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South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 27
etches, etc. At the last session of Congress a bill was reported in the House of Representatives for the purchase of this historical treasury at a cost of $30,000—this work upon which the patriotic and untiring compiler has been devotedly engaged for more than thirty years, and upon which, it is claimed, and credibly, that he has expended in money more than the sum proposed to be paid to him by the Government. In the United States Senate, September 17, 1891, the Hon. Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, thus urged its purchase: I did not have the opportunity of hearing the remarks of the Senator from New York [Mr. Evarts], but I am somewhat familiar with this compilation, knowing Mr. Townsend and having had some correspondence with him, and I have looked over the prospectus most carefully. I have arrived at the conclusion that it is very important that the Government should possess this work, from the fact that our librarian here, Mr. Spofford, has endorsed it in the very higes
Norfolk (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 27
f John T. Beall in New York, The University of Virginia (gallantry of its students and professors), Jefferson College (service of its students and of Professor Hunter McGuire, M. D.), The Dahlgren Raid, Maps, Diagrams, Geographical Information, Federal Military Documents (National Cemeteries in Virginia), Loyalty in the State, The Confederate Government and the State, Personals, Obituaries, Arrests, etc., The Specie and the Treasury of Virginia, The War in Virginia, Richmond (the siege of), Norfolk (Geneeral Butler's Rule, etc.), Saltville, Hampton—Burning of the Town, Slavery and Emancipation, The Peace Question (efforts of the Committee of Nine), Department of Confederate Regiments, Department of Confederate Generals, Biographical Sketches, etc. At the last session of Congress a bill was reported in the House of Representatives for the purchase of this historical treasury at a cost of $30,000—this work upon which the patriotic and untiring compiler has been devotedly engaged for
Virginia (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 27
It is beyond dispute the most remarkable compilation of ancient or modern times—having no equal before or since the invention of the art of printing—and further ages will prize it as one of the chief memorials of the first century of American Independence. General G. T. Beauregard and other distinguished officers of both of the late contending armies of the North and South urge that it: should be the property of the Nation An inspection of the synopsis of the record of the State of Virginia, which was sent the editor by Mr. Townsend, impresses the former as to the great and peculiar value of this portion of the work in its comprehension of incidents and details only elsewhere to be found in the newspapers and ephemeral books in which they originally appeared. The subject heads comprise Virginia Before the War, The Peace Convention, State Conventions, The Constitutional Convention, The Federal Government in 1861, The Legislatures, Official State Documents, Richmond Press
Saltville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 27
ty of Virginia (gallantry of its students and professors), Jefferson College (service of its students and of Professor Hunter McGuire, M. D.), The Dahlgren Raid, Maps, Diagrams, Geographical Information, Federal Military Documents (National Cemeteries in Virginia), Loyalty in the State, The Confederate Government and the State, Personals, Obituaries, Arrests, etc., The Specie and the Treasury of Virginia, The War in Virginia, Richmond (the siege of), Norfolk (Geneeral Butler's Rule, etc.), Saltville, Hampton—Burning of the Town, Slavery and Emancipation, The Peace Question (efforts of the Committee of Nine), Department of Confederate Regiments, Department of Confederate Generals, Biographical Sketches, etc. At the last session of Congress a bill was reported in the House of Representatives for the purchase of this historical treasury at a cost of $30,000—this work upon which the patriotic and untiring compiler has been devotedly engaged for more than thirty years, and upon which, i
Wade Hampton (search for this): chapter 27
nia), Loyalty in the State, The Confederate Government and the State, Personals, Obituaries, Arrests, etc., The Specie and the Treasury of Virginia, The War in Virginia, Richmond (the siege of), Norfolk (Geneeral Butler's Rule, etc.), Saltville, Hampton—Burning of the Town, Slavery and Emancipation, The Peace Question (efforts of the Committee of Nine), Department of Confederate Regiments, Department of Confederate Generals, Biographical Sketches, etc. At the last session of Congress a bill een devotedly engaged for more than thirty years, and upon which, it is claimed, and credibly, that he has expended in money more than the sum proposed to be paid to him by the Government. In the United States Senate, September 17, 1891, the Hon. Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, thus urged its purchase: I did not have the opportunity of hearing the remarks of the Senator from New York [Mr. Evarts], but I am somewhat familiar with this compilation, knowing Mr. Townsend and having had som
Duncan K. McRae (search for this): chapter 27
r Horatio Seymour speaks in the highest terms of the work. Dr. Cogswell, the organizer and first Superintendent of the Astor Library, says: As a chronological and synchronous record of the events it is more minute and more authentic than could be formed in any other way; and as documentary material for the historian of those events it is absolutely indispensable. I need not go over the names of all the eminent men who have indorsed this work, but amongst others there is Colonel Duncan K. McRae, of the Confederate Army, and General Beauregard, and all the great northern newspapers. This compilation is formed somewhat upon the principle of the Rebellion Record, but that work deals only with the military operations of both armies during the war, and, of course, a great many papers relating to that subject have been lost; but this gentleman commenced at the beginning of the war, and he made memoranda of all events that happened, and he has them now embraced in over one hun
John T. Beall (search for this): chapter 27
omprehension of incidents and details only elsewhere to be found in the newspapers and ephemeral books in which they originally appeared. The subject heads comprise Virginia Before the War, The Peace Convention, State Conventions, The Constitutional Convention, The Federal Government in 1861, The Legislatures, Official State Documents, Richmond Press on the War, The Sequestration Act and its Results, Law and Decisions, Confederate Military Documents, The French Tobacco, The Execution of John T. Beall in New York, The University of Virginia (gallantry of its students and professors), Jefferson College (service of its students and of Professor Hunter McGuire, M. D.), The Dahlgren Raid, Maps, Diagrams, Geographical Information, Federal Military Documents (National Cemeteries in Virginia), Loyalty in the State, The Confederate Government and the State, Personals, Obituaries, Arrests, etc., The Specie and the Treasury of Virginia, The War in Virginia, Richmond (the siege of), Norfolk (Gen
Cogswell (search for this): chapter 27
is work, from the fact that our librarian here, Mr. Spofford, has endorsed it in the very higest way, and in addition to his indorsement, I find that the Comte de Paris says: It is a work of the greatest value, but seems beyond the strength of a single man in the limits of a single life. General Grant says: I heartily endorse the sentiments expressed by the Comte de Paris in his letter of July 27, 1883. Governor Horatio Seymour speaks in the highest terms of the work. Dr. Cogswell, the organizer and first Superintendent of the Astor Library, says: As a chronological and synchronous record of the events it is more minute and more authentic than could be formed in any other way; and as documentary material for the historian of those events it is absolutely indispensable. I need not go over the names of all the eminent men who have indorsed this work, but amongst others there is Colonel Duncan K. McRae, of the Confederate Army, and General Beauregard, and al
Thomas S. Townsend (search for this): chapter 27
the election of Mr. Lincoln to the Presidency in 1860, when the first mutterings of the coming storm were heard, Mr. Thomas S. Townsend, of New York city, conceived the idea of collecting and arranging in a form for ready reference the chronicle of newspapers of the country, by scholars, public men and learned societies, and the foresight, skill and perseverance of Mr. Townsend commended in the most appreciative terms. Of the work Rev. Irenaeus Prime, editor of the New York Observer, writes:y of the Nation An inspection of the synopsis of the record of the State of Virginia, which was sent the editor by Mr. Townsend, impresses the former as to the great and peculiar value of this portion of the work in its comprehension of incidentsring the remarks of the Senator from New York [Mr. Evarts], but I am somewhat familiar with this compilation, knowing Mr. Townsend and having had some correspondence with him, and I have looked over the prospectus most carefully. I have arrived at
Hunter McGuire (search for this): chapter 27
ads comprise Virginia Before the War, The Peace Convention, State Conventions, The Constitutional Convention, The Federal Government in 1861, The Legislatures, Official State Documents, Richmond Press on the War, The Sequestration Act and its Results, Law and Decisions, Confederate Military Documents, The French Tobacco, The Execution of John T. Beall in New York, The University of Virginia (gallantry of its students and professors), Jefferson College (service of its students and of Professor Hunter McGuire, M. D.), The Dahlgren Raid, Maps, Diagrams, Geographical Information, Federal Military Documents (National Cemeteries in Virginia), Loyalty in the State, The Confederate Government and the State, Personals, Obituaries, Arrests, etc., The Specie and the Treasury of Virginia, The War in Virginia, Richmond (the siege of), Norfolk (Geneeral Butler's Rule, etc.), Saltville, Hampton—Burning of the Town, Slavery and Emancipation, The Peace Question (efforts of the Committee of Nine), Depar
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