Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by ASHER, ADAÁS & HIGGINS, District of Indiana. CONTENTS. PAGE. Formation of the Original Union, Population of the United States ad Dedefinial Porlods.., Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union.. Constitution of the United States, and Amendmeritş22 Kansas and Nebraska Act of 1854.. Proposed Crittenden Compromise. Proclamation of Andrew Jackson. History of each of the States. Electoral Votes for 1st and 2d terms. Electoral Votes for 4th and 5th terms.. Electoral Votes for 6th and 7th terms. Electoral Votes for Sth and 9th terms. 41 65 66 73 86 94 97 99 101 106 130 157 159 161 163 164) 166 168 170 172 174 176 178 179 181 te Of Auto BinWhy 18 '65 PAGE. Electoral Votes for 13th term. Electoral Votes for 14th term. Electoral Yofes for ļ5th term. Electoral Votes for 18th.terin Electoral Votes forʻ17th terms Electoral Votes for 19th and 20th terms. Chronological Record of the Rebellion... Pay of Officers of the United States, Civil and Military.. 269 Constitutional Amendment (proposed). The Military Government Bill.. Supplement to the same, and Amendment. History of the National Banks..... History of Finances, Loans, Bonds, Legal Tender Notes, etc... 318 Statistical View of the States, etc.... Platforms of the Parties for 1860 and 1864. FORMATION OF THE ORIGINAL UNION. Colonies are On Monday, the 5th of September, 1774, there were assembled at Carpenter's Hall, in the city of Philadelphia, a number of men who had been chosen and appointed by the several colonies in North America to hold a Congress for the purpose of discussing certain grievances imputed against the mother country. This Congress resolved, on the next day, , that each colony should have one vote only. On Tuesday, the 2d July, 1776, the Congress resolved, “That these United , and of right ought to be, Free and Independent States, etc., etc.; and on Thursday, the 4th July, the whole Declaration of Independence having been agreed upon, it was publicly read to the people. Shortly after, on the 9th September, it was resolved that the words "United Colonies" should be no longer used, and that the “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" should thenceforward be the style and title of the Union. On Saturday, the 15th November, 1777, "Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union of the United States of America" were agreed to by the State delegates, subject to the ratification of the State legislatures severally. Eight of the States ratified these articles on the 9th July, 1778; one on the 21st July; one on the 24th July; one on the 26th November of the same year; one on the 22d February, 1779; and the last one on the 1st March, 1781. Here was a bond of anion between thirteen independent States, whose delegates in Congress legislated for the general welfáre, and executed certain powers so far as they were permitted by the articles aforesaid. The following are the names of the Presidents of the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1788: Peyton Randolph, Virginia......... ...5th Sept., 1774. Henry Middleton, South Carolina... .22d Oct., 1774. Peyton Randolph, Virginia....... ..10th May, 1775. John Hancock, Massachusetts.... ........24th May, 1776. Henry Laurons, South Carolina......... .1st Nov., 1777. .10th Dec., 1778. .28th Sept., 1779. ...10th July, 1781. ..5th Nov., 1781. .4th 1782. .3d 1783. .30th 1784. ....6th Jan., 1786. .2d Feb., 1787. .22d Jan., 1788. The seat of government was established as follows: At Philadelphia, Pa., commencing September 5,1774, and May 10, 1775; at Baltimore, Md., December 20, 1776; at Philadelphia, Pa., March 4, 1777; at Lancaster, Pa., September 27, 1777; at York, Pa., September 30, 1777; at Philadelphia, Pa., July 2, 1778: at Princeton, N. J., June 30, 1783; at Annapolis, Md., November 26, 1783; at Trenton, N. J., November 1, 1784; and at New York City, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1785. On the 4th March, 1789, the present Constitution, which had been adopted by a convention and ratified by the requisite number of States, went into operation. |
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