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After 1854, the six-inch maps and their revisions were based on the twenty-five inch maps. The six-inch sheets covered an area of six by four miles on the ground; the twenty-five inch sheets an area of one by one and a half. One square inch on the twenty-five inch maps was roughly equal to an acre on the ground.
The 1854 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 15. American Party candidate Henry J. Gardner was elected to his first term as governor, defeating incumbent Whig governor Emory Washburn. Future senator and vice president of the United States Henry Wilson also ran as a candidate for the new Massachusetts Republican Party. This ...
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Wallsend (/ ˌ w ɔː l z ˈ ɛ n d /) is a town in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall. It has a population of 43,842 and lies 4 miles (6.5 kilometres) east of Newcastle upon Tyne .
In 1859, Colton published a Hand-book to Kansas Territory and the Rocky Mountains' Gold Region; accompanied by reliable maps and a preliminary treatise on the pre-emption laws of the United States, by James Redpath and Richard J. Hinton. Maps published by J.H. Colton can be found in the historical archives of most of the U.S. states, (including ...
The 75th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1854 during the governorship of Emory Washburn. Charles Edward Cook served as president of the Senate and Otis P. Lord served as speaker of the House.
[23] [13] The route followed much of the Stephens–Townsend–Murphy Party 1844 route and John C. Frémont's 1845-1846 route through the sierra crest [26] made infamous by the Donner Party, [14] rather than the Madeline Pass route mapped by the Pacific Railroad Surveys, [3] or the intermediate Beckwourth Pass on account of political factors ...
After Bufford's death in 1870, his sons Frank G. Bufford and John Henry Bufford, Jr. continued the business. [8] By 1879, "J.H. Bufford's Sons, Manufacturing Publishers of Novelties in Fine Arts" worked from offices at 141-147 Franklin Street, Boston; and in 1881–1882 expanded the enterprise as far as New York and Chicago.