A history of the United States in chronological order from A D 432 to the present time . g to the Senate is laid on the table, 3 March. By Act of 2 March, Washington Territory is formed fromthe Territory of Oregon, with an area of 193,071 square miles. Franklin Pierce is inaugurated fourteenth President of theU. S., 4 March; in his Message he states that it is unlikely anyinstitutions of the States will be endangered if the Govern-ment confines itself to its constitutional powers; he holds thatthe compromise measures of 1850 are strictly constitutional andto be unhesitatingly carried into effe


A history of the United States in chronological order from A D 432 to the present time . g to the Senate is laid on the table, 3 March. By Act of 2 March, Washington Territory is formed fromthe Territory of Oregon, with an area of 193,071 square miles. Franklin Pierce is inaugurated fourteenth President of theU. S., 4 March; in his Message he states that it is unlikely anyinstitutions of the States will be endangered if the Govern-ment confines itself to its constitutional powers; he holds thatthe compromise measures of 1850 are strictly constitutional andto be unhesitatingly carried into effect; and believes thatinvoluntary slavery is recognized by the Constitution, and thattlie States where it exists are entitled to efficient remedies toenforce the constitutional provisions. The President appoints the following cabinet oflUcers: WilliamMarcy, N. Y., Secretary of State ; James Guthrie, Ky., Secre-tary of the Treasury; Robert McClelland, Mich., Secretary ofthe Interior; Jefferson Davis, Miss., Secretary of War;. JamesC. Dobbin, N. C, Secretary of the Navy; James Campbell,. G. G. Meade, W. S. HA:vfcocK. Federal Generals. History of tlie United States, 177 1853. Penn., Postmaster-General; and Caleb Gushing, Mass., Attor-ney-General. Vice-President William R. King dies 18 April, aged 68. The Government sends fom* men-of-war and a supply shipfrom Norfolk, Va. (May), the whole under command of , U. S. Navy, to the eastern coast of Asia, via CapeHorn, for the purpose of exploring those regions of the PacilicOcean which it is believed will soon be traveled by merchant-men between our Pacific ports and the East Indies, and thewhaling grounds of the Kamtchatka Sea and Behrings Straits. Another expedition is fitted out during the summer, consist-ing of seven men-of-war, under the command of CommodorePerry, for the purpose of carrying a letter from the Presidentto the Emperor of Japan, soliciting the negotiation of a treatyof friendship and commerce between the tw


Size: 1233px × 2026px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookidhistoryofuniteds01jone