This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...spent foolishly. Later, an immense number of laboring men began to come here from Europe. They made themselves homes at the West and were a great help to the country. The ocean steamers now bring hosts of immigrants. The United States intends to let in all who are worth having and to send the rest back. GENERAL WILLIAM ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...spent foolishly. Later, an immense number of laboring men began to come here from Europe. They made themselves homes at the West and were a great help to the country. The ocean steamers now bring hosts of immigrants. The United States intends to let in all who are worth having and to send the rest back. GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON AND JOHN TYLER, NINTH AND TENTH PRESIDENTS (1841-1845) 189. The election of General Harrison.--The people of the West had never forgotten General Harrison's victory over the Indians at Tippecanoe ( 157). They now wanted to see this Indian fighter, who had lived in a log cabin in Ohio, go to the "White House." With shouts and songs of "Tippecanoe and Tyler too," they elected him our ninth President, and made John Tyler of Virginia Vice President. General Harrison died a few weeks after he came into office and then, according to law, John Tyler took his place and became President. 190. What Professor Morse succeeded in doing with electricity, 1844.--Three years later, in 1844, Professor Morse1 of Massachusetts did a wonderful thing--one which the world will always remember. He had long been trying to find some way by which he could send messages quickly from one place to another. Of course letters could now be sent by the steam cars in much less than half the time that they could when Washington was living. But though steam was fast, it was too slow to satisfy Mr. Morse. He knew of something that could travel fifty miles--yes, a thousand miles if you like--before the wheels of the swiftest locomotive could turn around twice. That something was electricity. 1 See the Life of Professor Morse in Montgomery's "Beginner's American History" in this series. But he did not know how to get electricity to...
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