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.

PAGR

Confederation of the Original States.

7

Washington's Acceptance of the Command of the Army. 9

Declaration of Independence.

11

Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union between

the States.

17

Ordinance of 1787 Relating to the Government of the North

western Territory.

27

Constitution of the United States.

35

Washington's Address on Resigning his Commission as

Commander-in-Chief.

55

Washington's Inaugural Address.

57

Washington's Farewell Address.

-62

Missouri Slavery Compromise of 1820.

79

Jackson's Proclamation to the South Carolina Nullifiers. 80

Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.

104

Kansas and Nebraska Territorial Act of 1854.

111

History of each of the States.

. 124

Proposed Crittenden Compromise.

. 152

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

154

Letter Explaining the Same.

156

Johnson's Amnesty Proclamation.

161

Impeachment Trial of Andrew Johnson.

164

Chronological Record of the Century of Independence. . 185

Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States.

Battles of the Several Wars of the United States.

225

Population of the United States at Decennial Periods. 229

Eminent Men and Women of America.

230

Life of Washington, and Electoral Votes of First and

Second Terms.

238

Life of John Adams, and Electoral Vote of Third Term. 242

Life of Jefferson, and Electoral Votes of Fourth and Fifth

Terms.

245

Life of Madison, and Electoral Votes of Sixth and Seventh

Terms.

249

Life of Monroe, and Electoral Votes of Eighth and Ninth

Terms.

253

223