The National Almanac and Annual Record for ...William Vincent McKean G. W. Childs, 1864 - Almanacs, American |
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... House of Representatives ; to Captain Jas . M. Gilliss , Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Observatory to A. R. Spofford , Esq . , of the Congressional Library ; to Professor Gould , of Cambridge ; to Hon . James Pollock and Dr. H. R. ...
... House of Representatives ; to Captain Jas . M. Gilliss , Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Observatory to A. R. Spofford , Esq . , of the Congressional Library ; to Professor Gould , of Cambridge ; to Hon . James Pollock and Dr. H. R. ...
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... House to whom , in the ordinary routine , the subject was referred ; but the recom mendations of the President and of the Commit- tee were suffered to lie unnoticed on the tables of both Houses ; and it was reserved for the Emperor ...
... House to whom , in the ordinary routine , the subject was referred ; but the recom mendations of the President and of the Commit- tee were suffered to lie unnoticed on the tables of both Houses ; and it was reserved for the Emperor ...
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... House ; and four years later the Smithsonian Institution was organized essentially on the basis so often urged by him , although omitting the Observatory element , which was then no longer desirable , inasmuch as the end had been ...
... House ; and four years later the Smithsonian Institution was organized essentially on the basis so often urged by him , although omitting the Observatory element , which was then no longer desirable , inasmuch as the end had been ...
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... House by reference to the mittee of the Whole on the State of the Union . " On the 23d June , a bill identical with the one thus laid to rest in the House , was introduced in the Senate by the Naval Committee of that body . It passed ...
... House by reference to the mittee of the Whole on the State of the Union . " On the 23d June , a bill identical with the one thus laid to rest in the House , was introduced in the Senate by the Naval Committee of that body . It passed ...
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... House of Commons in 1830 , which showed that in Ireland the increase of wealth was far greater than of population ... houses that twenty millions of people live in , and the lumber they are made of , but he excludes the wearing - apparel ...
... House of Commons in 1830 , which showed that in Ireland the increase of wealth was far greater than of population ... houses that twenty millions of people live in , and the lumber they are made of , but he excludes the wearing - apparel ...
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Page 268 - Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 447 - State of Minnesota to the Iowa line ; thence along the boundary line of the State of Iowa to the point of intersection between the Big Sioux and Missouri Rivers ; thence up the Missouri River, and along the boundary line of the Territory of Nebraska, to the mouth of the Niobrara or Running Water River ; thence following up the same, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the mouth of the...
Page 220 - States ; regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians not members of any of the States, provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated ; establishing...
Page 268 - ... shall also contain an account of all moneys received and expended by him. He shall also make special reports on particular subjects whenever required to do so by the president or either house of congress, or when he shall think the subject in his charge requires it.
Page 214 - The amount of its capital stock and the number of shares into which the same shall be divided.
Page 463 - Slocum arrived on the field with the 3d and 12th corps, which took position, one on the left and the other on the right of the new line. The battle for the day, however, was over. General Meade arrived on the field during the night with the reserves, and posted his troops in line of battle : the...
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Page 268 - to acquire and preserve in his Department all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain by means of books and correspondence, and by practical and scientific experiments...