could not confer even tne slightest advantages of education upon their child. When Andrew was five years of age, his father accidentally lost his life while herorically endeavoring to save a friend from drowning. Until ten years of age, Andrew was a ragged boy...