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 Encyclopedia: 1872
May 10 - Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States, although she is a year too young to qualify and does not appear on the ballot.
Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was a Union general in the American Civil War and the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877).
Harlan Fiske Stone (October 11, 1872–April 22, 1946) was the dean of Columbia Law School, Attorney General of the United States, Associate Justice and later Chief Justice of the United States.
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 1801
February 27 - Washington, DC is placed under the jurisdiction of the United States Congress.
May - The pascha of Tripoli declares war on United States by having the flagpole on the consulate chopped down.
January 20 - John Marshall is appointed Chief Justice of the United States.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /1801.html   (446 words)

  
 Title_30.txt
Mining laws of United States extended to Alaska; exploration and mining for precious metals; regulations; conflict of laws; permits; dumping tailings; pumping from sea; reservation of roadway; title to land below line of high tide or high-water mark; transfer of title to future State.
All records of mining claims made after May 10, 1872, shall contain the name or names of the locators, the date of the location, and such a description of the claim or claims located by reference to some natural object or permanent monument as will identify the claim.
406.) -REFTEXT- REFERENCES IN TEXT The Mining Law of 1872 (30 U.S.C. 28), referred to in text, probably means act May 10, 1872, ch.
uscode.house.gov /download/pls/Title_30.txt   (8520 words)

  
 All About Boston
Boston is the capital of and the largest city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.
Greater Boston is one of the top-ten largest metropolitan areas in the United States, the fifteenth in the Americas, and the one of the top-fifty largest in the world.
Boston is also the United States federal government center for New England.
www.juiceenewsdaily.com /0405/travel/boston.html   (2766 words)

  
 All National Women's History Month Honorees
Goldman immigrated to the United States in 1885.
She was on the National Committee of the United States Democratic Party and was a delegate to the national conventions until 1992.
Chien-Shiung Wu came to the United States to study science as a teenager and became "the world’s foremost female experimental physicist" because of her significant contributions to nuclear physics.
www.nwhp.org /whm/all-honorees.html   (10326 words)

  
 New Hampshire Almanac
Attorney General of the United States; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Vice President of the United States under President Grant.
The New Hampshire Almanac is compiled by the New Hampshire State Library from state statutes and other sources as noted.
www.state.nh.us /nhinfo/people.html   (288 words)

  
 ROMFI - America and Canada Coins
United States of America Coin 1872 Liberty Seated 50 cents
United States of America Coin 1872 Liberty Seated Silver 5 cents
United States of America Coin 1872 Liberty Seated 25 cents
www.ifyoubuildittheywill.com /coin-amer.htm   (288 words)

  
 Solids Mineral Resources - 1872 Mining Law
Under the General Mining Law of 1872 citizens of the United States or those intending to become citizens are provided the opportunity to explore for, discover, and purchase cetain valuable mineral deposits on public land in the United States.
The General Mining Law of 1872 was in large part passed to permit appropiation of lode deposits.
The local rules of the mining districts of California were in part used as a model for the 1866 and 1872 Acts.
www.blm.gov /ca/bakersfield/1872.html   (792 words)

  
 Baird 1872
List of Patents Granted by the United States to the End of 1872, for Inventions Connected with the Capture, Utilization, or Cultivation of Fishes and Marine Invertebrates
Description of Apparatus Used in Capturing Fish on the Sea-Coast and Lakes of the United States
Pleadings before the Senate Committee on Fisheries, of the Rhode Island Legislature, at its January Session of 1872
www.nefsc.noaa.gov /nefsc/publications/classics/baird1872/baird1872.htm   (268 words)

  
 GERMAN EVANGELICAL SYNOD OF NORTH AMERICA - LoveToKnow Article on GERMAN EVANGELICAL SYNOD OF NORTH AMERICA
The original organization was strengthened in 1858 by amalgamation with the German Evangelical Church Association of Ohio, and later by the inclusion of the German United Evangelical Synod of the East (1860), the Evangelical Synod of the North-West (1872) and the United Evangelical Synod of the East (1872).
The church, which has (1909) 985 ministers and some 238,000 communicant members, is divided into seventeen districts, with officers responsible to the General Synod, which meets every four years.
The literature of the church is mainly in German, though English is rapidly gaining ground.
49.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GE/GERMAN_EVANGELICAL_SYNOD_OF_NORTH_AMERICA.htm   (268 words)

  
 Delaware United States Senators
Elected on January 19, 1897, as a Democrat to the United States Senate for the term commencing March 4, 1897, to fill the vacancy caused by failure of the Delaware Legislature to elect and served until March 3, 1901; unsuccessful candidate for reelection by the Delaware Legislature again failing to elect
Delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1864, 1872, 1876, 1880, and 1884
Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1872
www.russpickett.com /history/sentbio3.htm   (268 words)

  
 mining. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Another act that affects mining in the United States is the 1872 Mining Act.
Several pieces of legislation in the United States, the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (1977) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, or Superfund Act (1986), address these issues, but enforcement has been difficult.
Strip mining (see coal mining), open-pit (or open-cut) mining, and quarrying are the most common mining methods that start from the earth’s surface and maintain exposure to the surface throughout the extraction period.
www.bartleby.com /65/mi/mining.html   (1008 words)

  
 Delaware United States Senators
Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1872
Delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1864, 1872, 1876, 1880, and 1884
Elected on January 19, 1897, as a Democrat to the United States Senate for the term commencing March 4, 1897, to fill the vacancy caused by failure of the Delaware Legislature to elect and served until March 3, 1901; unsuccessful candidate for reelection by the Delaware Legislature again failing to elect
www.russpickett.com /history/sentbio3.htm   (2387 words)

  
 Reader's Companion to American History - -NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION
In 1872, it supported Victoria Woodhull, the first woman candidate for president of the United States.
After the 1872 election, the political differences between the two associations began to fade, but the acrimony was so great that they did not merge (becoming the National American Woman Suffrage Association) until 1890.
The National Woman Suffrage Association (nwsa) was founded in May 1869 by Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and other women exasperated at the collapse of an Equal Rights Association convention they attended in New York City.
college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/rcah/html/ah_063800_nationalwom2.htm   (304 words)

  
 Years 1950 - 1959 in English music
Timeline of trends in music from the United Kingdom
Music of the United Kingdom (1950s and 60s)
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 grant.html
In 1872 Great Britian signed the Geneva Tribunal with the United States and promised to pay $15,500,000 for damage.
He accomplished much in the 63 years of his life including the surrender of General Lee and Appomattox, the Treaty of Washington, the Geneva Tribunal, the restoration of the seceded states, the admittance of Colorado into the Union, the Amnesty Act of 1872, and the writing of his memoirs.
The United States signed the Treaty of Washington with Great Britian concerning the damage done by warship Alabama and other Confederate warships in 1871.
www.angelfire.com /oh/lizbeth/grant.html   (914 words)

  
 United Presbyterian Church of Lyndon Records, 1893-1961 - Finding Aid - Kansas State Historical Society
The unified Lyndon church re-incorporated in 1970 as the United Presbyterian Church of Lyndon.
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of Topeka-Highland.
United Presbyterian Church of Lyndon (Lyndon, Kan. : 1872-1960).
www.kshs.org /ms/mc5009.htm   (914 words)

  
 Scotland national football team - Enpsychlopedia
The Scotland national football team have played international football longer than any other nation in the world along with England, whom they competed against in the world's first international football match at the West of Scotland Cricket Club, Partick, in 1872.
Note that from 1872- 1954 the Scotland national team was appointed by an SFA selection committee.
The Tartan Army and the roligans of Denmark are often considered the best national team fans in Europe, if not the world.
www.grohol.com /psypsych/Scotland_national_football_team   (914 words)

  
 The Wonderful World of Coins Journal of Antiques & Collectibles May Issue 2002
generally a popular coin and the mintage between 1863 and 1872 ranged from a high of 22, 725 coins in 1866 down to 1,950 coins in 1872.
Arrows were placed at the dates of 1853, 1854, and 1855 coins in the series, and in 1873 and 1874 arrows are to be found again on either side of the date.
From the number of worn two-cent coins abounding in the market, we can determine that, the two-cent bronze coin was well used, even if it wasn’t popular.
www.journalofantiques.com /May02/coinsmay02.htm   (1565 words)

  
 List of state leaders in 1897 - Open Encyclopedia
William McKinley, President of the United States (1897-1901)
Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (1893-1897)
1896 state leaders - Events of 1897- 1898 state leaders - State leaders by year
open-encyclopedia.com /List_of_state_leaders_in_1897   (346 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Masonry (Freemasonry)
In North America, especially in the United States, a characteristic feature of the outer work is the tendency toward display in the construction of sumptuous Masonic "temples", in Masonic processions, at the laying of cornerstones and the dedication of public buildings and even of Christian churches.
The principal system in the United States (Charleston, South Carolina) is the so-called Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, organized in 1801 on the basis of the French Scottish Rite of perfection, which was established by the Council of the Emperors of the East and West (Paris, 1758).
Findel states that the principal reason is to prevent Masonry from being dominated by a people whose strong racial attachments are incompatible with the unsectarian character of the institution.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/09771a.htm   (14785 words)

  
 List of Governors of Massachusetts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The governor also serves as Commander-in-Chief of the Commonwealth's armed forces, a position the power of which has declined as the states of the United States have become less individual nations and more subnational units.
The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The title of "His Excellency" is a throwback to the executives of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Province of New England, and Royal Colony of Massachusetts, all of whom, as royal appointees, were afforded this title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Governor_of_Massachusetts   (684 words)

  
 Trinity Church, Boston - Enpsychlopedia
It is the only church in the United States, and the only building in Boston, that has been honored as one of the 10 most significant buildings in the United States by the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
The current Church building was erected after its former site burned in the Great Boston Fire of 1872, under the direction of Rector Phillips Brooks (1835-1893), one of the best-known and most charismatic preachers of his time.
Trinity Church in Boston, Massachusetts is a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/wiki/Trinity_Church,_Boston   (552 words)

  
 Illegal Citizenship
These are the only three Amendments in which a large portion of the nation (people in the recently rebellious Confederate states) were not permitted to vote in the ratification process, as former Confederate state voters were not re-enfranchised until passage of the Amnesty Act of 1872.
When he was twenty-one years old, Wong Kim Ark visited his parents in China, but upon returning to the Port of San Francisco in 1895, was denied entry on the grounds both that he was not a citizen and that the Federal Chinese Exclusion Acts prevented his entering the United States as an immigrant.
Obviously, the central, if not the entire, purpose of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause was to make former slaves citizens of the United States.
www.intellectualconservative.com /article4435.html   (1703 words)

  
 Mexico and Central America, 1800-1900 A.D. Timeline of Art History The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Instead of realizing the dream of a united and prosperous independent isthmian nation, Central America remains a feuding cluster of city-states calling themselves "republics." Despite the failure of a union, their individual flags—all bearing a white stripe between two blue stripes (land between the two oceans)—symbolize shared histories and future hopes.
Plans to construct an inter-oceanic canal through Central America spells continual international interference in the affairs of the region, particularly from Britain and the U.S. These plans culminate in the Panama Canal in 1914.
In 1823, the United Provinces of Central America is formed, consisting of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica (Panama is part of Colombia until 1903, Belize a colony of British Honduras until 1973).
www.metmuseum.org /toah/ht/10/ca/ht10ca.htm   (1041 words)

  
 samuel f. b. morse - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
Lists: List of inventors, List of people on stamps of the United States, List of painters, Timeline of communication technology, List of famous cemeteries, Timeline of invention, Transatlantic telegraph cable, List of inventions named after people, List of inventors, List of Unitarian Universalists
Morse, Samuel F. Foreign Conspiracy Against the Liberties of the United States" (New York: Leavitt, Lord & Co. (New York Observer))
Science in the United States : Timeline of United States history (1820-1859), United States technological and industrial history
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 SuffolkWeb: Genealogical Censuses
Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Years 1790.
Enumeration District Maps for the Fifteenth Census of the United States.
Once address is located, use the Database for Identifying in which Enumeration District(s) a Street is Located (100 largest U.S.cities) by Joel Weintraubor or the Index to selected city streets and enumeration districts, 1930 census [microform].
www.suffolk.lib.ny.us /govdocs/census.html   (2734 words)

  
 ipedia.com: 1805 Article
April 27 - United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "shores of Tripoli").
June - War ends between Tripoli and the United States of America.
May 26 - In Milan's cathedral, Napoleon I of France is crowned King of Italy.
www.ipedia.com /1805.html   (399 words)

  
 Kansas Historical Quarterly, 1931-1977
Douglas C. McMurtrie, "The Shawnee Sun: The First Periodical Publication in the United States to be Printed Wholly in an Indian Language," p.
Thomas Amory Lee, "William C. Hook -- Judge of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals of the United States," p.
lists of contributors, book lists, errata, and other contents which are not formal articles).
www.kshs.org /publicat/khq   (7938 words)

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