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The Land Grant Act of 1850 [1] provided for 3.75 million acres of land to the United States to support railroad projects; by 1857 21 million acres of public lands were used for railroads in the Mississippi River valley, and the stage was set for more substantial Congressional subsidies to future railroads.
An Act for continuing the Term of an Act passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled "An Act for making a Turnpike Road from Saint John's Chapel in the Parish of Saint Marylebone to the North-east End of Ballard's Lane, abutting upon the North Road in the Parish of Finchley, with a Branch therefrom ...
1850 books (2 C, 11 P) 1851 books (4 C, 2 P) 1852 books (3 C, 11 P) ... Pages in category "1850s books" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Portrait by Mathew Brady, c. 1870–1880. Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States (1869–1877) following his success as military commander in the American Civil War.
Act Of Congress Stat. L., XIII, 39. Authorizing the establishment of four Indian reservations within the limits of the state. Statute limited the number of reservations in California to a total of 4. Recognized under this act were Round Valley, Hoopa Valley, Smith River, and Tule River Hupa (S. Fork, Redwood, and Grouse Creek bands) 8–21–1864
Grant believed that the Native practice of free roam hunting and gathering was over. During Grant's presidency the "civilization" of Indians was a controversial issue. [6] Grant was the first President to advocate the cause of Native Americans in an Inaugural Address. Grant was well aware that Americans were generally hostile to Native peoples. [7]
An Act for abolishing the Sunday Toll authorized by an Act passed in the Sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled "An Act for paving the Streets and Lanes in the Town and Borough of Southwark, and certain Parts adjacent in the County of Surrey, and for cleansing, lighting, and watching the same, and also the ...
The passage of the law was largely due to the efforts of Samuel R. Thurston, the Oregon territorial delegate to Congress. [5] The act, which became law on 27 September 1850, granted 320 acres (1.3 km 2) of designated areas free of charge to every unmarried white male citizen eighteen or older and 640 acres (2.6 km 2) to every married couple arriving in the Oregon Territory before 1 December ...