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Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 2 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 2 0 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Cheerful Yesterdays 2 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McKinley, William 1843- (search)
h America, and the commissioners of Cuba and Porto Rico, who share with us in this undertaking, we g of distance. We reached General Miles in Porto Rico by cable, and he was able through the militah 1. 1902, or earlier, if the legislature of Porto Rico shall provide local revenues for the expensender the Dingley act, and our goods going to Porto Rico pay a like rate. The duties thus paid and collected, both in Porto Rico and the United States, are paid to the government of Porto Rico; and noPorto Rico; and no part thereof is taken by the national government. All of the duties from Nov. 1, 1898, to June 30, of Congress, have gone into the treasury of Porto Rico to relieve the destitute and for schools andng revival of business. The manufactures of Porto Rico are developing; her imports are increasing, d-point of indemnity both the archipelagoes (Porto Rico and the Philippines) are insufficient to pay flag floats. Empire has been expelled from Porto Rico and the Philippines by American freemen. Th[3 more...]
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mayaguez, (search)
Mayaguez, A seaport town of Porto Rico, in the province of the same name, about 50 miles west of Ponce. On Aug. 8, 1898, a body of American troops, under Brig.-Gen. Theodore Schwan, advanced rapidly from Yanco towards Mayaguez. On the same date Sabona la Grande was. occupied, and on Aug. 10, San German. The Americans then attacked the Spaniards near Hormigneros, and with a rapid charge carried the position in face of a heavy fire. The casualties of the engagement, as officially reported, were, on the American side, one killed and fifteen wounded; on the Spanish side, twenty-five killed and fifty wounded. On the next morning, Aug. 11, General Schwan entered Mayaguez unopposed.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Menendez de Aviles, Pedro 1519- (search)
h French corsairs, Philip II. of Spain appointed him captain-general of the India fleet. Menendez carried that monarch to England to marry Queen Mary, and took him back on his return. In 1565 Philip made him governor of Florida; and just before he was to depart the King was informed of the Huguenot settlement there, and fitted out an expedition for their destruction. Menendez sailed with thirty-four vessels, bearing 2,600 persons—farmers, mechanics, soldiers, and priests. Arriving at Porto Rico with a small part of his force, Menendez heard of the reinforcements Ribault had taken to Florida, and he immediately went to the mouth of the St. John with Philip's cruel order to murder all the Huguenots. Failing to catch the French fleet that escaped from the St. John, Menendez landed farther southward, built a fort, and founded St. Augustine (q. v.). Marching overland, he attacked and captured the French Fort Carolina, putting nearly the whole of the garrison to death. Only seventy o
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Militia, United States (search)
rd 21 49 200 4,171 9,486 650,000 191,000 OklahomaOklahoma National Guard5 498 2,164 62,000 None. Oregon Oregon National Guard 7 47 74 925 1,585 62,000 30,000 Pennsylvania National Guard Pennsylvania178 240 284 9,334 11,103900,000 350,000 Porto Rico Porto Rico Battalion 6001,000170,000 Unknown. Rhode Island Brigade of Rhode Island Militia 19 111 98 786 1,030 69,00037,500 Samoa Samoan Volunteers 68 400 Unknown. South Carolina South Carolina Volunteer State Troops. 9 865 96 2,058 5,Porto Rico Battalion 6001,000170,000 Unknown. Rhode Island Brigade of Rhode Island Militia 19 111 98 786 1,030 69,00037,500 Samoa Samoan Volunteers 68 400 Unknown. South Carolina South Carolina Volunteer State Troops. 9 865 96 2,058 5,000 110,000 8,000 South Dakota South Dakota National Guard 3 46 52 1,000 53,000 6,700 Tennessee National Guard State of Tennessee 2 1,480 3,000 165,000 14,000 Texas Texas Volunteer Guard 50 191 210 2,793 No limit. 350,000 5,000 Utah National Guard of Utah 15 21 286 1,000 40,000 10,000 Vermont National Guard of Vermont 1876 617 No limit. 45,000 9,500 Virginia Virginia Volunteers 250 190 805 5,176 300,000 11,200 Washington National Guard of Washington 11 73 54 669 1,877 96,000 Unkn
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Monroe, James 1759-1870 (search)
ce in the same seas, have almost entirely destroyed the unlicensed piracies from that island, the success of our exertions has not been equally effectual to suppress the same crime, under other pretences and colors, in the neighboring island of Porto Rico. They have been committed there under the abusive issue of Spanish commissions. At an early period of the present year remonstrances were made to the governor of that island by an agent, who was sent for the purpose, against those outrages on interdicting the repetition of them. The minister, as has been seen, was debarred access to the Spanish government, and, in the mean time, several new cases of flagrant outrage have occurred, and citizens of the United States in the island of Porto Rico have suffered, and others been threatened with assassination, for asserting their unquestionable rights, even before the lawful tribunals of the country. The usual orders have been given to all our public ships to seize American vessels enga
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Orleans. (search)
hemselves abandoned, went down to New Orleans and received allotments on both sides of the river, settled on cottage farms, and raised vegetables for the supply of the town and soldiers. Thus the rich tract near New Orleans became known as the German coast. After Spain had acquired possession of Louisiana by treaty with France (1763), the Spanish cabinet determined that Louisiana must be retained as a part of the Spanish dominions, and as a granary for New Orleans in 1719. Havana and Porto Rico. It was also determined that Louisiana as a republic would soon rival Spain in wealth and property; be independent of European powers; contrast strongly with other Spanish provinces; cause the inhabitants of the vast Mexican ___domain to consider their total want of commerce, the extortions of their governors, and the few offices they were permitted to fill; and thus still more hatred of Spanish rule would be engendered and the Mexicans encouraged to throw it off. In view of the apparent da
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ober, Frederick Albion 1849- (search)
Ober, Frederick Albion 1849- Author; born in Beverly, Mass., Feb. 13, 1849; now connected as ornithologist with the Smithsonian Institution, for which he has travelled extensively. Among his works are Puerto Rico and its resources; Brief histories of Spain, Mexico, and the West Indies, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ponce, (search)
Ponce, A department, district, and city on the south coast of the island of Porto Rico. The city is regularly built—the central part almost exclusively of brick houses and the suburbs of wood. It is the residence of the military commander and the seat of an official chamber of commerce. There is an appellate criminal court, besides other courts; two churches —one Protestant, said to be the only one in the Spanish West Indies—two hospitals besides the military hospitals, a home of refuge for the old and poor, a perfectly equipped fire department, a bank, Sugar-Mill near Ponce. a theatre, three first-class hotels, and gasworks. The inhabitants are principally occupied in mercantile pursuits; but carpenters, bricklayers, joiners, tailors, shoemakers, and barbers find good employment. The chief occupations of the people are the cultivation of sugar, cocoa, tobacco, and oranges, and the breeding of cattle. Commercially, Ponce is the second city of importance on the island. A<
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ponce de Leon, Juan 1460-1521 (search)
Granada. Accompanying Columbus on his second voyage, Ponce was made commander of a portion of Santo Domingo, and in 1509 he conquered and was made governor of Porto Rico, where he amassed a large fortune. There he was told of a fountain of youth—a fountain whose waters would restore youth to the aged. It was situated in one of, prompted by his credulity, made Ponce go in search of the miraculous fountain, for his hair was white and his face was wrinkled with age. He sailed north from Porto Rico in March, 1513, and searched for the wonderful spring among the Bahama Islands, drinking and bathing in the waters of every fountain that fell in his way. Butndian woman—not one of the beautiful maidens he expected to find. Abandoning the search himself, but leaving one of his vessels to continue it, he returned to Porto Rico a wiser and an older man, but bearing the honor of discovering an important portion of the continent of America. In 1514 Ponce returned to Spain and received p
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Porter, Robert P. 1852- (search)
Porter, Robert P. 1852- Journalist: born in Markham Hall, England, June 30, 1852; received a common school education, and came to the United States early in life. He became connected with the Chicago Inter-Ocean in 1872; was a member of the tariff commission in 1882; later established the New York Press; was superintendent of the eleventh census, in 1889-93; and special United States commissioner to Cuba and Porto Rico in 1898-99. He is the author of The West in 1880; Life of William McKinley; Municipal ownership at home and abroad; and Industrial Cuba.
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