DAWES, HENRY LAURENS

1816–1903, U.S. Senator (1875–93), b. Cummington, Mass. He was U.S. district attorney for W Massachusetts (1853–57) and a Republican member of the House of Representatives (1857–75). He performed his most important service as chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and gave his name to the Dawes Act and the Dawes Commission.

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Lincoln, Master of Men: A Study in Character
Book by Alonzo Rothschild; Houghton Mifflin, 1906
Subjects: Chase, Salmon P--(Salmon Portland)--1808-1873, Fremont, John Charles--1813-1890, Lincoln, Abraham--1809-1865, McClellan, George Brinton--1826-1885, Seward, William Henry--1801-1872, Stanton, Edwin McMasters--1814-1869
...speeches in which, besides approving of certain popular local ideas, he declared himself to be "a Clay man," and in favor of Henry Clays so-called "American system." Such national politics doomed his already heavily handicapped canvass; for the county...
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Historical Essays
Book by Henry Adams; Charles Scribners Sons, 1891
Subjects: Bank Of England, Currency Question--United States, Harvard University--History, Napoleon--I--Emperor Of The French--1769-1821, Privateering, Smith, John--1580-1631, Women--Social And Moral Questions
HISTORICAL ESSAYS BY HENRY ADAMS NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS 1891 Copyright, 1891, By CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS. University press: JOHN WILSONAND...
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German Culture in America, 1600-1900: Philosophical and Literary Influences
Book by Henry A. Pochmann, Arthur R. Schultz; University of Wisconsin Press, 1957
Subjects: Literature, Comparative--American And German, Literature, Comparative--German And American, United States--Civilization--German Influences
...PHILOSOPHICAL AND LITERARY INFLUENCES HENRY A. POCHMANN With the assistance of...enjoyed fellowship appointments from the Henry E. Huntington Library and from the Rockefeller...James Marsh--Convers Francis --Frederic Henry Hedge The...
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The Conservative Press in Twentieth-Century America
Book by Ronald Lora, William Henry Longton; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: American Periodicals--History--20th Century, Conservatism In The Press--United States, Fiction
...Edited by Ronald Lora and William Henry Longton Historical Guides to the Worlds...edited by Ronald Lora and William Henry Longton. p. cm. -- Historical guides...Lora, Ronald. II. Longton, William Henry, 1937- III. Title: Conservative press...
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American Nicknames: Their Origin and Significance
Book by George Earlie Shankle; H. Wilson, 1955
Subjects: Names, Geographical--United States, Names, Personal, Nicknames--United States
...Geography , New Edition, J. Russell Smith Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1930 p...Outline Sketch of Ohio , ed. by William Henry Perrin Baskin and Battey, Historical...Greek-English Lexicon , Eighth Edition, comp. by Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott American...
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Modern Native American Art: Angel Decora's Transcultural Aesthetics
Journal article by Elizabeth Hutchinson; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 83, 2001
Subjects: Aesthetics, Art criticism, Culture, DeCora, Angel, Native Americans, Visual artists
...including many in Bostons publishing community. Inspired by William Morriss Kelmscott Press, Nortons pupils Herbert Small and Laurens Maynard were committed to producing books of high quality and exquisite design. The fact that they and other like-minded local...
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In the Hands of the British: The Treatment of American Pows during the War of Independence
Journal article by Philip Ranlet; The Historian, Vol. 62, 2000
Subjects: British--Social policy, Prisoners of war--18th century, United States history--Revolution, 1775-1783
...York Public Library. (16) Wright to Sir Henry Clinton, 15 April 1780, ibid., no. 2686...vol. 1, 307. (47) Thomas Bee to John Laurens, 9 February 1781, Letters of Delegates...The Narrative of Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton (1783; reprint, New York, 1970...


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Dawes, Henry Laurens
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DAWES, HENRY LAURENS 1816 1903, U.S. Senator (1875 93), b. Cummington, Mass. He...the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and gave his name to the Dawes Act and the Dawes Commission . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...


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