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Book The History of Clark County  Ohio

Download or read book The History of Clark County Ohio written by and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 1102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Newspapers  1821 1936

Download or read book American Newspapers 1821 1936 written by Avis Gertrude Clarke and published by New York : H.W. Wilson Company. This book was released on 1937 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Pilots of the Republic

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  • Author : Archer Butler Hulbert
  • Publisher : CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO.
  • Release :
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 113 pages

Download or read book Pilots of the Republic written by Archer Butler Hulbert and published by CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO.. This book was released on with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Example in this ebook The student of European history is not surprised to find that individuals stand out prominently in every activity that occupied man's attention; that even though there be under consideration great popular movements, such as the Crusades or the Reformation or French Revolution, attention centres around significant personalities. In the day of monarchies and despotisms, individual initiative very naturally led the way in outlining policies, selecting lieutenants, finding ways and means. It is singular to what a great extent this is true in the history of democratic America, preëminently the land where the people have ruled and where the usurper of power has had, comparatively, no opportunity whatever. And yet it is not too much to say that the history of our nation may be suggested in a skeleton way by a mere list of names, as, for instance, the history of the fourteenth century in Europe might easily be sketched. While we are proud to proclaim that America has given all men an equal opportunity, that the most humble may rise to the proudest position known among us, it yet remains singular that in this land where the popular voice has ruled as nowhere else almost every national movement or phase of development may be signified by the name of one man. This comes with appealing force to one who has attempted to make a catalogue of the men who have in a personal sense led the Star of Empire across this continent; men who have, in a way, pooled issues with their country in the mutual hope of personal advantage and national advance. It then becomes plain to the investigator, if he never realized it before, that, at times, the nation has waited, even halted in its progress, for a single man, or a set of men, to plan what may have seemed an entirely selfish adventure and which yet has proved to be a great national advantage. In certain instances there was a clear and fair understanding between such promoters and the reigning administration, looking toward mutual benefit. At times the movement was in direct defiance of law and order, with a resulting effect of immeasurable moment for good. Again, there may have been no thought of national welfare or extension; personal gain and success may have been the only end; and the resultant may have been a powerful national stimulus. Perhaps the most remarkable feature that appears on an examination of American history along these lines (compared, for instance, with that of European powers) is that comparatively few leaders of military campaigns are to be classed among promoters who advanced national ends in conjunction with personal ambitions. In the Old World numberless provinces came into the possession of military favorites after successful campaigns. In the many expeditions to the westward of the Alleghanies in America what commanders turned their attention later to the regions subdued? Forbes, the conqueror of Fort Duquesne, never saw the Ohio Valley again; Bouquet, the other hero, with Gladwin, of Pontiac's Rebellion, never returned to the Muskingum, nor did Gladwin come back to Detroit; Lewis, the victor at Point Pleasant, led no colony to the Ohio again; "Mad Anthony" Wayne never had other than military interest in the beautiful Maumee Valley, where, in the cyclone's path, he crushed the dream of a powerful Indian confederacy lying on the flanks of the new Republic. To a singular degree the leaders of the military vanguard across the continent had really little to do personally with the actual social movement that made the wilderness blossom as the rose. To be continue in this ebook

Book Guide to Ohio Newspapers  1793 1973

Download or read book Guide to Ohio Newspapers 1793 1973 written by Ohio Historical Society and published by Columbus : Ohio Historical Society. This book was released on 1974 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Richard Mcnemar

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  • Author : Christian Goodwillie
  • Publisher : Indiana University Press
  • Release : 2023-03-07
  • ISBN : 0253065062
  • Pages : 540 pages

Download or read book Richard Mcnemar written by Christian Goodwillie and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first biography of a key and complex American religious figure of the nineteenth century, considered by many to be the "father of Shaker literature." Richard McNemar (1770-1839) led a remarkable life, replete with twists and turns that influenced American religions in many ways during the early nineteenth century. Beginning as a Presbyterian minister in the Midwest, he took his preaching and the practice of his congregation in a radically different, evangelical "free will" direction during the Kentucky Revival. A cornerstone of his New Light church in Ohio was spontaneous physical movement and exhortations. After Shaker missionaries arrived, McNemar converted and soon played a prominent role in expanding and raising public awareness of their religion by founding Shaker communities in the Midwest, becoming the first Shaker published author and the most prolific composer of Shaker hymns. Split between two opposing religious traditions--an evangelical movement attracting tens of thousands and Shakerism, which drew only hundreds to its villages--Richard McNemar's life poses a challenge for any biographer. Christian Goodwillie's mastery of the archival records surrounding McNemar and the Shakers allows him to tell McNemar's story in a way that fully captures the complexity of the man and the scope of his enduring legacy in American religious history.

Book A Biographical Congressional Directory  1774 1903

Download or read book A Biographical Congressional Directory 1774 1903 written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Making of the American Republic

Download or read book The Making of the American Republic written by Archer Butler Hulbert and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Biographical Directory of the American Congress  1774 1961

Download or read book Biographical Directory of the American Congress 1774 1961 written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 1884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States

Download or read book Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States written by Charles Lanman and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Biographical Directory of the American Congress  1774 1949

Download or read book Biographical Directory of the American Congress 1774 1949 written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 2072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Grand Plans

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  • Author : Judith Sealander
  • Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
  • Release : 2014-10-17
  • ISBN : 0813159490
  • Pages : 282 pages

Download or read book Grand Plans written by Judith Sealander and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars may have widely differing views of the Progressive Era, but all see business as holding the key to the reforms of that period. In this new book Judith Sealander amplifies our understanding of the relationship between business leaders and reform through a detailed examination of Dayton and the Miami Valley of Ohio. She focuses specifically on four progressive projects that made this nine-county region nationally known as a center for reform activism. The four "projects" include an extensive program of employee benefits instituted at the National Cash Register Company; the creation, in the Miami Conservancy District, of a massive flood prevention system; the institution of a new businesslike city-manager government in Dayton; and a new experimental approach to education in the region's public and private schools. Well grounded in the scholarly literature on progressivism and drawing from a rich trove of local manuscript sources, Judith Sealander has provided an integrated analysis of the role of business leadership in these four reform areas that corrects the exaggerated treatment business has often received. She shows how this one group of businessmen functioned as reformers, the "grand plans" they had for changing society, their merger of scientific engineering, business management, and moral fervor, and the benefits and costs of their kind of progressivism. Grand Plans contributes new insights into the Progressive Era and will interest scholars of that period as well as historians of American business, urban affairs, and reform.

Book A Black Gambler   s World of Liquor  Vice  and Presidential Politics

Download or read book A Black Gambler s World of Liquor Vice and Presidential Politics written by Bruce L. Mouser and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As Mouser shows, Scott spent his life figuring out--and satisfying--men's interests with liquor, gambling, and women, and . . . [he] refused to be complicit in backing politicians who took him and the broader base of first-generation black voters for dupes. . . . Scott saw the political game for what it was: a game of power."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Book Biographical Directory of the United States Congress  1774 2005

Download or read book Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 2005 written by United States. Congress and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2005 with total page 2244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists every member of the U.S. House and Senate since 1789, with brief biographical entries on each member.

Book Biographical Directory of the American Congress  1774 1927

Download or read book Biographical Directory of the American Congress 1774 1927 written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Congressional Record

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  • Author : United States. Congress
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1944
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1480 pages

Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 1480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Book Herringshaw s American Statesman and Public Official Year book

Download or read book Herringshaw s American Statesman and Public Official Year book written by Thomas William Herringshaw and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: