...ve robes to Tartar Emperors; they mirror the paved capitals of Buffalo and Cleveland, as well as Winnebago villages; they float alike the full-rigged ... ...bardy, in France, in England, in Scotland, and in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Among the more curi- ous of such remains is part ... ...rk, however the baser currents of the sea may turn and tack, and mightiest Mississippies of the land swift and swerve about, uncertain where to go at ...

...im- portant service to the Union by his successful operations on the lower Mississippi and capture of New Orleans. Believing that no occasion could ar... ...ALLECK. WAR DEPARTMENT, May 24, 1862. MAJOR-GENERAL HALLECK, near Corinth, Mississippi: Several despatches from Assistant Secretary Scott and one from... ...H. W . HALLECK. W ASHINGTON, June 8, 1862. MAJOR-GENERAL HALLECK, Corinth, Mississippi: W e are changing one of the departmental lines, so as to give ... .... W . HALLECK. W ASHINGTON, June 18, 1862. MAJOR-GENERAL HALLECK, Corinth, Mississippi: It would be of both interest and value to us here to know how ... ...ri, etc. What should be done is to hold what we have in the West, open the Mississippi, and take Chattanooga and East Tennessee with- out more. A reas... ...xpedition against Chattanooga. To take and hold the railroad at or east of Cleveland, in East Tennessee, I think fully as important as the taking and ... ...GER. W AR DEPARTMENT, W ASHINGTON, D. C., May 24, 1863.10.40 ANSON STAGER, Cleveland, O.: Late last night Fuller telegraphed you, as you say, that “th... ...d his position at or about Chattanooga, because if held from that place to Cleveland, both inclusive, it keeps all Tennessee clear of the enemy, and a...

... a few years later, Georgia ceded that which now constitutes the States of Mississippi and Alabama. In both deeds of cession it was made a condition b... ...n there, to a certain extent. In 1798, Congress organized the Territory of Mississippi: In the act of organization they prohibited the bring- ing of s... ...trol of it—in a more marked and extensive way than they did in the case of Mississippi. The substance of the provi- sion therein made in relation to s... ....” They were Abraham Baldwin and Jonathan Dayton. As stated in the case of Mississippi, it is probable they both voted for it. They would not have all... ...equal to all sections of the country and classes of the people. ADDRESS AT CLEVELAND, OHIO, FEBRUARY 15, 1861. Mr. CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW-CITIZENS OF CLE... ...of obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too power- ful to be sup...

...f Richmond, bastard of Charles II., had the name of “Lennox;” the Dukes of Cleveland and of Grafton, by the same king, that of “Fitz-Roi,” which means... ...e lotteries that were held every month; those which had been given for the Mississippi or Western Company; finally, those which had been taken to the ... ...X CHAPTER X CHAPTER X CHAPTER XCIX CIX CIX CIX CIX LAW HAD ESTABLISHED his Mississippi Company, and now be- gan to do marvels with it. A sort of langu... ...rtake to explain than the other finance operations. Everybody was mad upon Mississippi Stock. Im- mense fortunes were made, almost in a breath; Law, b... ...escent into the wood of the goulottes, the Regent spoke again to me of the Mississippi, and pressed me to receive some shares from Law. The more I res... ...ain at the ex- pense of others, and would in no way mix myself up with the Mississippi scheme. M. le Duc d’Orleans knew only too well how to reply to ...

......................................... 115 CHAPTER IX: FROM NIAGARA TO THE MISSISSIPPI................................................................... .................................................... 130 CHAPTER X: THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI................................................................... ...ch side win that may. “We will never abandon the right to the mouth of the Mississippi.” That, in all such arguments, is a strong point with men of th... ... which he made in New York on the 4th of July, 1861. “The Missouri and the Mississippi Rivers,” he says, “with their hundred tributaries, give to the ... ... pic- turesque as St. Paul, nor so grand as Chicago, nor so civi- lized as Cleveland, nor so busy as Buffalo. Indeed, Detroit is neither pleasant nor ... ...l goes on toward Buffalo. Then on Lake Erie there are the ports of Toledo, Cleveland, and Erie. At the bottom of Lake Erie there is this city of corn,... ...I was there they were in perfect working order. From Chicago we went on to Cleveland, a town in the State of Ohio, on Lake Erie, again traveling by th... ...one regards poisons who carries antidotes in which he has per- fect faith. Cleveland is another pleasant town—pleasant as Mil- waukee and Portland. Th... ...s more of its foliage than any other tree extant. And there is a square in Cleveland, well sized, as large as Russell Square I should say, with open p...

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...rders. The troops were embarked on steamers and were on their way down the Mississippi within a few days after the receipt of this order. About the ti... ...r that borders the bank of the Rio Grande is reached. This river, like the Mississippi, flows through a rich alluvial valley in the most meandering ma... ...an officer, who died of the dis- ease. My regiment was sent to Pascagoula, Mississippi, to spend the summer. As soon as it was settled in camp I obtai... ...ossessed at all by Florida 116 Personal Memoirs or the States west of the Mississippi, all of which were pur- chased by the treasury of the entire na... ...In this Sherman was notified that the rebels were mov- ing a force towards Cleveland, East T ennessee, and might be going to Nashville, in which event... ...mov- ing against Burnside or were going to Nashville, went no farther than Cleveland. Their presence there, however, alarmed the authorities at Washin... ...y Missionary Ridge, and from there push a force on to the railroad between Cleveland and Dalton. Hooker will at the same time attack, and, if he can, ... ...ed Dalton. In that case Bragg might think it well to take the road back to Cleveland, move thence towards Knoxville, and, uniting with Longstreet, mak... ...lle, having sent out detachments on the railroad which runs from Dalton to Cleveland and Knoxville to thoroughly destroy that road, and these troops h...

..., she heard of the need of teachers in the South. She went to the state of Mississippi and began teaching there. Later she taught in the city of Memph... ...teaching there. Later she taught in the city of Memphis. While teaching in Mississippi, one of her pupils became ill with smallpox. Every one in the c... ... copy of my address to the President of the United States, the Hon. Grover Cleveland. I received from him the following autograph reply:— Gray Gables,... ... by their citizenship, it will be strange indeed. Yours very truly, Grover Cleveland. Later I met Mr. Cleveland, for the first time, when, as Presiden... ... atten- dance an opportunity to shake hands with him. As soon as I met Mr. Cleveland I became impressed with his sim- plicity, greatness, and rugged h... ...this as if he were putting his signature to some great state document. Mr. Cleveland has not only shown his friendship for me in many personal ways, b... ... the donations of others. Judg- ing from my personal acquaintance with Mr. Cleveland, I do not believe that he is conscious of possessing any colour p... .... Europe I n 1893 I was married to Miss Margaret James Murray, a native of Mississippi, and a graduate of Fisk Univer sity, in Nashville, Tenn., who h...

...es....................160 James A. Garfield.......................168 Grover Cleveland.........................177 Benjamin Harrison..................... ...........................177 Benjamin Harrison.....................182 Grover Cleveland.........................194 William McKinley...................... ...cal passions; and in any view is it not better that the opposite bank of the Mississippi should be settled by our own breth ren and children than by ... ... ships of war of the largest size. It covers by its position in the Gulf the Mississippi and other great waters within our extended limits, and thereb... ...S OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES 55 Twenty five years ago the river Mississippi was shut up and our Western brethren had no outlet for their ... ...people, increasing to many millions, have filled the east ern valley of the Mississippi, adventurously ascended the Missouri to its headsprings, and ... ... God. INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES 176 Grover Cleveland FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1885 On the East Po... ...result that he was not part of the Washing ton political establishment, Mr. Cleveland rode to the Capitol with President Arthur, who had taken office... ... Chief Justice Melville Fuller on the East Portico of the Capitol. President Cleveland held an umbrella over his head as he took the oath. John Philip...