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Library of Congress1874

In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1874. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 257.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Eliza Shelton, Nancy Shelton, Cerena Metcalf, Nancy King, Patsey I. Shelton, Sarah Metcalf, Cloa Shelton, and Mary Franklin, citizens of Shelton Laurell, Madison County, in the State of North Carolina, praying that pensions may be granted to them, respectively, as the surviving widows of soldiers who were killed in the service of the United States, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report

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Library of Congress1861

Ordinance of Secession, 1861.

This document is a one-page handwritten copy of the Ordinance of Secession passed on January 10, 1861, by the members of the Florida Convention of the People (commonly referred to as the Secession Convention). Pursuant to an act of the Florida legislature approved on November 30, 1860, Governor Madison S. Perry issued a proclamation calling an election on Saturday, December 22, 1860, for delegates to a convention to address the issue of whether Florida had a right to withdraw from the Union. The Secession Convention met in Tallahassee on January 3, 1861, and passed, on January 10, the Ordinance of Secession. The ordinance declared Florida to be "a sovereign and independent nation." On April 13, the convention ratified the constitution adopted by the Confederate States of America. The convention adjourned on April 27, 1861.

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Library of Congress1871

Birds eye view of the city of Atlanta, the capitol of Georgia 1871

"This panoramic map shows Atlanta, Georgia, as it appeared in 1871. The town sprang up at the confluence of the Chattahoochee River and Peachtree Creek; it later became a railroad settlement, located at the intersection of the Western & Atlantic Railroad and the Georgia Railroad. The capital of Georgia was moved to Atlanta in 1868. The importance of the railroad to the area is evident in this map, which shows a view looking northeast over the city. The railroad depot (Union Depot) is visible near the center of the image, with several trains traversing the rail lines running through the city. Streets, homes, and industrial buildings sprawl out from the depot and into the surrounding hills. An index at the bottom of the map indicates points of interest, including the state house, city hall, the Governor's mansion, schools and colleges, houses of worship, U.S. barracks, the gas works, freight offices, and various industrial facilities (foundries, mills, an iron works, and a brewery). The panoramic map was a cartographic form popularly used to depict U.S. and Canadian cities and towns in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Also known as bird's-eye views or perspective maps, these maps are representations of cities portrayed as if viewed from above at an oblique angle. Not generally drawn to scale, they show street patterns, individual buildings, and major landscape features in perspective. This map is by Albert Ruger (1829-99), the first American to achieve success as a panoramic artist. Born in Prussia, Ruger immigrated to the United States and worked initially as a mason. While serving with the Ohio Volunteers during the Civil War, he drew views of Union campsites. After the war, Ruger settled in Battle Creek, Michigan, where he began his panoramic mapping career by sketching Michigan cities. In the late 1860s, Ruger formed a partnership with J.J. Stoner of Madison, Wisconsin, and together they published numerous city panoramas." World Digital Library.

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Library of Congress1910

Image 3 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), August 4, 1910

THE old navy JOHN 0 JOHNSON OP LIBERTY bVCAP IV E editor of the Journal T last letter 1 said that our pre k m Vtuation upon the Great Lakes carKUS our borders adjoining Can upon uu the time of the two great naval uon Lakes Erie and Cham r a i ihose victories of much more PS to us than would seem on Before the battle on Lake Hull of the American army Er nously or traitorously and 1 surrendered Detroit and Sir Isaac Brock a major j h il I eng the British forces I can learn but little Af r lt v silenin relation to if Michigan calls it an ler while others call i the military authori alled it a traitorous story records that he ourt martial found ed to death but was nt Madison and sub iovemor of Michigan had published a book to the world that he treason Such was the Erie and it was even hamplain at the time torv for the British force under General hold in Northern New sessions along all the at jeopardy United States had no tin Lakes The only to the government had brocks forces at De cent

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