The Century of Independence: Embracing a Collection, from Official Sources ...

THE CENTURY

OF

INDEPENDENCE:

EMBRACING A COLLECTION, FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES,
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT

Documents and Statistics

CONNECTED WITH THE

POLITICAL HISTORY OF AMERICA;

ALSO, A CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS, FROM ITS
DISCOVERY TO THE PRESENT TIME; WITH

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL SKETCHES.

John Russell Hussey

BOSTON:

JOHN SULLY.

4 B

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876, by

J. R. HUSSEY & CO.,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

Stereotyped at FRANKLIN TYPE FOUNDRY, Cincinnati.

PRINTED AT THE LAKESIDE PRESS

CLARK AND ADAMS STREETS,
CHICAGO

CONTENTS.

Confederation of the Original States.

Washington's Acceptance of the Command of the Army.

Declaration of Independence.

Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union between

the States.

Ordinance of 1787 Relating to the Government of the North-

western Territory.

Constitution of the United States.

Washington's Address on Resigning his Commission as

Commander-in-Chief.

Washington's Inaugural Address.

Washington's Farewell Address.

Missouri Slavery Compromise of 1820.

Jackson's Proclamation to the South Carolina Nullifiers.

Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.

Kansas and Nebraska Territorial Act of 1854.

History of each of the States.

Proposed Crittenden Compromise.

Letter Explaining the Same.

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

. 156

Johnson's Amnesty Proclamation.

Impeachment Trial of Andrew Johnson.

161

Life of John Adams, and Electoral Vote of Third Term.

Life of Jefferson, and Electoral Votes of Fourth and Fifth

Terms.

Life of Madison, and Electoral Votes of Sixth and Seventh

Terms.

Life of Monroe, and Electoral Votes of Eighth and Ninth

Terms.

Chronological Record of the Century of Independence.

Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States.

Battles of the Several Wars of the United States.

Population of the United States at Decennial Periods.

Eminent Men and Women of America.

Life of Washington, and Electoral Votes of First and

Second Terms.

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Life of John Q. Adams, and Electoral Vote of Tenth Term. 257

Life of Jackson, and Electoral Votes of Eleventh and

Twelfth Terms.

260

Life of Van Buren, and Electoral Vote of Thirteenth Term. 264

Life of Harrison, and Electoral Vote of Fourteenth Term. 267

Life of Tyler.

Life of Polk, and Electoral Vote of Fifteenth Term.

Life of Taylor, and Electoral Vote of Sixteenth Term.

Life of Pierce, and Electoral Vote of Seventeenth Term.. 281

Life of Buchanan, and Electoral Vote of Eighteenth Term. 284

Life of Lincoln, and Electoral Votes of Nineteenth and

Twentieth Terms.

Life of Johnson.

Life of Grant, and Electorial Votes of Twenty-first and

Twenty-second Terms.

The Military Government Bill.

Supplement to same, and Amendments.

Amnesty Act of 1872.

Homestead Laws.

Important Statistics of States and Territories-

(a) Number of Members of Congress of each.

(b) By whom Settled, and when."

(c) Date of Act Creating each.

Time of Holding General Elections.

Senators: Number and Term of Office.

Representatives: Number and Term of Office.

Time of Meeting of Legislatures.

Governors: Term of Office, and State Capitals.

Wealth, Local Debt, and Taxation.

(k) Public Debt from 1857 to 1875, July 1st, Annually. 322

(1) Public Debt at Close of each Administration, from

1793 to 1872.

322

(m) Statement of Public Lands and Grants.

322

(n) Revenues of the Government from 1857 to 1875.

323

(0) Expenditures of the Government from 1857 to 1875. 324

(p) Gold Fluotuations from 1862 to 1872.

Manufactures: Value and Gross Productions.

The Platforms of Political Parties from 1860.

Civil Service Regulations.

335

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