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  2. District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 - Wikipedia

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    These claims stem from a misunderstanding of the term municipal corporation used in the Act. [13] [14] There are many kinds of corporations; a corporation is any group authorized to legally act as a single entity; in this case, an incorporated, organized district of the United States. Most U.S. cities and counties are municipal corporations.

  3. Treaty of Washington (1871) - Wikipedia

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    Treaty of Washington; Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the Amicable Settlement of all Causes of Difference Between the Two Countries ("Alabama" Claims; Fisheries; Claims of Corporations, Companies or Private Individuals; Navigation of Rivers and Lakes; San Juan Water Boundary; and Rules Defining Duties of a Neutral Government during War).

  4. 1871 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Great Chicago Fire is the most famous of these, leaving nearly 100,000 people homeless, although the Peshtigo Fire kills as many as 2,500 people, making it the deadliest fire in United States history. October 24 – Chinese massacre of 1871 18 Chinese immigrants in Chinatown, Los Angeles, are killed by a mob of 500 men.

  5. USRC Grant - Wikipedia

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    USRC Grant was a rare, three-masted revenue cutter built in 1870 and 1871 by Pusey & Jones Corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. She served the United States Revenue Cutter Service in both the Atlantic and Pacific preventing smuggling and protecting shipping. At the outbreak of the War with Spain, she was ordered to cooperate with the Navy 11 ...

  6. History of corporate law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1837, Connecticut adopted a general corporation statute that allowed for the incorporation of any corporation engaged in any lawful business. [3] Delaware did not enact its first corporation law until 1883. Bank of the United States v. Deveaux, 9 U.S. 61 (1809) corporations have capacity to sue. Gibbons v.

  7. United States corporate law - Wikipedia

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    New York Business Corporation Law section 1104-a, the holders of 20 per cent of voting shares of a non-public corporation may request that the corporation be wound up on grounds of oppression. NY Bus Corp Law §1118 and Alaska Plastics, Inc. v. Coppock , 621 P.2d 270 (1980) the minority can sue to be bought out at a fair value, determined by ...

  8. District of Columbia (until 1871) - Wikipedia

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    Animated map of the District of Columbia. The city of Washington was not incorporated until 1802. The District of Columbia was created in 1801 as the federal district of the United States, with territory previously held by the states of Maryland and Virginia ceded to the federal government of the United States for the purpose of creating its federal district, which would encompass the new ...

  9. Alabama Claims - Wikipedia

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    Its assignment was to resolve the Alabama claims, refinancing, and other international disputes between Canada and the United States by treaty. [9] On March 8, 1871, the Treaty of Washington was signed at the State Department and the U.S. Senate ratified the treaty on May 24, 1871. [10]