Word: nation
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Best general references: Nation, XXX, 90; Message of President Hayes, March 8, 1880, in Cong. Record 10, 1399; Wharton's Digest...
...Such a canal should be controlled by the United States.- Ibid; Nation, XXX, 90; Rodrigue's The Panama Canal, c. 2; President Hayes' Message, March 8, 1880, in Cong. Record...
Best general reference: J. T. Lawrence's essays on Int. Law, 89-162; The Nation, vol. XLVII...
VIII. There is no argument for a government post-office system which does not apply with equal force to a government telegraph system.- Nation, 37, p. 90; Sen. Rep., 48th Cong., "Statements," p. 66; Jevons, Methods of Social Reform...
...Appeals forfeiting the McGraw bequest of $1, 500, 000. The case will be brought in October, 1889. The ground of the appeal is stated to be that the State of New York holds in trust the proceeds upon which the university was founded, and which were given by the nation to the state. If this is the case, the university is not absolute owner of the property, but merely a beneficiary, and the charter limit of $3, 000, 000 will admit of the reception of the McGraw bequest...