Author: Clement Moore ButlerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Obituary Addresses Delivered on the Occasion of the Death of the Hon. John C. Calhoun
Author: Clement Moore ButlerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Obituary Addresses Delivered on the Occasion of the Death of the Hon. John C. Calhoun ... in the Senate of the United States, April 1, 1850. With the Funeral Sermon of the Rev. C. M. Butler, Etc
Author: United States. Congress. SenatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Senators of the United States
Author: In the Shadow of the United States Capitol
Author: Abby Arthur JohnsonPublisher: New Acdemia+ORM
ISBN: 1955835101
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
A fascinating study of America’s first national burial ground, with photos: “It’s stunning to realize what a who’s who exists in that space.” —Howard Gillette, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University at Camden This study explores the multiple ways in which Congressional Cemetery has been positioned for some two hundred years in “the shadow” of the U.S. Capitol. The narrative proceeds chronologically, discussing the burial ground during three periods: the antebellum years; the years from the end of the Civil War to approximately 1970, when the site progressively deteriorated; and the period from the early 1970s to 2007, when both public and private organizations worked to preserve the physical site and the memory of what it has been and continues to represent. This monograph focuses on the dominant narrative associated with the site: its legacy as the first national burial ground in the nation. Given this emphasis, the text presents a political and cultural analysis of the cemetery, with particular focus on the participation of the U.S. Congress. “This book makes historians and many others aware of a fascinating and complicated history. Moreover, it not only details the long history of the cemetery, but it uses it to explore the nature of historic memorials generally in the creation of national memory.” —Steven Diner, Chancellor of Rutgers University at Newark “The history of Congressional Cemetery is intimately tied up in the changing demographics of its locale, and its corresponding decline as the neighborhood around Christ Church changed led to its emergence as a cause célèbre for historic preservationists.” —Donald Kennon, Chief Historian for the United States Capitol Historical Society and editor of The Capitol Dome “The Johnsons have done an excellent job of mining a wide range of sources and conveying the complex history of an institution that merits documentation.” —Howard Gillette, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University at Camden
Senators of the United States
Author: Diane B. BoylePublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
S. Doc. 103-34. Compiled by Jo Anne McCormick Quatannens, Diane B. Boyle, editorial assistant, prepared under the direction of Kelly D. Johnston, Secretary of the Senate. Lists scholarly works that profile the lives and legislative service of senators and their autobiographies and other published works.
Life of John C. Calhoun
Author: John Caldwell CalhounPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Politics, Practical
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The Travelers' Charleston
Author: Jennie Holton FantPublisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 1611175852
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
The Travelers' Charleston is an innovative collection of firsthand narratives that document the history of the South Carolina lowcountry region, specifically that of Charleston, from 1666 until the start of the Civil War. Jennie Holton Fant has compiled and edited a rich and comprehensive history as seen through the eyes of writers from outside the South. She provides a selection of unique texts that include the travelogues, travel narratives, letters, and memoirs of a diverse array of travelers who described the region over time. Further, Fant has mined her material not only for validity but to identify any characters her travelers encounter or events they describe. She augments her resources with copious annotations and provides a wealth of information that enhances the significance of the texts. The Travelers' Charleston begins with explorer Joseph Woory's account of the Carolina coast four years before the founding of Charles Town, and it concludes as Anna Brackett, a Charleston schoolteacher from Boston, witnesses the start of the Civil War. The volume includes Josiah Quincy Jr.'s original 1773 journal; the previously unpublished letters of Samuel F. B. Morse, a portrait artist in Charleston between 1818 and 1820; the original letters of Scottish aristocrat and traveler Margaret Hunter Hall (1824); and a compilation of the letters of William Makepeace Thackeray written in Charleston during his famous lecture tours in the 1850s. Using these sources, combined with excepts from carefully chosen travel accounts, Fant provides an unusual and authoritative documentary record of Charleston and the lowcountry, which allows the reader to step back in time and observe a bygone society, culture, and politics to note key characters and hear them talk and to witness firsthand the history of one of the country's most distinctive regions.
The Discourse on the Occasion of the Funeral of the Hon. John C. Calhoun
Author: Edward C. BullockPublisher:
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Category : Statesmen
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Obituary Addresses Delivered on the Occasion of the Death of ... John C. Calhoun ... in the Senate of the United States, April 1, 1850. With the Funeral Sermon of ... C. M. Butler ... Preached in the Senate, April 2, 1850 (etc.)
Author: [Anonymus AC09644995]Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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