Word: fortes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Bounties are unjust. (a) They force the entire community to contribute to the support of a smaller class; (b) they are an artificial interference in production.- Fort...
...Bounties are wasteful. (a) They cause a dead loss to national wealth; (b) they require increased government machinery to distribute them; (c) they encourage producers to disregard the laws of supply and demand.- Nation, Jan. 17, 1889; Fort...
Vassar College has recently received a scholarship of $6,000 from Calvin Huntington of Fort Scott, Kansas, it being his intention to provide for the education, in all coming time, of his descendants or those bearing the Huntington name. The need of scholarships is far greater than the supply therefor. Mr. Huntington's gift is highly appreciated. This is the second scholarship that the college has received within a year, the other being one of $8,000, given by the late Stephen Buckingham of Poughkeepsie...
...interesting paper entitled "A Vindication of General Samuel Holden Parsons." General Parsons graduated from Harvard in 1756, and was after wards accused of holding treasonable correspondence with Sir Henry Clinton commander of the British forces in New York. This charge Mr. Loring seeks to refute. "The Site of Old Fort Massachusetts" and "A Trip from New York to Niagara in 1829" are both exceedingly vivid and interesting contributions, the latter being taken from the diary of the famous author and journalist, Colonel William Leete Stone, who died in 1844. "An Unpublished Letter of John Adams" and "A Boston Newspaper...
There are a number of medals struck by the Chamber of Commerce, New York, in honor of Robert Anderson and the defenders of Fort Sumter; also one to defenders of Fort Pickens. They are in several different sizes. There is also a series of facsimiles in wood of bronze medals struck at the time of the Centennial. There is besides an important and interesting collection of medals in memory of famous French and American battles and naval victories. A large number of medals in gold and silver commemorate the election, inauguration and episodes in the career of some...