Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C., Volumul 19The Society, 1916 |
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Pagina 53
... Columbian Uni- versity Law Building . Sunset Cox owned a home at 1408 New Hampshire Avenue . Ben Perley Poore's home was once at 156 Congress Street , but his later years were all spent in the old Ebbit House , standing on the site of ...
... Columbian Uni- versity Law Building . Sunset Cox owned a home at 1408 New Hampshire Avenue . Ben Perley Poore's home was once at 156 Congress Street , but his later years were all spent in the old Ebbit House , standing on the site of ...
Pagina 54
... Columbian University , now known as the George Washington , has led a rather nomadic existence but literary memories cling to it in the several neigh- borhoods connected with its history . As in the case of Georgetown and the Catholic ...
... Columbian University , now known as the George Washington , has led a rather nomadic existence but literary memories cling to it in the several neigh- borhoods connected with its history . As in the case of Georgetown and the Catholic ...
Pagina 99
... COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY AND COLUMBIAN COL- LEGE , ACCOMPANIED BY A SKETCH OF THE LIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS . BY REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES HERBERT STOCKTON . ( Read before the Society , April 20 , 1915. ) The legislative acts concerned with the ...
... COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY AND COLUMBIAN COL- LEGE , ACCOMPANIED BY A SKETCH OF THE LIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS . BY REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES HERBERT STOCKTON . ( Read before the Society , April 20 , 1915. ) The legislative acts concerned with the ...
Pagina 103
... Columbian University , now the George Washington University , a non - sectarian institution for white people , while the Howard University , largely aided by the government , meets the requirements of the colored people of African ...
... Columbian University , now the George Washington University , a non - sectarian institution for white people , while the Howard University , largely aided by the government , meets the requirements of the colored people of African ...
Pagina 104
... Columbian Col- lege , embracing nearly forty - seven acres extending about one half a mile northwards from Boundary Street between 14th and 15th Streets , was purchased by Mr. Rice for a sum of about $ 7,000 . Mr. Rice re- ported to the ...
... Columbian Col- lege , embracing nearly forty - seven acres extending about one half a mile northwards from Boundary Street between 14th and 15th Streets , was purchased by Mr. Rice for a sum of about $ 7,000 . Mr. Rice re- ported to the ...
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Pagina 4 - By the first section of that act it is provided that the Court of Claims shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine "all claims founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, expressed or implied, with the Government of the United States...
Pagina 148 - Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, wlien agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the states, render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union...
Pagina 100 - The present is a favourable season also for bringing again into view the establishment of a national seminary of learning within the district of Columbia, and with means drawn from the property therein subject to the authority of the general government. Such an institution claims the patronage of Congress, as a monument of their solicitude for the advancement of knowledge, without which the blessings of liberty cannot be fully enjoyed, or long preserved...
Pagina 148 - States; to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony ; and to report to the several states such an act relative to this great object as, when unanimously ratified by them, will enable the United States in Congress assembled effectually to provide for the same...
Pagina 2 - ... war. It is as much the duty of government to render prompt justice against itself in favor of citizens as it is to administer the same between private individuals. The investigation and adjudication of claims in their nature belong to the judicial department. Besides, it is apparent that the attention of Congress will be more than usually engaged for some time to come with great national questions. It was intended by the organization of the Court of Claims mainly to remove this branch of business...
Pagina 198 - There the tears of earth are dried ; There its hidden things are clear ; There the work of life is tried By a juster Judge than here. Father, in Thy gracious keeping Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.
Pagina 4 - Concurrent with the Court of Claims, of all claims not exceeding ten thousand dollars founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States, or for damages, liquidated or unliquidated, in cases not sounding in tort, in respect to which claims the party would be entitled to redress against the United States, either in a court of law, equity, or...
Pagina 76 - But why should the Americans write books, when a six weeks' passage brings them, in their own tongue, our sense, science and genius in bales and hogsheads? Prairies, steam-boats, gristmills, are their natural objects for centuries to come.
Pagina 76 - D wight, who wrote some poems ; and his baptismal name was Timothy. There is also a small account of Virginia by Jefferson, and an epic by Joel Barlow : and some pieces of pleasantry by Mr. Irving. But why should the Americans write books, when a six weeks...
Pagina 214 - CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR RESPECTING THE TREATMENT OF BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR AND INTERNED CIVILIANS IN GERMANY.