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Publisher : Cambria Press
ISBN 13 : 1621969614
Total Pages : 646 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (219 download)
Download or read book Commodore Robert F. Stockton, 1795-1866 written by and published by Cambria Press. This book was released on with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R. John Brockmann
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ISBN 13 : 9781624992087
Total Pages : 645 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Commodore Robert F. Stockton, 1795-1866 written by R. John Brockmann and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stockton first made his reputation as "Fighting Bob" in the defense of Baltimore in the War of 1812, and, on his first naval command, he founded Liberia for freed slaves. Yet he also owned slaves on his sugar plantation in Georgia, and later probably used "rented" slave labor his in Virginia gold mines. As a naval officer, he chased pirates with the West Indies Squadron and may have been responsible for the death of Jean Lafitte; yet he acted like a pirate himself in ruthlessly protecting his Joint Companies' monopoly of railroad and canal traffic across New Jersey. Stockton achieved nautical design prominence by bringing John Ericsson to America to create the first steam-powered, propeller-driven warship and the most powerful cannon in the world. (Ericsson later designed USS Monitor in the Civil War.) However, in demonstrating his cannon to high government officials, the cannon backfired killing nearly half of President Tyler's cabinet. From Congress and the President, Stockton brought the invitation of annexation to Texas, but then he tried to initiate a war between Texas and Mexico that he would clandestinely underwrite with profits from his transportation monopoly. He sailed to California arriving at the start of the Mexican-American war so that he was the commander-in-chief of all US forces, and joined with John C. Fremont and his filibusters to take California for the United States-yet he never had specific orders to take California. Upon his return, he became the first naval officer to become a U. S. Senator, and then he sought the nomination for president twice: once on the 1852 Democratic Party ticket almost nosing out Franklin Pierce and once on the American Party or Know-Nothing ticket. His nomination from the nativist American Party is particularly ironic because he has been instrumental twelve years earlier in suppressing nativist riots in Philadelphia. In 1861, on the eve of the Civil War, New Jersey sent him as a member of a delegation to the Peace Conference in Washington that attempted to avert the Civil War. However at the peace conference, Stockton threatened to beat up a member who opposed his policies. Stockton eventually retired from public life to the New Jersey seashore where he founded the community of Sea Girt, and sat idle during the Civil War. He died in 1867 just after witnessing the expulsion of his son who had attempted to succeed him in the U. S. Senate. Historians of the Early Republic and antebellum naval operations will discover hitherto unknown or unappreciated materials and texts in the protean odyssey of this unsung American hero.
Author : Samuel J. (Samuel John) 1801-18 Bayard
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781373721044
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (21 download)
Download or read book SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF COM ROBE written by Samuel J. (Samuel John) 1801-18 Bayard and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Samuel Bayard
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ISBN 13 : 9780979602917
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Commodore Robert F. Stockton, an American Naval Hero written by Samuel Bayard and published by . This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commodore Robert F. Stockton helped shape this country from the War of 1812 to his death as a United States Senator in 1866. This reference is a reprint of a book written by the Commodore in 1856.
Author : Bronwyn Mills
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438100140
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book U. S. -Mexican War, Updated Edition written by Bronwyn Mills and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the previous edition:"Well selected black-and-white maps and reproductions of old photographs add to the readers' understandings." - Journal of ReadingControversial and unpopular, the U.S.-Mexican War divided t
Author : John Bayard Samuel John Bayard
Publisher : Applewood Books
ISBN 13 : 1429021217
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (29 download)
Download or read book A Sketch of the Life of Com. Robert F. S written by John Bayard Samuel John Bayard and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lolita Buckner Inniss
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 0823285359
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (232 download)
Download or read book The Princeton Fugitive Slave written by Lolita Buckner Inniss and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the life of a Maryland slave, his escape to freedom in New Jersey, and the trials that ensued. James Collins Johnson made his name by escaping slavery in Maryland and fleeing to Princeton, New Jersey, where he built a life in a bustling community of African Americans working at what is now Princeton University. After only four years, he was recognized by a student from Maryland, arrested, and subjected to a trial for extradition under the 1793 Fugitive Slave Act. On the eve of his rendition, after attempts to free Johnson by force had failed, a local aristocratic white woman purchased Johnson’s freedom, allowing him to avoid re-enslavement. The Princeton Fugitive Slave reconstructs James Collins Johnson’s life, from birth and enslaved life in Maryland to his daring escape, sensational trial for re-enslavement, and last-minute change of fortune, and through to the end of his life in Princeton, where he remained a figure of local fascination. Stories of Johnson’s life in Princeton often describe him as a contented, jovial soul, beloved on campus and memorialized on his gravestone as “The Students Friend.” But these familiar accounts come from student writings and sentimental recollections in alumni reports—stories from elite, predominantly white, often southern sources whose relationships with Johnson were hopelessly distorted by differences in race and social standing. In interrogating these stories against archival records, newspaper accounts, courtroom narratives, photographs, and family histories, author Lolita Buckner Inniss builds a picture of Johnson on his own terms, piecing together the sparse evidence and disaggregating him from the other black vendors with whom he was sometimes confused. By telling Johnson’s story and examining the relationship between antebellum Princeton’s Black residents and the economic engine that supported their community, the book questions the distinction between employment and servitude that shrinks and threatens to disappear when an individual’s freedom is circumscribed by immobility, lack of opportunity, and contingency on local interpretations of a hotly contested body of law. Praise for The Princeton Fugitive Slave “Fascinating historical detective work . . . Deeply researched, the book overturns any lingering idea that Princeton was a haven from the broader society. Johnson had to cope with the casual racism of students, occasional eruptions of racial violence in town and the ubiquitous use of the N-word by even the supposedly educated. This book contributes to our understanding of slavery’s legacy today.” —Shane White, author of Prince of Darkness: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's First Black Millionaire “Collectively, Inniss’s work provides an exciting model for future scholars of slavery and labor. Perhaps most importantly, Inniss skillfully and compassionately restores Johnson's voice to his own historical narrative.” —G. Patrick O'Brien, H-Slavery
Author : John D. Bennett
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786490780
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Placenames of the Civil War written by John D. Bennett and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the plethora of books about the Civil War, the origins of many of the placenames associated with the conflict remain a mystery. This gazetteer provides information on nearly 1600 sites, including not only locations of battles and skirmishes but also hospitals, prison camps, military academies, factories and navy yards, both North and South. Also listed are islands, rivers, creeks, fords, ferries and railroad stations, as well as many temporary fort and camp names. From Abbeville, Georgia, where Jefferson Davis stopped in May 1865 days before his capture near Irwinville, to Yorktown, Virginia, which was besieged by General George B. McClellan at the start of the Peninsula campaign, entries explain the origin of each placename and its wartime connections. An appendix listing town and city population figures from the 1860 census completes this informative supplement for Civil War scholars and enthusiasts.
Author : Harvard Law Review
Publisher : Quid Pro Books
ISBN 13 : 1610278488
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Harvard Law Review: Volume 128, Number 4 - February 2015 written by Harvard Law Review and published by Quid Pro Books. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Harvard Law Review, February 2015, is offered in a digital edition. Contents include: • Article, "The Consequences of Error in Criminal Justice," Daniel Epps • Book Review, "Running Government Like a Business ... Then and Now," Jon D. Michaels • Note, "International Norms and Politics in the Marshall Court's Slave Trade Cases" • Note, "Congress's Power to Define the Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship" • Note, "It's About Time (Place and Manner): Why and How Congress Must Act to Protect Access to Early Voting" • Note, "The Psychology of Cruelty: Recognizing Grave Mental Harm in American Prisons" In addition, the issue features student commentary on Recent Cases, Legislation, and Executive Orders, including such subjects as: whether false claims used to advise or encourage suicide are protected speech; whether pollutants from rail yards are "disposal" of solid waste; class action standing of absent class members in certain BP oil spill claims; review of an SEC settlement; municipal bankruptcy and preemption; requiring on-the-record indigency proceedings prior to incarceration for failure to pay fines; and prohibition of federal government and contractor employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Finally, the issue features several summaries of Recent Publications. This issue of the Review is Feb. 2015, the fourth issue of academic year 2014-2015 (Volume 128). The digital edition features active Contents, linked notes, and proper ebook and Bluebook formatting.
Author : Library of Congress
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Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kerry Walters
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625846657
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)
Download or read book Explosion on the Potomac written by Kerry Walters and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1844, the USS "Princeton" was the most technologically sophisticated warship in the world. Its captain, Robert Stockton, and President John Tyler were both zealous expansionists, and they hoped that it would be the forerunner in a formidable steam-powered fleet. On a Potomac cruise intended to impress power brokers, the ship's main gun--the Peacemaker--exploded as the vessel neared Mount Vernon. Eight died horribly, while twenty others were injured. Two of Tyler's most important cabinet members were instantly lost, and the president himself had a near miss--making it the worst physical disaster to befall a presidential administration. The tragedy set off an unpredictable wave of events that cost Tyler a second term, nearly scuttled plans to add Texas to the Union and stirred up sectional rancor that drove the nation closer to civil war. Author Kerry Walters chronicles this little-known disaster that altered the course of the nation's history.
Author : John C. Fredriksen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1598844326
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (988 download)
Download or read book The United States Navy written by John C. Fredriksen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-07-12 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering more than two centuries of naval history, this chronology highlights the individuals and events that shaped one of the world's greatest fighting forces—the United States Navy. The United States Navy: A Chronology, 1775 to the Present showcases the dramatic role of the nation's warships throughout America's long history and documents the Navy's vital contributions to establishing the United States as a superpower. Beginning with the American Revolutionary War, this comprehensive work details major and minor events in the history of the U.S. Navy through Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. The topics included in this book describe not only battles at sea, but also important political and administrative changes, as well as notable events in the careers of admirals and other naval leaders. Significant battles in all major wars are covered, along with actions in smaller conflicts. This chronology also includes the founding of noted schools of instruction; the introduction of new classes of warships and aircraft; and significant naval texts, such as Alfred Thayer Mahan's seminal The Influence of Naval Power upon History.
Author : John Everett-Heath
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192556460
Total Pages : 1619 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)
Download or read book The Concise Dictionary of World Place Names written by John Everett-Heath and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-12-07 with total page 1619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every populated place, however small, has a name, and every name is chosen for a reason. This fascinating dictionary gives the history, meanings, and origin of an enormous range of country, region, island, city, and town names from across the world, as well as the name in the local language. It also includes key historical facts associated with many place names. Place-names are continually changing. New names are adopted for many different reasons such as invasion, revolution, and decolonization. This dictionary includes selected former names, and, where appropriate, some historical detail to explain the transition. The names of places often offer a real insight into the places themselves, revealing religious and cultural traditions, the migration of peoples, the ebb and flow of armies, the presence of explorers, local languages, industrial developments and topography. Superstition and legend can also play a part. All this fascinating detail is included in the Concise Dictionary of World Place Names. In addition to the entries themselves, the dictionary includes two appendices: a glossary of foreign word elements which appear in place names and their meanings, and a list of personalities and leaders from all over the world who have influenced the naming of places. Containing over 10,000 names, from Aachen to Zyrardów, this is a unique and fascinating guide for geographers, travellers, and all with an interest in current world affairs.
Author : Jessie Benton Frémont
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252019425
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (194 download)
Download or read book The Letters of Jessie Benton Frémont written by Jessie Benton Frémont and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bold, talented, and ambitious, Jessie Benton Fremont was one of Victorian America's most controversial women. As the daughter of powerful Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri and the wife of John Charles Fremont - western explorer, presidential candidate, and Civil War general - she not only witnessed but struggled to influence many of the major events of her time. Despite the restrictions she faced as a woman, she managed to carve out a vital role for herself as a writer, dedicated abolitionist, and secretary and other self to her mercurial husband. She collaborated on his best-selling exploration reports, served as his behind-the-scenes political advisor and chief Civil War aide, and worked as a lobbyist for Arizona mining interests. In The Letters of Jessie Benton Fremont, Pamela Herr and Mary Lee Spence create a compelling portrait of this remarkable woman. They supplement their collection of 271 fully annotated letters, selected from 800 they uncovered, with an elegant introduction and seven authoritative chapter essays that elucidate the significant periods of her life. The correspondents range from intimate friends like Elizabeth Blair Lee to public figures like Horace Greeley, Abraham Lincoln, Dorothea Dix, John Greenleaf Whittier, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, William T. Sherman, and Theodore Roosevelt. Readers interested in women's studies, the westward movement, the Civil War, and the Gilded Age will find a rich source in The Letters of Jessie Benton Fremont.
Author : Maxine N. Lurie
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813554101
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)
Download or read book New Jersey written by Maxine N. Lurie and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-07 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Jersey: A History of the Garden State presents a fresh, comprehensive overview of New Jersey’s history from the prehistoric era to the present. The findings of archaeologists, political, social, and economic historians provide a new look at how the Garden State has evolved. The state has a rich Native American heritage and complex colonial history. It played a pivotal role in the American Revolution, early industrialization, and technological developments in transportation, including turnpikes, canals, and railroads. The nineteenth century saw major debates over slavery. While no Civil War battles were fought in New Jersey, most residents supported it while questioning the policies of the federal government. Next, the contributors turn to industry, urbanization, and the growth of shore communities. A destination for immigrants, New Jersey continued to be one of the most diverse states in the nation. Many of these changes created a host of social problems that reformers tried to minimize during the Progressive Era. Settlement houses were established, educational institutions grew, and utopian communities were founded. Most notably, women gained the right to vote in 1920. In the decades leading up to World War II, New Jersey benefited from back-to-work projects, but the rise of the local Ku Klux Klan and the German American Bund were sad episodes during this period. The story then moves to the rise of suburbs, the concomitant decline of the state’s cities, growing population density, and changing patterns of wealth. Deep-seated racial inequities led to urban unrest as well as political change, including such landmark legislation as the Mount Laurel decision. Today, immigration continues to shape the state, as does the tension between the needs of the suburbs, cities, and modest amounts of remaining farmland. Well-known personalities, such as Jonathan Edwards, George Washington, Woodrow Wilson, Dorothea Dix, Thomas Edison, Frank Hague, and Albert Einstein appear in the narrative. Contributors also mine new and existing sources to incorporate fully scholarship on women, minorities, and immigrants. All chapters are set in the context of the history of the United States as a whole, illustrating how New Jersey is often a bellwether for the nation..
Author : Richard Snow
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476794197
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)
Download or read book Iron Dawn written by Richard Snow and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An utterly absorbing account of one of history’s most momentous battles” (Forbes) that not only changed the Civil War but the future of all sea power—from acclaimed popular historian Richard Snow, who “writes with verve and a keen eye” (The New York Times Book Review). No single sea battle has had more far-reaching consequences than the one fought in Hampton Roads, Virginia, in 1862. The Confederacy, with no fleet of its own, took a radical step to combat the Union blockade, building an iron fort containing ten heavy guns on the hull of a captured Union frigate named the Merrimack. The North got word of the project, and, in panicky desperation, commissioned an eccentric inventor named John Ericsson to build the Monitor, an entirely revolutionary iron warship. Rushed through to completion in just one hundred days, it mounted only two guns, but they were housed in a shot-proof revolving turret. The ship hurried south from Brooklyn, only to arrive to find the Merrimack had already sunk half the Union fleet—and would be back to finish the job. When she returned, the Monitor was there. She fought the Merrimack to a standstill, and, many believe, saved the Union cause. As soon as word of the fight spread, Great Britain—the foremost sea power of the day—ceased work on all wooden ships. A thousand-year-old tradition ended and the naval future opened. Richly illustrated with photos, maps, and engravings, Iron Dawn “renders all previous accounts of the encounter between the Monitor and the Merrimack as obsolete as wooden war ships” (The Dallas Morning News). Richard Snow brings to vivid life the tensions of the time in this “lively tale of science, war, and clashing personalities” (The Wall Street Journal).
Author : Michael Clarke
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030301753
Total Pages : 571 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)
Download or read book American Grand Strategy and National Security written by Michael Clarke and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is focused on explaining the grand strategic behavior of the United States from the Founding of the Republic to the Trump administration. To do so it employs a neoclassical realist framework to argue that while systemic change explains the broad evolution of US grand strategy, the precise shape and content of the grand strategies pursued has been conditioned by domestic political culture and interests. The book argues that distinct political cultures of statecraft (Hamiltonian, Jeffersonian, Jacksonian and Wilsonian) have acted as permissive filters through which policy-makers have interpreted and responded to systemic stimuli making some grand strategy choices more likely than others in the pursuit of national security. The book demonstrates that while primacist grand strategies were facilitated by the predominance from the mid-19th century to the early 21st century of the vindicationist Hamiltonian and Wilsonian forms of statecraft, the costs of primacy have now stimulated the resurgence of the long dormant, exemplarist Jeffersonian and Jacksonian forms of statecraft under the Obama and Trump administrations, resulting in grand strategies that seek to either manage or stave off decline in America’s relative power position.
