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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 1 1 Browse Search
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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 2: (search)
The terms of the cession sufficiently manifest that they were free—will offerings of such forts and sites as belonged to the state; public functionaries were bound to know that, by the United States law of March 20, 1794, it was provided that no purchase shall be made where such are the property of a State. Act to provide for defense of certain ports and harbors of the United States. The stipulations made by Virginia, in ceding the ground for Fortress Monroe and the Rip Raps, on March 1, 1821, are as follows: an act ceding to the United States the lands on old point comfort, and the Shoal called the Rip Raps. Whereas, It is shown to the present General Assembly that the Government of the United States is solicitous that certain lands at Old Point Comfort, and at the shoal called the Rip Raps, should be, with the right of property and entire jurisdiction thereon, vested in the said United States for the purpose of fortification and other objects of national defense:
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 8., Full of years. (search)
t, and it is difficult to recognize married women under their maiden names, but as careful a search as possible has resulted in finding the following twenty-six persons who are natives of Medford, born previous to June 1830, who have lived here continuously, or for the greater part of their lives, and who are now residents. Henry Richardson, b. June 26, 1818,. Sarah A. (Kimball) Lincoln, b. July 30, 1818. Mary W. (Todd) Roberts, b. May 15, 1819. Mary W. (Blanchard) Harlow, b. March 1, 1821. Elizabeth (Todd) Turner, b. April 18, 1821. William C. Sprague, b. June 13, 1823. Mary M. (Cushing) Weston, b. December 27, 1825. Frederick D. H. Thomas, b. May 8, 1826. James F. Fifield, b. September 15, 1826. Harriet W. (Joyce) Brown, b. October 29, 1826. Mary (White) Hartshorn, b. December 13, 1826. J. Everett Wellington, b. April 27, 1827. Mary (Gleason) Waterman, b. July 2, 1827. Susan R. (Hall) Turner, b. August 29, 1827. Lucy A. Peck, b. June 24,