Annual Report of the American Historical AssociationU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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... did by estab lishing a new school , L'École pratique des hautes Études . The new school was founded by imperial decree , July 31 , 1868 , and his purpose was declared to be the bringing together not 40 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION .
... did by estab lishing a new school , L'École pratique des hautes Études . The new school was founded by imperial decree , July 31 , 1868 , and his purpose was declared to be the bringing together not 40 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION .
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... July 15 , 1890 . + John Winthrop , F. R. S. [ 1606 – '76 ] , elected Governor of Connecticut in 1657 . Eliot , John , Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Characters in New England . Salem , 1809 . The first meetings of the body of men ...
... July 15 , 1890 . + John Winthrop , F. R. S. [ 1606 – '76 ] , elected Governor of Connecticut in 1657 . Eliot , John , Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Characters in New England . Salem , 1809 . The first meetings of the body of men ...
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... July to Samuel Hopkins , of Vermont , for making " pot and pearl ashes ; " and two more during that year.t Thomas Jefferson , Secretary of State at this period , under which Department especially the patent system grew up for more than ...
... July to Samuel Hopkins , of Vermont , for making " pot and pearl ashes ; " and two more during that year.t Thomas Jefferson , Secretary of State at this period , under which Department especially the patent system grew up for more than ...
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American Historical Association. In a letter to Bishop Madison , dated Paris , July 19 , 1788 , Jefferson tells the story of Ledyard's failure , and of his de- parture on an expedition up the Nile . " He promises me , " continues ...
American Historical Association. In a letter to Bishop Madison , dated Paris , July 19 , 1788 , Jefferson tells the story of Ledyard's failure , and of his de- parture on an expedition up the Nile . " He promises me , " continues ...
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... July , 1803 , and proceeded to Pittsburgh . Delays of preparation , difficulties of navigation down the Ohio , and other obstructions retarded his arrival at Cahoki until the season was so far advanced that he was obliged to wait until ...
... July , 1803 , and proceeded to Pittsburgh . Delays of preparation , difficulties of navigation down the Ohio , and other obstructions retarded his arrival at Cahoki until the season was so far advanced that he was obliged to wait until ...
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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 147 - 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 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 149 - 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 146 - That there be granted to the several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress to which the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of 1860: Provided, That no mineral lands shall be selected or purchased under the provisions of this act.
Page 54 - A Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge among the British Plantations in America.
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...
Page 129 - 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.
Page 149 - ... the chemical composition of useful plants at their different stages of growth; the comparative advantages of rotative cropping as pursued under a varying series of crops; the capacity of new plants or trees for acclimation; the analysis of soils and water; the chemical composition of manures, natural or artificial...
Page 73 - Go, wretch, resign the presidential chair, Disclose thy secret measures, foul or fair. Go, search with curious eye, for horned frogs, Mid the wild wastes of Louisianian bogs; Or, where Ohio rolls his turbid stream, Dig for huge bones, thy glory and thy theme.