Author: Halleck, Peachy and BillingsPublisher:
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Category : Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Scrapbook of Legal Clippings, 1852-1857 from Halleck, Peachy and Billings
Author: Halleck, Peachy and BillingsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Halleck, Peachy & Billings Records
Author: Halleck, Peachy & BillingsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chinese
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Correspondence and papers relating to land and land litigation (including original documents and disenos, and transcripts) and to various legal cases, some concerning Chinese immigration, ships, and the funding bill in San Francisco; accounts; and tax records. Also included: correspondence and papers relating to the military career of Henry Wager Halleck, 1847-1856, and manuscript drafts and notes for Halleck's History of California.
Pioneer Notes from the Diaries of Judge Benjamin Hayes 1849-1875
Author: Benjamin HayesPublisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781258207168
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Author index
Author: Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Date index
Author: Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Subject index
Author: Laurance S. Rockefeller
Author: Robin W. WinksPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610910907
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Despite his status as a scion of one of the wealthiest and most famous families in the United States and an enormously successful businessman in his own right, Laurance S. Rockefeller is unknown to all but a small circle of Americans. Yet while he has been neither Vice President nor Governor nor chairman of the world's largest bank, his contribution to society has been at least as great as that of his more famous brothers. In Laurance S. Rockefeller: Catalyst for Conservation, noted historian Robin W. Winks brings Laurance to the forefront, offering an intimate look at his life and accomplishments. While Rockefeller has played a vital role in the business world as one of the most astute venture capitalists of our time -- providing seed money for, among other endeavors, Eastern Airlines, Intel Corporation, and Apple Computers -- his driving passion throughout his life has been the environment. In addition to the millions of dollars he has donated and the numerous conservation organizations he has helped to found, he served under five consecutive presidents in environmental advisory capacities. Perhaps most significantly, Rockefeller served under Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy as chairman of the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission (ORRRC), brilliantly orchestrating an assessment of the recreation and conservation needs and wants of the American people and the policies and programs required to meet those needs. The reports issued by the Commission represent a groundbreaking achievement that laid the framework for nearly all significant environmental legislation of the following three decades. Winks uses a combination of historical insight and extensive access to Rockefeller and government archives to present the first in-depth examination of Laurance Rockefeller's life and work. His deftly argued and gracefully written volume explains and explores Rockefeller's role in shaping the transition from traditional land conservation to a more inclusive environmentalism. It should compel broader interpretation of the history of environmental protection, and is essential reading for anyone concerned with the past or future of conservation in America.
Lincoln Day by Day
Author: United States. Lincoln Sesquicentennial CommissionPublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
"When, thirty-five years ago, the Lincoln Centennial Association of Springfield, Illinois changed its character from a local organization celebrating Lincoln's birthday with an annual banquet to a research organization, the first project undertaken was an attempt to discover where Lincoln was and what he did every day of his life. In 1926 the pioneering result, a slim pamphlet, now a collector's item, Lincoln in the Year 1858, was published. Six others appeared at regular intervals (1859 and 1860 in 1927, 1854 in 1928, 1855 in 1929, 1856 and 1857 in 1930) ... The seven pamphlets, revised, were brought together in 1933 in Lincoln 1854-1861, Being the Day-by-Day Activities of Abraham Lincoln from January 1, 1854 to March 4, 1861, by Paul M. Angle, executive secretary of the Abraham Lincoln Association. The following eight years carried the chronology back to Lincoln's birth with three more volumes -- Lincoln 1847-1853 by Benjamin P. Thomas, 1936; and Lincoln 1840-1846 and Lincoln 1809-1839 by Harry E. Pratt, 1939 and 1941 -- and the series became known as one of the most useful reference works in the entire range of Lincoln scholarship. Lincoln's daily activities were chronicled by using every authentic source. In the resulting mountain of material, three sources proved most fruitful: Lincoln's writings; newspapers; and Illinois court records. The opening of the Robert Todd Lincoln Papers in July, 1947, provided much new material, and The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, in nine volumes, appearing in 1953, almost doubled the number of known compositions from Lincoln's pen. Revising and reprinting the chronology was a project often discussed by Abraham Lincoln Association officials, but never accomplished, as the undertaking would be large and expensive, particularly if carried through Lincoln's years as President. The Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission, after considering other possibilities, recognized the revision and enlargement of Lincoln Day-by-Day as a research tool indispensable to future generations of students. It is singularly appropriate that an idea conceived by an organization formed to celebrate Lincoln's Centennial should be completed by an agency created by Congress to celebrate Lincoln's Sesquicentennial. The Abraham Lincoln Association generously transferred its copyright to the Commission"--Preface.
Ranching on the Point Reyes Peninsula
Author: Douglas LivingstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dairy farms
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Aspects of Birth Control
Author: S Adolphus 1857-1940 KnopfPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781022716421
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this informative and provocative work, Knopf surveys the history and practice of birth control, arguing that access to contraception is essential to women's physical and economic liberation. Knopf covers a wide range of topics, from the biology of human reproduction to the political and legal battles over reproductive rights. This book remains a vital resource for anyone interested in the ongoing struggle for reproductive justice. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.