American Almanac and Treasury of Facts, Statistical, Financial, and Political |
From inside the book
Page 60
19 Louisiana .. 20 Maine .. 21 Maryland . 22 Massachusetts . 23 Michigan 24 Minnesota 25 Mississippi 26 Missouri 27 Montana . 28 Nebraska 29 Nevada 30 New Hampshire 31 New Jersey .. 32 New Mexico .. 33 New York .. 34 North Carolina .
19 Louisiana .. 20 Maine .. 21 Maryland . 22 Massachusetts . 23 Michigan 24 Minnesota 25 Mississippi 26 Missouri 27 Montana . 28 Nebraska 29 Nevada 30 New Hampshire 31 New Jersey .. 32 New Mexico .. 33 New York .. 34 North Carolina .
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adams Alabama American Amount Andrew Annual army bonds Boston Buren California CANDIDATES cent Charles City Clay Congress Connecticut debt Delaware Democratic Dist District Dollars elected Electoral ending Expenditures exports France Franklin Fund George Georgia Gold Governor Grant Hampshire Henry House Illinois imports Increase Indiana interest Iowa Italy Jackson James Jefferson Jersey John Joseph July June Kentucky land Lincoln Louisiana Madison Maine Majority manufactures March Martin Maryland Mass Massachusetts Michigan miles Mississippi Missouri Monroe morn NAME Navy North OFFICERS Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Philadelphia Popular population President Rate Report Republican Rhode Island Rises Robert Salary Samuel Scattering Secretary Senate Sept sets Silver Smith South Carolina Tennessee Term Territory Texas Thomas Total vote Ulysses Union United University Vermont Virginia Washington West Wisconsin York
Popular passages
Page 384 - That it shall be lawful to transmit through the mail, free of postage, any letters, packages, or other matters relating exclusively to the business of the Government of the United States: Provided, That every such letter or package to entitle it to pass free shall bear over the words "Official business...
Page 349 - That for the purchase of such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress at the said city of Washington, and for fitting up a suitable apartment for containing them...
Page 72 - Every person, firm, association other than national bank associations, and every corporation, State bank, or State banking association, shall pay a tax of 10 per centum on the amount of their own notes used for circulation and paid out by them.
Page 73 - ... but not made from grapes grown in the United States, and liquors, not made from grapes, currants, rhubarb, or berries grown in the United States...
Page 350 - While residing in Paris, I devoted every afternoon I was disengaged, for a summer or two, in examining all the principal bookstores, turning over every book with my own hand, and putting by everything which related to America, and indeed whatever was rare and valuable in every science.
Page 329 - That the value of foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United States shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value...
Page 350 - ... perseverance and expense, with some knowledge of the bibliography of the subject, would again happen to be in concurrence. During the same period, and after my return to America, I was led to procure, also, whatever related to the duties of those in the high concerns of the nation. So that the collection, which I suppose is of between nine and ten thousand volumes, while it includes what is chiefly valuable in science and literature generally, extends more particularly to whatever belongs to...
Page 21 - New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.
Page 72 - State banking association, and also every national banking association, shall pay a like tax of ten per centum on the amount of notes of any person, firm, association other than a national banking association, or of any corporation, State bank, or State banking association, or of any town, city, or municipal corporation, used for circulation and paid out by them.
Page 73 - States, where such packet, box, bottle, pot, phial, or other inclosure, with its contents, shall not exceed, at the retail price or value, the sum of twenty-five cents, one cent.