THE

CENTURY INDEPENDENCE:

EMBRACING A COLLECTION, FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES, OF THE MOST IMPORTANT

Documents and Statistics

CONNECTED WITH THE

POLITICAL HISTORY OF AMERICA;

ALSO,

A Chronological Record of the Principal Events, from its
Discovery to the Present Time;

WITH

BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORICAL SKETCHES.

J. R. HUSSEY & CO.,

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876, by

J. R. HUSSEY & CO.,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

Stereotyped at FRANKLIN TYPE FOUNDry, Cincinnati.

WILSTACH, BALDWIN & Co., Printers, Bookbinders, and Stationers,

Cincinnati, Ohio.

CONTENTS.

Confederation of the Original States.

Washington's Acceptance of the Command of the Army.

Declaration of Independence.

Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union between

the States.

Ordinance of 1787 Relating to the Government of the North-

western Territory.

Constitution of the United States.

Washington's Address on Resigning his Commission as

Commander-in-Chief.

Washington's Inaugural Address.

Washington's Farewell Address.

Missouri Slavery Compromise of 1820.

Jackson's Proclamation to the South Carolina Nullifiers.

Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.

Kansas and Nebraska Territorial Act of 1854.

History of each of the States.

Proposed Crittenden Compromise.

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

Letter Explaining the Same.

Johnson's Amnesty Proclamation.

Impeachment Trial of Andrew Johnson.

Chronological Record of the Century of Independence.

Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States.

Battles of the Several Wars of the United States.

Population of the United States at Decennial Periods.

Eminent Men and Women of America.

Life of Washington, and Electoral Votes of First and

Second Terms.

Life of John Adams, and Electoral Vote of Third Term.

Life of Jefferson, and Electoral Votes of Fourth and Fifth

Terms.

Life of Madison, and Electoral Votes of Sixth and Seventh

Terms.

Life of Monroe, and Electoral Votes of Eighth and Ninth

Terms.

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