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Library of Congress1862

Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &c.

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.H. Colton." "Explanations" (i.e., legend) is pasted over the bottom margin. Map is colored to show "free, or non-slaveholding states" (pink), "border slave states" (yellow), and "seceded or confederate states" (green). Description derived from published bibliography. Insets: Colton's map of the United States showing the proposed railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean -- Southern part of Florida. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 25.7 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. March 1962, C.R. Sanders, df; Oct. 2003, Map Cataloging Team. Civil War project no.: lva00162. Conservation: restored May 1965; Etherington Conservation Center, Oct. 2003. Digital image available: 40 x 30 in. Map accession no. 1983 (1964). Previously filed as: 730 .R15 1862.

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Library of Congress1908

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), July 2, 1908

International Road Congress President Roosevelt Names Commissioners to Represent the U S Government Washington D C June 22 1resi dent Roosevelt lias directed that this Nation be strongly and officially repre seuted at the International Roads Coi gress to be held at Paris the week be ginning October 11 and credentials have been issued naming Logan Waller lage Director of the Office of Public Roads of the U S Department of Agri culture Chairmau of the Commission The other members named are Colonel Charles S liromwell of the United States Corps of Engineers now serving as Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds of the District of Columbia and Clifford Richardson of New York an eminent chemist and one of the worlds acknowledged authorities on bituminous road building materials This coming Congress which will be attended by distinguished delegates from every country in the world is re garded by highway engineers and ex perts as probably the most iniportant ever summoned for the discussion of an economic question Its need is the direct outgrowth of the advent of the automobile for while thousands are ignorant of the fact the solt tires ol the modern motor car are the greatest menace the hard

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Library of Congress1908

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 5, 1908

Naval Events in Hampton Roads Continuation of the Story of the Cumber land and the Merrimac By Oapt John O Johnson of Liberty In my last I left the Cumberland sunk the Congress on fire and the Merrimac having accomplished her work of de struction for that day and flushed with victoryhad retired behind Sewells Point with the intention of completing on the morrow the entire destruction of the Union fleet What wild excitement what grief what anxiety what terrible forebodings for the morrow possessed the Union fleet when night fell on that ever to be remembered 8th day of March 1862 can never be described On shore and afloat all was panic confusion and consternation It was by all odds the darkest night for the Union cause during the war of the Rebellion The Minnesota hastening to the relief of the Cumberland and to participate in the fight against the Merrimac had grounded within two miles of Newport News remaining a helpless spectator of the sinking of that noble ship and the burning of the Congress The frigate St Lawrence eager to succor her con sort had also grounded near the Minne sota The Roanoke like the others on

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Library of Congress1912

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), August 22, 1912

Washington Whisperings Washington D C August 19 1912 Taking the items carried in the Sundry Civil bill for waterways on which there is absolute agreement between the Sen ate and House and these added to the several amounts appropriated in the River and Harbor bill which is now a law the total sum set aside for improv ing the rivers harbors and canals of the county for the fiscal year ending June will reach in the neighborhood of forty three millions within seven millions of the amount set by the National Rivers and Harbors Congress as a proper an nual appropriation to put the water ways of the United Sates in a condition to do their proportion of the work of transportation For the past two years the biggest of the waterway organizations the National Rivers and HarborsCongresshas been on record in favor of a yearly appropriation of fifty million dollars It has bent every energy to the accomplishment of the principle for which it stands and now with the present appropriation of nearly fortythree millions and a like sum prob bly at the short sessions of Congress next winter it looks as if the campaign of education conducted by

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Library of Congress1919

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), August 28, 1919

F FIRST MAINE CAV f V x1rY ASSOCIATION rtyeighth reunion of the First Ip Association will be held f in September 10 1919 Head 1 uesday at the New Exchange f Wednesday at Custer Post ss meeting at 10 A M Ban m pfire at 100 P M 100 a ms at the hotel 100 and iv comrade Who intends being lie banquet notify the Presii will be laid only for those l him comrade who receives this who wishes to be notified lify the President and if the not living will some friend his death tive notice of the death of any nee our last reunion ns FRENCH Pres Lewiston no T Cor Sec hue Is Morally binding son is reported to take the i he league covenant does not ited States to go to war with bv Congress He is said to ewspaper correspondents that the treaty or league would t if Congress did not wish to the Executive could dc ac the Presidents statement recommend action but Con 1 exercise its constitutional agree or disagree with him the President is c rrect a the country will be bound e treaty terms precisely as end by the provisions

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Library of Congress1890

Image 1 of The Helena independent (Helena, Mont.), June 23, 1890, (Morning)

FI I PUBL GCL THREE LINES OF TYPE R In the Independent dont cost much but in t e For Sale Column the returns have aached into the thousands VOL XXXINO 145 HELENA MONTANA MONDAY MORNING JUNE 23 1890 FAVORITE CHAIRMEN The Men Chosen by Speaker Reed to Preside in Committee of the Whole Mr Oummings Gives a Few Pen Piotures of Bright and Pop ular Congressmen Judge Paysons Courtesy and General Grosvenors Tattoo Accompaniment Allen and ODonnell Special Correspondence of Tax INDLPENDZNT1 WAsmGTroN D C June 19The other day Speaker Reed called Watchdog Hol man to the chair It was the first time that a democrat had occupied the speakers seat since the 4th of March 1889 Mr Carlisle rarely if ever extended this courtesy to a republican Democratic speakers prd tem pore occasionally did so however Julius COesar Burrows was thus honored in the last session of congress and he honored the chair The speaker always selects the chairman of the committee of the whole Mr Car lisle has his favorites and Speaker Reed seems to have his In the Fiftieth congress the prominent chairmen in committee of the whole were Hon Benton McMillin of Tennessee James H

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Library of Congress1894

Image 3 of The sea coast echo (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.), September 22, 1894

JOHN P ALTGELD GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS S3bS awss wfc HUST be trustworthy Otherwise Newspaper Men Can not Secure Oood Stuff Hew the Serrate of Rirrntlra Sessions of the Senate Reach the Public The Mo Klnley Bill Olwn Awi N bf ConfrMamtn ftpeeUl Wanhlnguin Iupr It U the object of the executive de partments to keep a great many mat ter eecret from the people and the Mine Idea of secrecy concerning execu tive business 1 entertained by the sen ate During the administration of Presi dent Hayes one of his annual messages to congress was purloined from the government printing office and printed in a New York newspaper on the morn ing before the message was sent to congress It caused n great deal of comment and excitement in this city bnt the leaky employe of the govern ment printing office was never discov ered It was stated at the time that the newspaper which published the message paid 1000 for the copy A little over a year ago the Russian extradition treaty which was then be ing considered in the senste was stolen and given to the public through the medium of a Chicago newspaper sad from those columns

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Library of Congress1908

Image 4 of The Hattiesburg news (Hattiesburg, Miss.), June 6, 1908

aily news Published Every Afternoon Except Sundayj rtuefl Printing Publishing Co Office Ilf Front Street P A CAMP President If J EPLEY Vice President EDGAR G HARRIS Editor E E SMITH Circulation Mutineer Telephones Home 30 CumberlS Subicriptii one Month by carrie Due Year by mail HEAR8T BLE SERjg elusive 1 j rued by ass matter on Kibe postoffice at Kr under the Act of Sfch 2 1879 PAPER OF THE NEW INTY OF FORREST N el 4 FOR CONGRESS We are authorized to announce HON E J BOWERS of Hancock county as a candidate in tbe Democratic primary for renomi nation to the 61st Congress from the Cth district of Mississippi a In modern journalism editors must tje alert with substantial evidence in support of their con tentions Newspapers are the ever watchful guardians of the public weal They are detectives O prosecutors and public account ants Criminals hate newspapers scheming politicians bitterly as sail them incompetent public of v flcials treat them with affected scorn Only the honest man with L his life free from possible onan i glements looks upon the newspa pers as his friend jJk j I is 2CGood Newspaper A good newspaper tells the

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Library of Congress1908

Image 4 of The Hattiesburg news (Hattiesburg, Miss.), August 14, 1908

DAILY NEWS Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday Office 112 Front Street J Manager EDGAR G HARRISEditor Advertising Circulation M J EPLEY T R GORDON A B HOBBS Telephones Cumberland 904 Home 30 HEARST TELEGRAPH AND CA BLE SERVICE received daily the ex clusive franchise for which is owned by the Daily News Entered as secondclass matter on May 22 1907 at the postoffice at Hat tlesburg Miss under the Act of Con gress of March 2 1879 OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE NEW COUNTY OF FORREST FOR CONGRESS We are authorized to announce HON E J BOWERS of Hancock County as a candidate in the Democratic primary for renomi natlon to the 61st Congress from the 6th district of Mississippi I i DEMOCRATIC TICKET For President WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN of Nebraska For Vice President JOHN WORTH KERN of Indiana THE TICKET Dr J D Donald For Mayo iNjr MarshalJ F Williams For Police JusticeJ E Davis For TreasurerJohn Williams I For City ClerkA Fairley I For Street CommissionerOwen Reedy ALDERMEN CityatLargeM J McGrath Ward 1E L McGowan and Dr E J Mitchell r Ward 2R A Cameron and H C Greer I Ward 3A T Powe and C F Lassiter Ward

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Library of Congress1911

Image 2 of The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), February 9, 1911, (Last Edition)

THE WASHINGTON TBIES THURSDAY FEBRUAEY 9 1911 BEVERIDG E UPHOLDS RECIPROCITY TREATY Senator Pleads With His Colleagues to Enact the Measure Let is not forget that this Is not a local and patchwork afCalr but a broad national and humanitarian plan of statesmanship Generally speaking It affects favorably more than a hundred millions of people on this continent ninetenths of vhom are under our flas and substantially all of whom are of the same race with the same industrial methods the same cuftoms the same ideals In these words Senator Albert J Bev rige of Indiana todav appealed to the Senate to enact the Canadian reciprocity legislation which President Taft has put up to Congress Senator Beverldge took up many of the arguments against reciprocity anO angwered them He declared that if a few selfish Interests prevent even the beginning of this beneficent program it well may be that those shortsighted and selfish Interests will be made to suffer In stern reality Infinitely more than they vainly Imagine that this re ciprocal arrangement will make them suffer now Senator Beverldge recalled that our wisest statesmen including McKlnley were for reciprocity He urged that no local or selfish motives be allowed

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Library of Congress1883

The railroad system of Texas on September 1st, 1883

Relief shown by hachures. "Published in the statistical edition of the Galveston news, September 1st, 1883." Includes tables showing "Railroad construction in the United States" and "Railroad towns in Texas having a population of 1,000 and over". Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Lc copy imperfect: Holes and torn along fold lines.

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Library of Congress2001

Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Pennsylvania

Aerial view drawn to resemble a block diagram. "*GPO:2001--472-470/40012. Reprint 2001." Relief shown by shading. Panel title. Includes text, index of cable inclines, and ill. (some col.). Text, small map of site, and col. ill. on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1962

Cuba

Also shows roads and railroads. "36543.1 8-62." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1964

Cuba

Also shows roads and railroads. Relief shown by shading. "39870 7-64." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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