Visitation of American vessels by officers of the British navy : message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives calling for information in reference to reported acts of visitation by officers of the British navy of American vessels in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives calling for information in reference to reported acts of visitation by officers of the British navy of American vessels in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
400 p. illus. (part col.), ports. (part col.) 29 cm.
Contents
Introduction -- Trial of a president -- Grant in the White House -- Rebels and reconstructors -- The politics of Boodle -- Faces of the west -- An era of expansion -- In rural America -- Rise of the tycoons -- A time for sports -- The return of the Democrats -- Builders and doers -- Unrest in the farm lands -- Avenue and alley -- Free silver and expansionism -- In the melting pot -- War with Spain -- Horseless carriage days -- America enters into the twentieth century -- Twilight on Elm Street.
The army and navy of America : containing a view of the heroic adventures, battles, naval engagements, remarkable incidents, and glorious achievements in the cause of freedom, from the period of the French and Indian Wars to the close of the Mexican War : independent of an account of warlike operations on land and sea : enlivened by a variety of the most interesting anecdotes and embellished with engravings
Census of population, 1960. number of inhabitants, general population characteristics, general social and economic characteristics, and detailed characteristics
