Story of one hundred years - A comprehensive review of the political and military events, the social, intellectual and material progress, and the general state of mankind in all lands. Embodying (14779370141)

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Title: Story of one hundred years : A comprehensive review of the political and military events, the social, intellectual and material progress, and the general state of mankind in all lands. Embodying detailed and accurate accounts of all things of importance and interest, from 1801 to 1900, inclusive
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Shepp, Daniel B
Subjects: History, Modern
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Globe Bible publishing company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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1863—IINCOLN DELIVERING HIS FAMOUS ADDRESS AT GETTYSBURG STORY OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS. 3/1 In Walkers last expedition he landed near Truxillo, in Honduras,took the fort on the 6th of August, i860, and he was shot on the 12thof the following- month. ANTI-SLAVERY POWER IN CONGRESS. At the assembling of the Thirty-fourth Congress on the 3d of De-cember, 1856, there was an unprecedented struggle for the choice of aspeaker, which lasted till the 2d of February, nine weeks, and, after 133ballotings, resulted in the choice of Nathaniel P. Banks, the candidate ofthe Free State and Anti-Slavery men, who was elected by 103 votes, 100votes being cast for William Aiken. osTEND manife:sto. In October, 1854, a conference was held at Ostend, at which Mr.Buchanan, American Minister to England, Mr. Mason, Minister toFrance, and Mr. Soule, Minister to Spain, were present ; and it was pro-posed by them to purchase the island of Cuba from Spain for ^120,000,-000, and in case of her refusal to sell the is