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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 4 4 Browse Search
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order 2 2 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Steam navigation. (search)
37, from Bristol to New YorkApril 8-23, 1838 Sirius, built at London, crosses the Atlantic in 18 1/2 days, reaching New York under steam a few hours before the Great WesternApril 23, 1838 Thomas Petit Smith's propeller first tried in England on a large scale in the Archimedes of 237 tons1839 Unicorn, first steam-vessel from Europe to enter Boston Harbor, arrivesJune 2, 1840 First of the Cunard line, the Britannia, side-wheeler, crosses to Boston in 14 days 8 hours, leaving LiverpoolJuly 4, 1840 Pacific Steam Navigation Company established1840 Screw steamer Princeton built for the United States navy1843 Screw steamer Great Britain, first large ship with iron hull, designed by I. K. Brunel (3,443 tons, 322 feet long, 51 feet broad), launched July 19, 1843, sails from BristolJan. 23, 1845 Pacific Mail Steamship Company organized1847 Collins line of American steamships formed and subsidized by the United States government(It consisted of the Arctic, Baltic, Atlantic, and Pacifi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sub-Treasury, the (search)
use, and to defeat any effort to renew the sub-treasury system. For five years, therefore, after the repeal of the subtreasury act, the treasury was managed practically at the discretion of the Secretary and without special regulations by law. The election of James K. Polk brought in a Congress largely Democratic in both branches. In 1846 a bill was introduced to renew the sub-treasury system. It passed both Houses, and became a law Aug. 6. This act was practically the same as that of July 4, 1840, and has since remained in force with but little change. On Feb. 25, 1863, the act creating a system of national banks became a law. This authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to make specified depositories of the public moneys, except receipts from customs. The original sub-treasury acts provided for seven places of deposit-New York, Boston, Charleston, St. Louis, the mints at Philadelphia and St. Louis, and the treasury at Washington, the first four being under the control of ass
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ives lost......Jan. 13, 1840 Lieut. Charles Wilkes discovers the antarctic continent, 66° 20′ S. lat., 154° 18′ E. long......Jan. 19, 1840 [He coasted westward along this land 70 degrees.] Washingtonian Temperance Society founded in Baltimore......1840 Democratic National Convention at Baltimore, Md. Martin Van Buren nominated for President, leaving the States to nominate for Vice-President......May 5, 1840 Sub-treasury or independent treasury bill passed and approved......July 4, 1840 Britannia, the first regular steampacket of the Cunard line, arrives at Boston, fourteen days and eight hours from Liverpool......July 19, 1840 First session adjourns......July 21, 1840 Log-cabin and Hard-cider campaign, in the interest of William Henry Harrison, begins......July, 1840 [Modern methods of conducting a Presidential campaign were now introduced.] Steamship Arcadia arrives at Boston from Liverpool in twelve days and twelve hours, the shortest passage up to that<
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Missouri, (search)
Boggs to issue a proclamation to call out the militia and enforce the laws. Skirmishes occur at Crooked River and Haughn's Mills, near Breckinridge, between the militia and Mormons under G. W. Hinkle; in the latter eighteen Mormons were killed, some of them after surrender. At Far West, Caldwell county, Joe Smith surrenders to the militia and agrees that the Mormons shall leave the State......October, 1838 Corner-stone of the University of the State of Missouri at Columbia, laid......July 4, 1840 Suicide of Gov. Thomas Reynolds......Feb. 9, 1844 Remains of Daniel Boone and his wife are removed to Frankfort, Ky.......July 17, 1845 The first regiment of Missouri troops for the Mexican War arrives at Fort Leavenworth......June 18, 1846 State constitution completed, but rejected by the people......1846 Colonel Doniphan, with 924 Missouri volunteers, defeats 4,000 Mexicans under General Heredia in the pass of Sacramento......Feb. 28, 1847 First line of telegraph betwe