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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Virginia, (search)
calls an extra session of the legislature, which orders a convention......Jan. 13, 1861 Convention rejects an ordinance of secession, 89 to 45......April 4, 1861 It chooses three commissioners to ask of the President his policy towards the Confederate States......April 4, 1861 First shot at Fort Sumter from Stevens's battery, fired by Edmund Ruffin, of Virginia, at his earnest request......April 12, 1861 Virginian commissioners present their credentials to the President......April 13, 1861 President answers the commissioners, refusing to acknowledge the Confederate States......April 15, 1861 Governor Letcher refuses to furnish troops at the call of the President......April 16, 1861 Virginia State convention passes a secession ordinance, 88 to 55, subject to a vote of the people......April 17, 1861 Governor Letcher by proclamation recognizes the Confederacy......April 17, 1861 Norfolk Harbor obstructed by sinking vessels, by order of Governor Letcher......Apr
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washington, treaty of (search)
conclusion of the proceedings of the tribunal or board, be considered and treated as finally settled, barred, and thenceforth inadmissible. Claims of British subjects. Art. 12. The high contracting parties agree that all claims on the part of corporations, companies, or private individuals—citizens of the United States—upon the government of her Britannic Majesty arising out of acts committed against the persons or property of citizens of the United States during the period between April 13, 1861, and April 9, 1865, inclusive (not being claims growing out of the acts of the vessels referred to in Art. 1 of this treaty), and all claims, with the like exception on the part of corporations. companies, or private individuals, subjects of her Britannic Majesty, upon the government of the United States arising out of acts committed against the persons or property of subjects of her Britannic Majesty during the same period, which may have been presented to either government for its int