United States; a history- the most complete and most popular history of the United States of America from the aboriginal times to the present day.. (1893) (14593806579)

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Title: United States; a history: the most complete and most popular history of the United States of America from the aboriginal times to the present day..
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
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Publisher: Boston, New York, The United States history co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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GRANTS ADMINISTRATION. 553 nominations for cabinet officers: For secretary of state, Elihn B.Washbnrnc of Illinois; for secretary of the treasury, Alexander T.Stewart of New York; for secretary of the interior, Jacob D. Cox ofOhio; for secretary of the navy, Adolph E. Boric of Pennsylvania;for secretary of war, John M. Schofield of Illinois; for postmaster-general, John A. J. Creswell of Maryland; for attorney-general, E.R. Hoar of Massachusetts. These nominations were at once con-firmed; but it was soon discovered that Mr. Stewart, being engagedin commerce, was ineligible, and George S. Bout well of Massachu-setts was appointed in his stead. Mr. Washburne also gave up hisoffice to accept the position of minister to France; and the vacantsecretaryship was given to Hamilton Fish of New York. The first event by which the new administration was signalizedwas the completion of the Pacific Railroad. This vast enterprise wasprojected as early as 1853; but ten years elapsed before the work o