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William H. Herndon, Jesse William Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Etiam in minimis major, The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon, for twenty years his friend and Jesse William Weik, Chapter 5. (search)
Under the Act of 1855, another Land Warrant, No. 68,465, for 120 acres, was issued to Abraham Lincoln, Captain Illinois Militia, Black Hawk war, on the 22d April, 1856, and was located by himself at Springfield, Illinois, December 27, 1859, on the east half of the north-east quarter and the north-west quarter of the north-east quarter of section 18, in Township 84, north of Range 39, west; for which a patent, as recorded in volume 468, page 53, was issued September 10, 1860, and sent October 30, 1860, to the Register for delivery.--Letter Jos. S. Wilson Acting Commissioner Land Office, June 27, 1865. The return of the Black Hawk warriors to New Salem occurred in the month of August, but a short time before the general election. A new Legislature was to be chosen, and as Lincoln had declared to his comrades in the army he would, and in obedience to the effusive declaration of principles which he had issued over his signature in March, before he went to the war, he presented hims
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 5: Forts and Artillery. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The Ordnance department of the Federal army (search)
n officer of long experience, and under his able direction the department, for the first two and one-half years of the war, sustained the great burden of arming and equipping the immense armies that were suddenly raised for tile prosecution of the conflict. During previous years of peace, nearly seven hundred thousand muskets had been ordinarily on hand in the various Government arsenals, but even this number had been allowed to diminish, so that the store of muskets of all kinds, on October 30, 1860, was about five hundred and thirty thousand, distributed among the arsenals of the country, there being at no one place more than one hundred and thirty thousand. As this supply of arms was applicable to the army, the navy, the marine corps, and the militia, it was evidently not great, especially in view of the emergency. Furthermore, there had been a sale of a considerable number of old-pattern muskets, but this sale was stopped, in order not to deplete the supply too seriously. D
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bancroft, Frederic, 1860- (search)
Bancroft, Frederic, 1860- Historian: born in Galesburg, Ill., Oct. 30, 1860; was graduated at Amherst College in 1882; appointed chief of the Bureau of Rolls and Library, Department of State. Washington, D. C., in 1888; has lectured on historical and diplomatic subjects: contributed many articles to the press: and published Life of William H. Scward; The negro in politics, etc. Bancroft, George
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 82 (search)
in the present Union. The falling off say of Texas, or of all the Atlantic States, from the Potomac south, was not within the scope of General S.'s provisional remedies. It is his opinion that instructions should be given, at once, to the commanders of the Barrancas, Forts Moultrie and Monroe, to be on their guard agains surprises and coups de main. As to regular approaches nothing can be said or done, at this time, without volunteers. There is one (regular) company at Boston, one here, (at the Narrows,) one at Pittsburg, one at Augusta, Ga., and one at Baton Rouge — in all five companies only, within reach, to garrison or reinforce the forts mentioned in the Views. General Scott is all solicitude for the safety of the Union. He is, however, not without hope that all dangers and difficulties will pass away without leaving a scar or painful recollection behind. The Secretary's most obedient servant, October 30, 1860. W. S. --National Intelligencer, January 18, 1861.
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), F. (search)
ttum and StevensOct. 22, 1861. 35,685P. J. JarreJune 24, 1862. 51,225E. SchoppNov. 28, 1865. 4. Swinging or rotating Laterally. (a.) On a Longitudinal Pin or Hinge. No.Name.Date. 193W. H. HubbellMar. 11, 1837. *364S. DayAug. 31, 1837. 3,649W. W. HubbellJuly 1, 1844. 6,139D. MinesingerFeb. 27, 1849. *9.701C. N. TylerMay 3, 1853. *14,017B. GroomJan. 1, 1856. *14,406F. NewburyMar. 1, 1856. 20,315C. W. AlexanderMay 25, 1858. 26,526I. H. SearsDec. 20, 1859. 30,537E. MaynardOct. 30, 1860. 33,435B. F. JoslynOct. 8, 1861. 33,907W. H. SmithDec. 10, 1861. *34,126Brady and NobleJan. 14, 1862. 34,449B. F. Skinner and A. Plummer, Jr.Feb. 18, 1862. 34,854S. W. WoodApr. 1, 1862. 35,688B. F. JoslynJune 24, 1862. *35,996J. B. DoolittleJuly 29, 1862. *36,358J. NicholsSept. 2, 1862. 37,208S. StrongDec. 16, 1862. 38,366L. AlbrightMay 5, 1863. 38,643S. StrongMay 19, 1863. 38,644S. StrongMay 19, 1863. 39,198J. DavisJuly 7, 1863. 39,407B. F. JoslynAug. 4, 1863. 41,732J. Wa
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Letters and Journals of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Chapter 7: Cambridge in later life (search)
a circle. If I try for an instant to reproduce a past experience, except in a higher form, I shall fail. .. I have a passion for red tape and lists and the arrangement of details; understand perfectly Napoleon's loving to read over his army lists, in moments of leisure; give me something that interests me, to codify and arrange, and I am perfectly happy; with a shade less of the element of action, I should be a perfect librarian, in bliss among pamphlets and gluttonous of work. October 30, 1860 Why should we all (save Emerson) be so impatient to speak? Why not wait till next moment or next sphere, if necessary, and say it deliberately and well? But no, the terrible throb of eager desire for utterance drives men on, like hunger or lust, with no power to calculate or resist. When you have found a day to be idle, be idle for a day, says a Chinese proverb. But the name of idleness is a misnomer for any day, however spent, by a man whose brain is active. Awaken a man's
Edward H. Savage, author of Police Recollections; Or Boston by Daylight and Gas-Light ., Boston events: a brief mention and the date of more than 5,000 events that transpired in Boston from 1630 to 1880, covering a period of 250 years, together with other occurrences of interest, arranged in alphabetical order, Boston events. (search)
in E. Boston, Oct 21, 1855 Galen Walker, by Jas. McGee, in State Prison, Dec. 15, 1856 Solon Tenney, by Charles L. Cater, in State Prison, Dec. 27, 1856 Jerry Agin, by Tom. Mead, in Stoddard street, Oct. 8, 1857 John Hilton, by Henry L. Sutton, on Fort Hill, Oct. 17, 1857 Ezekiel W. Hodgsdon, by McNulty and Joyce, in East Boston, Oct. 18, 1857 William R. Chapman, by James H. Gould, in Friend street, Feb. 26, 1858 Fanny May, by Joseph G. Fernandez, in Hanover street, Oct. 30, 1860 Murder Michael Orphin, by John Fitzgerald, on Fort Hill, Mar. 13, 1861 Barney Ford, by Mike Sullivan, in North street, Nov. 22, 1862 Nathan Breed, by Horace Davis, in West Lynn, Dec. 22, 1862 James M. Sawyer, by Edward Owens, in Winter street, Aug. 24, 1863 Frank Converse, by Edward W. Green, in Malden, Dec. 14, 1863 Abraham Lincoln, by J. Wilkes Booth, in Washington, D. C., Apr. 14, 1865 Morris Folay, by Wm. J Felton (susp.), in South street, Oct. 1, 1864 Jo
James Buchanan, Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion, Chapter 5: (search)
arily left without sufficient garrisons for want of troops the President's duty to refrain from any hostile act against the cotton States, and smooth the way to a compromise the rights of those States in no danger from Mr. Lincoln's election their true policy was to cling to the Union. Such, since the period of Mr. Lincoln's election, having been the condition of the Southern States, the Views of General Scott, addressed before that event to the Secretary of War, on the 29th and 30th October, 1860, were calculated to do much injury in misleading the South. From the strange inconsistencies they involve, it would be difficult to estimate whether they did most harm in encouraging or in provoking secession. So far as they recommended a military movement, this, in order to secure success, should have been kept secret until the hour had arrived for carrying it into execution. The substance of them, however, soon reached the Southern people. Neither the headquarters of the army at
James Buchanan, Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion, Appendix (search)
Appendix General Scott's views of the 29th and 30th of October, 1860, published by his authority in the National Intelligenoer of the 18th of January, 1861. Views suggested by the imminent danger (October 29, 1860) of a disruption of the Union by the Secession of one or more of the Southern States. To save time the right of secession may be conceded, and instantly balanced by the correlative right, on the part of the Federal Government, against an interior State or States, toe (regular) company at Boston, one here (at the Narrows), one at Pittsburg, one at Augusta, Ga., and one at Baton Rouge—in all five companies only, within reach, to garrison or reenforce the forts mentioned in the Views. General Scott is all solicitude for the safety of the Union. He is, however, not without hope that all dangers and difficulties will pass away without leaving a scar or painful recollection behind. The Secretary's most obedient servant, Winfield Scott. October 30th, 1860
The Daily Dispatch: November 1, 1860., [Electronic resource], Utah. (search)
Reception of Senator Douglas in the South. Augusta, Oct. 30. --Senator Douglas was hailed enthusiastically on his route through Upper Georgia. Thousands greeted him at Atlanta. Macon, Ga., Oct. 31.--Senator Douglas arrived here last night. He was welcomed with firing of guns, and great enthusiasm was exhibited by the people.
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