The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01
July I.

Suites III Mnuch Chunk, Pa.
31s2t-spain agrees to sell Florida a9 ~ tio
United states.
iss1-steel guns first mannfaa ea' q
Trentons@GN ]. a8
81 Gettysburg begins.
s1eS4-TheB Confederate General,a mary
starts his campaign q llnngsott&$vWY WASH
5,,s.s-nattle Il III canoy twsa,rs with, with
l SPAIN.
1543-De6 Soto starts 9on# 9 uoWH
the Mississippi a lsg.i:Z
y1776-Reaolution OF Independence adopted
&58aS 81 the Continental Congress- 4S
s17s3-An$ order In council OF the british
govern mon sforbids American ships
to d In the West indian trace.
lso7-Presldent JefferDoata u proeclamaI
.ion,,s' forbids all intercourse n Win
British ships OF Ewar and orders az
thnt arc In American waters Sto4
ssfa Withdraw. gs.s
'1s12-Capt.5 David Porter, OK the Y s%s.
Essex, sails on a $cruise against the
ss8 British. (Beginning sof the var ot}
a, 1929 s@
public exhibition OF reapings
machines In Hamilton county. N: I.
1se2-Gen. Mcclellan abnndons the a.
vance on Richmond and retreats
$ down tho James
S1se4-Congress charters tho Nhortnfern1 ~ ~
cifIcs Railroad Company.
:1sssrf-President&G Garfield shot in&the Bal
q and Potomac Railroad sta
Hon at Washington, by Charles
Guiteau.
l1sso-.House Of Representatives passes
# the Lodge force blu
51see-BattleE of saI..$ Juan HILL Ssi
s@E sS#E$$s$ July 3:.9S
1eosAChamp,aIn returns from France TO
ssssa New Franco and lays the founda- p
tions for Quebec. III 4 A&sS#s@@
31776-Gen.W Washington. at Cambridge as
sunes command OF the Continental
army, consisting OF i 1000 men. 3SS
s1s113The government resolves to occupy
5s5Syyest Florida, against the remon-
8 strnnces OF Great Britain. s5s
51e14EFort Erie surrender red by tho Brit
ish8s without 4 struggle. 8sS
1e15-Commerclal treaty between the
sS /: United States and England signed
f1ss2-Bin to recharter tho national bank
finally passes Congress.
.1sae-First normal s3school%s In America
s:8 opened ut Lexington, Mass.
.ie44LTreaty concluded with China per
Ss hitting trade land Sresldence In GER
tain Chinese ports.
;1s4e-Boston and Buffalo connected by
telegraph, Iss I
1e5e-House Of Representations woes to
receive Kansas into the Union with
a free soil constitution. #
s18e3EGen. Lee ~retires from tho bloody
ss$a field OF Gettysburg,
1se4-sherman's troops occupy Keenesaw5
Mountain as XVIII
sa off Santiago.
5&&83 g$ 8#
1s4s-Massacre of Huron converts to-
Christianity by Mohawks n Mich
sS@st igan. 8s SSs2
1e7e-Reform legislation completed by
Yirginia's new assembly, and event
is hailed az first successfulS reyolu-
E5S5 ton In America.
si76ECol,8 S George T9ashington /. detea TED
b y the French at Fort Necessity
nrsouthwestern Pennsylvania.
1754EBenjamlngs franklin, lays before
Congress at Albany al plan for. a
4 Federal constitution, Intended to
provide by union for common de-
Tense against French encroach-
x 'mmentts. It IS adopted, but later re-
jected by some Of the colonies and
England.
i1t777d-At q o'clock in the afternoon. the
n Declaration Of Irdependence adopted
= the Continental Congress.
'1 children massacred by Indians in
the Wyoming Valley. !,
478f-Wiilia nSblirg {(Ya,2 eVacuatea
CORVALLIS.
17ee-President washington approves the
first tariff act, It's duties averaged
about 6has8 per cent.
INSTRUMENTATION OF Erle$ Canat 20
!1s2s-Death2 of John Adams, aged ninety,
49, o,a and Thomas JEFFERSON. aged
eighty-three D on the fiftleth& ami
yersary Of American independence.
1e2o-Corner-stpne OF Baltimore
srT Railroad laid with cerenohy ~
Sssif4afBalti.more IS Y. a, y, a,
'1sa4-Meeting $ot anti-slayery, society
~ hroke Sup ,by9a mob In New York,
Abolition riots follow.
decentralization convention OF citizens
"A votes ia annex Texns8 70 the unlted
da4e-capt. John G, Fremont declares In
dependence Of California, after de-
@ fenating Ia superior force o. sMeSi-
s{5a3 cans, 5 S8EE s3s. 81 SS , 49,.
ment laid by President Polls.
1e4e-Peace with Mexico proclaimed,
hopehs, a alssssssdd 1bty United States
troops. 33l
acknowledgements congress conYenes,.
and President Lincoln Asenqs mes
sage outlining the policy he pro-
noses pprsuing toward the seeded
States; asks for s400,o0p,ooo and
100000 men. 8N.s@f
isss-Gen. Pemherton slirrendera y'cks-
burg to Gem Grant.
s,ess-ExrPresideat Franklin Pierce makes z
his famous anti var speech 81
gse-1oisastrcus tiro In PortlaId..BMe
1853 President Johnson prqclalnlsy gen
feral amnesty to ex-GoDfederates.
1ss5-The Supreme Court, having decided,
the Edmunds anti-polygamy act
constitutional, Mogmonsa ~ Salt