Annual Report of the American Historical AssociationU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 - Historiography |
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... object is not so much to teach his- tory as to supplement the historical instruction that the stu- dents may have elsewhere enjoyed . The object of the 38 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION .
... object is not so much to teach his- tory as to supplement the historical instruction that the stu- dents may have elsewhere enjoyed . The object of the 38 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION .
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American Historical Association. dents may have elsewhere enjoyed . The object of the school is not only to make known the riches of the French archives , but also to give the greatest possible facility in the best meth- ods of using ...
American Historical Association. dents may have elsewhere enjoyed . The object of the school is not only to make known the riches of the French archives , but also to give the greatest possible facility in the best meth- ods of using ...
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... object is to clothe different communities appropriately to the tastes and habits of each . We shall continue to regret , then , that the ancient writers have left us so little real illustration concerning the habits of these earlier ...
... object is to clothe different communities appropriately to the tastes and habits of each . We shall continue to regret , then , that the ancient writers have left us so little real illustration concerning the habits of these earlier ...
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... objects of primary importance institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge . " All of them were fellows of the American Phil- osophical Society , and the President took much interest in its proceedings . The records of the ...
... objects of primary importance institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge . " All of them were fellows of the American Phil- osophical Society , and the President took much interest in its proceedings . The records of the ...
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... object in time , even if its merits should not draw forth from every quarter the aid it would be proud to deserve , " alluding , of course , to the provisions in his own will . " He then , " continues Blodget , " talked again and again ...
... object in time , even if its merits should not draw forth from every quarter the aid it would be proud to deserve , " alluding , of course , to the provisions in his own will . " He then , " continues Blodget , " talked again and again ...
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Adams Address delivered AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION American Antiquarian Society American Historical Association American History ANDREW DICKSON Annual Antiquarian Society April Bishop of Iowa Boston Cambridge CHARLES CARD CHARLES COLCOCK Charles Henry Hart Chicago Church City College Colony Congress Connecticut December Education Edward electrotyped Encyclopædia England established February Fisheries FRANCIS G. P. Putnam's Sons GEORGE BROWN GREEN HART HENRY Historical Sketch illustrated Institution James January Jefferson JOHN FLETCHER JOHN WATTS John Wilson Journal July June Justin Winsor land Library Magazine of American Magazine of Western maps MARTHA Massachusetts Historical Society Memoir ment Monthly November observatory October Office Ohio paper PEYSTER Philadelphia Philosophical Society plates political portrait President Privately printed Proceedings Prof Professor published Report Reprinted ROBERT CHARLES SAMUEL ABBOTT scientific Secretary seminary SMITH Smithsonian STRYKER Territory tion United University Virginia Washington Western History WHEILDON William Stevens Perry WILLIAM WILLDER Winthrop York
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Page 148 - That in order to aid in acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to promote scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science...
Page 174 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Page 148 - AN ACT to establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the colleges established in the several States under the provisions of an act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the acts supplementary thereto.
Page 148 - An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each college, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their cost and results, and such other matters, including State industrial and economical statistics, as may be supposed useful; one copy of which shall be transmitted by mail free, by each, to all the other colleges which may be endowed under the provisions of this act, and also one copy to the Secretary of the Interior.
Page 54 - A Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge among the British Plantations in America.
Page 147 - ... 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, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.
Page 147 - States; but their assignees may thus locate said land scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands of the United States subject to sale at private entry...
Page 148 - 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 147 - If any portion of the fund invested, as provided by the foregoing section, or any portion of the interest thereon, shall, by any action or contingency be diminished or lost, it shall be replaced by the State to which it belongs, so that the capital of the fund shall remain forever undiminished...
Page 66 - American Revolution with those of the late American war. The American war is over: but this is far from being the case with the American revolution. On the contrary, nothing but the first act of the great drama is closed.