Annual Report of the American Historical AssociationU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 - Electronic journals |
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... interest of American history and of history in America . Said association is authorized to hold real and personal estate in the District of Columbia so far only as may be necessary to its lawful ends to an amount not exceeding five ...
... interest of American history and of history in America . Said association is authorized to hold real and personal estate in the District of Columbia so far only as may be necessary to its lawful ends to an amount not exceeding five ...
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... interest , and are an important addition to the literature of the French in America during the Revolutionary War . The evening session on Saturday began promptly at 8 o'clock at the Columbian University , with the Hon . John Jay , of ...
... interest , and are an important addition to the literature of the French in America during the Revolutionary War . The evening session on Saturday began promptly at 8 o'clock at the Columbian University , with the Hon . John Jay , of ...
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... interest of self - government for Kentucky . The history of the time is one of constant turmoil . Threats of violent separation , both from Virginia and the Union , were frequent ; and yet not one action of an unconstitutional character ...
... interest of self - government for Kentucky . The history of the time is one of constant turmoil . Threats of violent separation , both from Virginia and the Union , were frequent ; and yet not one action of an unconstitutional character ...
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... interest . Much material for a study of the Confederate Government was destroyed dur- ing the war , and much that has been preserved is not yet ac- cessible . We have , however , a full series of statutes , about one hundred and fifty ...
... interest . Much material for a study of the Confederate Government was destroyed dur- ing the war , and much that has been preserved is not yet ac- cessible . We have , however , a full series of statutes , about one hundred and fifty ...
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... interest- ing paper on " The Relations of History to Ethnology , " by Prof. O. T. Mason , of the National Museum . He showed that the student of human culture is constantly a debtor to the historian . To illustrate this idea he spoke of ...
... interest- ing paper on " The Relations of History to Ethnology , " by Prof. O. T. Mason , of the National Museum . He showed that the student of human culture is constantly a debtor to the historian . To illustrate this idea he spoke of ...
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Page 149 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts...
Page 149 - ... that a sum not exceeding ten per centum upon the amount received by any State under the provisions of this act, may be expended for the purchase of lands for sites or experimental farms, whenever authorized by the respective Legislatures of said States.
Page 176 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Page 148 - ... there are public lands in a State subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre...
Page 60 - Cambridge, public schools, and grammar schools in the towns; to encourage private societies and public institutions, rewards and immunities, for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the country; to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private charity, industry and frugality, honesty and punctuality in their dealings; sincerity, good humor, and all social affections, and generous sentiments...
Page 149 - That in no case shall any State to which land scrip may thus be issued be allowed to locate the same within the limits of any other State...
Page 150 - Any State which may take and claim the benefit of the provisions of this act, shall provide, within five years, at least, not less than one college, as described in the fourth section of this act, or the grant to such State shall cease, and said State shall be bound to pay the United States the amount received of any lands previously sold, and that the title to purchasers under the State shall be void.
Page 151 - Territory established, or which may hereafter be established, in accordance with the provisions of an Act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled "An Act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agricultural and the mechanic arts...
Page 56 - A Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge among the British Plantations in America.
Page 149 - That the grant of land and land scrip hereby authorized shall be made on the following conditions, to which, as well as to the provisions hereinbefore contained, the previous assent of the several States shall be signified by legislative acts: First.