Minnesota History Bulletin, Volume 1

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Solon Justus Buck, Theodore Christian Blegen
Minnesota Historical Society, 1916 - Minnesota
Vols. 2-5 include the 19th-22d Biennial reports of the Society, 1915/16-1922/23 (in v. 2-3 as supplements, in v. 4-5 as extra numbers.)

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Page 193 - Territories, and do hereby authorize and empower you as such to raise, organize, arm, equip and provision, a sufficient force within the said Territories, and with the said force, to attack, arrest, disarm, or disperse the said armed men so unlawfully assembled and disturbing the public peace ; and for that purpose, and with the force aforesaid, to assault, fire upon, pull down, or break into any fort, house, stronghold, or other...
Page 213 - Alleghania: A Geographical and Statistical Memoir Exhibiting the Strength of the Union, and the Weakness of Slavery, in the Mountain Districts of the South.
Page 112 - Whatever argument may be drawn from particular examples, superficially viewed, a thorough examination of the subject will evince that the art of war is at once comprehensive and complicated ; that it demands much previous study; and that the possession of it, in its most improved and perfect state, is always of great moment to the security of a nation.
Page 77 - The Minneapolis branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church has issued its Thirtyfirst Annual Report for the year ending October 1, 1914 ([Minneapolis, 1914].
Page 212 - The railroad system of the state of Minnesota with its connections ; reported to the common council of the city of St. Paul, March 31, 1859, in pursuance of a resolution of the city council.
Page 320 - Geographic Influences in the Exploration and Early Development of Minnesota" by CJ Posey, also of the university. information." They and the special editor are to be congratulated on the high quality of the material presented, for the papers as a rule are not only accurate but interesting. A large edition has been prepared with the object of having copies available for Minnesota teachers and schools, and it is to be hoped that advantage will be taken of the opportunity. Single copies are sold at...
Page 212 - Also in St. Paul Daily Times, April 24, 1859, under the heading "Exploration of the Valleys and Sources of the South Saskatchewan and Columbia Rivers." Also in St. Paul Common Council, Proceedings, 185859, pp. 223-26. Taylor's communication deals with "routes between the channels of the Red River of Minnesota and Frazer River of British America." Northwest British America and its relations to the state of Minnesota ; a report communicated to the legislature of Minnesota by Governor Ramsey, March...
Page 17 - the care which a' nation devotes to the preservation of the monuments of its past may serve as a true measure of the degree of civilization to which it has attained.
Page 138 - The objects and purposes of the said department are, the care and custody of official archives, the collection of materials bearing upon the history of the state, and of the territory included therein from the earliest times; the...
Page 154 - ... task that demanded men of action — builders, drivers, 1 Read in part at the stated meeting of the executive council of the Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, October 11, 1915. The sketch is based largely on hitherto unknown material — the Taylor Papers in the possession of the society. All manuscript material referred to will be found in this collection. The newspaper items cited can be found in the files of the Minnesota Historical Society, with the exception of the Winnipeg papers...

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