...ication North America: Volume Two by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...ity of Washington was chosen with three special views: firstly, that being on the Potomac it might have the full advantage of water-carriage and a sea... ...s we can now see, and as well as we can now judge, Washington will soon be on the borders of the nation to which it belongs, instead of at its center.... ...e completion of which there can now, I imagine, be but little hope. Of all places that I know it is the most ungainly and most unsatisfactory: I fear ... ...d, between Emmaus and Arimathea. In the first place no one knows where the places are, or is sure of their existence, and then between their presumed ... ...o his already gathered constellations of those Western stars—of Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, and Iowa; nor did he dream of Texas conquered, Louisia... ...been from year to year elected; when we remember the position of the newly populated States from which the members have been sent, and the absence thr... ... whole nation. It did not affect South Carolina otherwise than it affected Illinois, Pennsylvania, or even New York. The navigation laws may also have... ...ates should take a part. Now there are thirty-four States. The territories populated by American citizens stretch from the States on the Atlantic to t...

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...olumes V olume 6 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Six is a publicat... ...tings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Six is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...endered such im- portant service to the Union by his successful operations on the lower Mississippi and capture of New Orleans. Believing that no occa... ...ebel gunboats, rams, etc., in April 1862. For their services and gallantry on those occasions I cordially rec- ommend that they should, by name, recei... ...day morning, the 26th. We have so thinned our line to get troops for other places that it was broken yesterday at Front Royal, with a probable loss to... ...ell to aid you at Richmond, and the rest of his force scattered at various places. On the 23d a rebel force of 7000 to 10,000 fell upon one regiment a... ...io. Alexander Ramsey, Governor of Minne- sota. Richard Y ates, Governor of Illinois. Edward Salomon, Governor of Wisconsin. THE PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE MA... ...twice as many new troops in the field as all the other States together. If Illinois had got forward as many troops as Indiana, Cumberland Gap would so... ...ttle more than one third of its length are rivers, easy to be crossed, and populated, or soon to be populated, thickly upon both sides; while nearly a...

...Excerpt: The third section of the ?Act further to promote the efficiency of the Navy,? approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have th...

...olumes V olume 1 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume One is a publicat... ...tings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume One is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...f-hand speech, delivered in response to a serenade by some of his admirers on the evening of November 10, 1864, he spoke as follows: “It has long been... ...ple can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergen- cies. On this point, the present rebellion brought our re- public to a severe tes... ...nry S. Burrage, of Portland, Me., and to General Tho- mas J. Henderson, of Illinois. For various courtesies received, the editor is furthermore indebt... ... way until the spring of 1830, when his father “moved again,” this time to Illinois; and on the jour- ney of fifteen days “Abe” had to drive the ox wa... ...ublic utility of internal improvements. That the poor- est and most thinly populated countries would be greatly benefited by the opening of good roads... ...and join mine, this being the case it was agreed that they should exchange places and answer to each other’s names—as it was ex- pected we all would b... ...o the family of the lion, or the tribe of the eagle. What! think you these places would satisfy an Alexander, a Caesar, or a Napoleon? Never! Towering...

...Introduction: Immediately after Lincoln?s re-election to the Presidency, in an off-hand speech, delivered in response to a serenade by some of his admirers on the evening of November 10, 1864, he spoke as follows: ?It has long been a grave question whether any government not too st...

...olumes V olume 5 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Five is a publica... ...ings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Five is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...nclosing a draft of two hundred dollars, was duly received. I have paid it on the judg- ment, and herewith you have the receipt. I do not wish to say ... ...1858. A. CAMPBELL, Esq. MY DEAR SIR:—In 1856 you gave me authority to draw on you for any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. I see clearly that s... ... and flog negroes in Nebraska was popular sovereignty. SPEECH A T CLINTON, ILLINOIS, SEPTEMBER 8, 1858. The questions are sometimes asked “What is all... ...ngs of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five TO H. L. PIERCE AND OTHERS. SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, April 6, 1859. GENTLEMEN:—Y our kind note inviting me to attend a... ...ing through more than three hours, if you undertake to read it, he at last places the whole matter under the control of that power which he has been c... ... in such slow degrees as that the evil will wear off insensibly, and their places be, pari passu, filled up by free white laborers. If, on the contrar... ... own country is extensive and new, and the countries of Europe are densely populated, if there are any abroad who desire to make this the land of thei...

...y received. There was no opening to nominate him for Superintendent of Public Instruction, but through him Egypt made a most valuable contribution to the convention. I think it may be fairly said that he came off the lion of the day--or rather of the night. Can you not elect him to the Legislature? It seems to me he would be hard to beat. What objection could be made to hi...

...by Jules Verne A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne is a publication of the Pennsylvania St... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...his head was Byronic; but he was a bearded, tranquil Byron, who might live on a thousand years without growing old. Certainly an Englishman, it was mo... ...t was more doubtful whether Phileas Fogg was a Londoner. He was never seen on ‘Change, nor at the Bank, nor in the counting-rooms of the “City”; no sh... ...the Cani, one of the branches of the Ganges. The guide avoided in- habited places, thinking it safer to keep the open country, which lies along the fi... ...rt of four-wheeled carriage, drawn by two horses, in which they took their places and were driven away. No one spoke during the twenty minutes which e... ...d beasts, and a large tract which the Mormons, after they were driven from Illinois in 1845, began to colonise. The journey from New York to San Franc... ...s ears. Thus he learned that, after long persecutions, Smith reappeared in Illinois, and in 1839 founded a community at Nauvoo, on the Mississippi, nu... ... and several hotels adorned with pavilions. The place did not seem thickly populated. The streets were almost deserted, except in the vicinity of the ...

Excerpt: Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne.

...cation My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglas is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Edi- tor, nor anyo... ...is not a fictitious name nor place in the whole volume; but that names and places are literally given, and that every transaction therein described ac... ...seemed absolutely to require. I have never placed my opposition to slavery on a basis so narrow as my own enslavement, but rather upon the indestructi... ...iography, in preference to employing another to do it. Not only is slavery on trial, but unfortunately, the en- slaved people are also on trial. It is... ...rism—if slavery can be honored with such a distinction—vault into the high places of the most advanced and painfully acquired civilization. Ward and G... ...e work-able, do-able words, that brought forth fruits in the revolution in Illinois, and in the passage of the 3 Mr. Stephen Myers, of Albany, deserv... ...county town of that county, there is a small district of coun- try, thinly populated, and remarkable for nothing that I know of more than for the worn... ...colored people out of the country. In look- ing at the recent black law of Illinois, one is struck dumb with its enormity. It would seem that the men ...

... and Other Essays by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ung Man had been c an had been c an had been c an had been c an had been c on on on on onv v v v versing ersing ersing ersing ersing.. ... T T... ...steam en gine is made? Young Man. Iron, steel, brass, white metal, and so on. O.M. Where are these found? Y.M. In the rocks. O.M. In a pure state? Y.... ...f persons can hear me think. I went by the way of Cincinnati, and down the Ohio and Mississippi. My idea was to take ship, at New Orleans, for Para. I... ...ly news, it was history. But the world is enor mous now, and prodigiously populated—that is one change; and another is the lightning swiftness of the... ...the one village in that early time; I am in the other now. These times and places are sufficiently wide apart, yet today I have the strange sense of b... ... the county seat, a few miles back, and was about to escape in a canoe to Illinois and freedom in the dull twilight of the approach ing dawn, when t... ...tion of Joyce was a fine and picturesque thing. It drew a vast crowd. Good places in trees and seats on rail fences sold for half a dollar apiece; lem...

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...The Pit The Pit The Pit The Pit The Pit A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of Chicago A Story of... ...RIES P P P P PUBLICA UBLICA UBLICA UBLICA UBLICA TION TION TION TION TION The Pit: A Story of Chicago by Frank Norris is a publication of the Pennsyl... ... an- other. A confused murmur of talk and the shuffling of many feet arose on all sides, while from time to time, when the outside and inside doors of... ... Grand Opera Company gave one of the most popular pieces of its repertoire on that particular night, and the Cresslers had invited the two sisters and... ... family emigrate toward the Mississippi. He had come to Sangamon County in Illinois. For a time he tried wheat-raising, until the War, which skied the... ...r as Madi- son, seemed to accelerate their pace as they approached. At the Illinois T rust the walk became a stride, at the Rook- ery the stride was a... ...this act.” “I am afraid, Miss Dearborn,” he continued, as they found their places, “that you did not have a very good time Sunday afternoon.” 97 Fran... ...y brought Landry Court’s reply. It was one roulade of incoherence, even in places blistered with tears. Landry protested, implored, debased himself to... ...all “situation” began slowly to define itself, with eastern Europe—densely populated, overcrowded—commencing to show uneasi- ness as to its supply of ...

Excerpt: The Pit: A Story of Chicago by Frank Norris.

...cation Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by U. S. Grant is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... task with the sincere desire to avoid doing injustice to any one, whether on the National or Confederate side, other than the unavoidable injustice o... ...children were all born in this country. His eldest son, Samuel, took lands on the east side of the Connecticut River, opposite Windsor, which have bee... ... out bright scholars from his school, many of whom have filled conspicuous places in the service of their States. T wo of my contemporaries there —who... ...of the continent, Phila- delphia and New York. This was enough. When these places were visited I would have been glad to have had a steamboat or railr... ... been driven out long before I left. Benjamin was from Indiana, still less populated, where the wolf yet roamed over the prairies. He understood the n... ... from the co-partnership with Boggs, and, in May, 1860, removed to Galena, Illinois, and took a clerkship in my father’s store. While a citizen of Mis... ...en the election took place in November, 1860, I had not been a resident of Illinois long enough to gain citizenship and could not, therefore, vote. I ...

...ication North America: Volume One by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ... that it did so. But she did not regard it as a part of her work to dilate on the nature and operation of those political arrangements which had pro- ... ...shmen with Americans. The writings which have been most popular in England on the subject of the United States have hitherto dealt chiefly with social... ...inst whom a writer does not intend to give a favorable verdict; people and places whom he desires to describe, on the peril of his own judgment, as ba... ...ions through the immense Northwestern States of Michi- gan, Wisconsin, and Illinois, than which perhaps the sur- face of the globe affords no finer di... ...uch of the way in which men are settling themselves in this still sparsely-populated country. Here young farmers go into the woods as they are doing f... ...rably bad. They are full of holes. The boards are rotten, and worn in some places to dirt. The nails have gone, and the broken planks go up and down u... ...wn; then to descend the river as far as the States of Iowa on the west and Illinois on the east; and to return eastward through Chicago and the large ... ...ery general purpose, if I were to attempt to marshal these huge but thinly-populated re- gions in either rank. Of California and Oregon it may prob- a...

...TH AND WEST ......................................................................................................... 115 CHAPTER IX: FROM NIAGARA TO THE MISSISSIPPI .................................................................................. 130 CHAPTER X: THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI ............................................................................................

... INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES is a publication of the Penn sylvania State Universit... ...le, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...on’s first chief executive took his oath of office in April in New York City on the balcony of the Senate Chamber at Federal Hall on Wall Street. Gene... ...w Freemason, Robert R. Livingston administered the oath of office. The Bible on which the oath was sworn belonged to New York’s St. John’s Masonic Lod... ...to extend those limits, and to apply such a sur plus to our public debts as places at a short day their final redemption, and that redemption once ef... ...ur banner have become nearly threefold their origi nal number; your densely populated possessions skirt the shores of the two great oceans; and yet t... ...naugurated as the President of the Confederacy two weeks earlier. The former Illinois Congressman had arrived in Washington by a secret route to avoid... ...er confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government and to collect the duties and imposts;... ...nor Hayes of INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES 160 Ohio. A fifteen member Electoral Commission was ap pointed by the Congre...

Excerpt: Inaugural addresses of the presidents of the United States.

... Staff List xiii–xiv Preface xv 1. “WE HAVE SOME PLANES” 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National C... ...Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 ... ... and al Qaeda (1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan... ...isis 174 6.2 Post-Crisis Reflection:Agenda for 2000 182 6.3 The Attack on the USS Cole 190 6.4 Change and Continuity 198 6.5 The New Administrat... ...0 The hijackers attacked at 9:28.While traveling 35,000 feet above eastern Ohio, United 93 suddenly dropped 700 feet. Eleven seconds into the descent,... ...rnment, always conscious of its duties as the custodian of Islam’s holiest places, joined with wealthy Arabs from the Kingdom and other states borderi... ...ns for recruiting and training fighters for Islamic insur- gencies in such places as Tajikistan, Kashmir, and Chechnya. Pakistani intelli- gence offic... ...itary cantonment, away from civilian population centers and overwhelmingly populated by jihadists. Clarke remembered sitting next to T enet in a White... ...stigation Patrick J. Fitzgerald, U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois CIA Officials Outline of the 9/11 Plot Jacqueline Maguire, Special...

...Excerpt: We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans an...

...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of B...