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...deral Court on the Contempt of Court charge and was sentenced to six months in Cook County Jail. His appeal on that charge was subsequently dismisse... ... Louisiana, and Texas. Another four - Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas - joined them only after the attack on Fort Sumter in A... .... Reconstruction started long before the war ended, in Union-occupied Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee. Slave tax was an important source of st... ...ative State The term "vegetative state" (cortical death) was coined in 1972 by the Scottish neurosurgeon Bryan Jennett and the American neurologist... ...Fleming (1908-1964), the author of the James Bond 007 novels, was the grandson of a Scottish banker and the son of a Conservative MP (Member of Par... ...ress. The New York Times cites the case of a BBC producer in London who spoke in a Scottish - or, at any rate, foreign - accent. The impediment is ... .../giantsquid/giantsquid.html Stamps On May 1, 1840, Great Britain was the first county to issue a postage stamp - the Penny Black, a one penny, ...

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...................................................111 Included here is a State and County Directory with an indication of whether the States are Lien ... ..., you will want to give up. The material may seem overwhelming and the various County employees less than helpful. The process of sorting through t... ...ow . . . 1 Where do I begin – An Overview All across the United States, State, County and Local Governments raise money to provide benefits and se... ...ve, Navajo, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yavapai, Yuma Lillian R. Villanova 112 Arkansas: Tax Lien Certificate State 75 Counties Arkansas, Ashley,... ...Perry, Phillips, Pike, Poinsett, Polk, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Randolph, Saline, Scott, Searcy, Sebastian, Sevier, Sharp, St. Francis, Stone, Union, ... ..., Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Richland, Rock Island, Saline, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, St. Clair, Stark, Stephenson, Tazewell, Union, Vermi... ...wen, Parke, Perry, Pike, Porter, Posey, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Ripley, Rush, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, St. Joseph, Starke, Steuben, Sullivan, Swit...

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...wn out- right in a few short months; her two cats, and Barney, her beloved Scottie; her good health; her friends; and her upcom- ing ten-year annivers... ...dy. “Oh Barney, life is just not fair.” She picked up her much loved black Scottie and snuggled him close to her neck. “Let’s go walkies.” Ecstatic, t... ...e p.m. Can you come?” Can I come! “Yes, of course.” 124 SUSAN BRACKEN DR. SCOTT SANDERSON played with the swizzle stick in his drink. He was sitting ... ... sitting next to Jana said their names were Margaret and Jean. “We’re from Arkansas. I guess it’s cold in Canada now.” “Yes,” answered Jana, trying to... ...rdered returned by the court in November, 2009. On May 14 th the Maricopa County, Arizona prosecutor indicted three more volunteers. An outpouring of...

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...Besides, Gabriel and I are toking up so I shouldn't be driving fast. Orange County cops I mean pigs — — love to pull you over for the smallest offens... ...Or how about the time a cop started beating up a teenage girl and boy in an Arkansas park just for skateboarding? Cops gone wild pretty “ ” much sum... ... make me come here to Culver Plaza, the Chinatown of Irvine and ergo Orange County. It's always crowded with Asian people of course, all looking for... ...iel or my soon-to-be hot girlfriend Emilie? As the judiciously wise Michael Scott, from the American TV series The Office, once said: "Bros before ho... ...se there's a — — Starbucks inside. Asians in Irvine and the rest of Orange County love to congregate at Barnes and Noble and Borders, since they ca...

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...n who is asking for alms: skirl of bagpipes. 393 n the Scottish coast the sunset prowled the lowtide combers, roll- ing cloud into... ...nson, Raleigh, Spenser have had their days in jail; I have had mine—those county sties where pigs and dust ate my manuscripts and foetid odors ate m... ...f the first play I saw, as a boy, performed by gypsies who told a tale of Scottish intrigue and murder that ended with the beautiful heroine’s suici... ...ounds (shall I make it more?); in addition, I grant her my estate in Warr County—I like that place... To Joan—I leave my clothes. Why? To Elizabe... ... Executive Mansion May 22, 1863 I was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were born in Virginia, of undistinguished fam... ...ng influence than the truth? Do the echoes of John Brown end? Is the Dred Scott case on trial, decade after dec- ade? These and other questions flog... ...r this morning who needed to be reassured. He is a trembling old man from Arkansas, a local politician. After spelling out some good news for his be...

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... book a number of dialects are used, to wit: the Missouri negro dialect; the extremest form of the backwoods Southwestern dialect; the ordinary ?Pike County? dialect; and four modified varieties of this last. The shadings have not been done in a haphazard fashion, or by guesswork; but painstakingly, and with the trustworthy guidance and support of personal familiarity with...

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... extremest form of the back woods Southwestern dialect; the ordinary “Pike County” dia lect; and four modified varieties of this last. The shading... ...” “What wreck?” “Why, there ain’t but one.” “What, you don’t mean the Walter Scott?” “Yes.” “Good land! what are they doin’ there, for gracious sakes... ... had to account for things some way, so I says: “My folks was living in Pike County, in Missouri, where I was born, and they all died off but me and P... ... carryin’ on like that when he’s drunk. He’s the best naturedest old fool in Arkansas — never hurt nobody, drunk nor sober.” Boggs rode up before the ...

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...pse between glimpses of a marvel. If somebody should discover a creek in the county next to the one that the North Pole is in, Europe and America woul... ...ies with another party of Indians; and at last they reached the mouth of the Arkansas (about a month out from their start ing point), where a tribe o... ... in the shadow of the dense forests, and in time arrived at the mouth of the Arkansas. First, they were greeted by the natives of this locality as Mar... ...s. These performances took place on the site of the future town of Napoleon, Arkansas, and there the first confisca tion cross was raised on the bank... ... a barkeeper on a boat; four sons of the chief merchant, and two sons of the county judge, became pilots. Pilot was the grandest position of all. The ... ...tsburgh, little trading scows from every where, and broad horns from “Posey County,” Indiana, freighted with “fruit and furniture”—the usual term for... ..., it was a proud thing to be of the crew of such stately craft as the “Aleck Scott” or the “Grand T urk.” Negro firemen, deck hands, and barbers belon... ... is! I want you niggers to understan’ dat I fires de middle do’ on de ‘Aleck Scott!’” That was sufficient. The barber of the “Grand T urk” was a spruc... ...ore to shore, and no bars, snags, sawyers, or wrecks in his road. Sir Walter Scott is probably responsible for the Capitol building; for it is not con...

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.... It may well puzzle older heads than yours to understand how, as the Dred Scott decision holds, Con- gress can authorize a Territorial Legislature to... ...t calculation of beating you and your friends for the lower house, in that county. They offer to bet upon it. Billings and Job, respec- tively, have b... ... race of empire across to the Pacific—every measure, I say, up to the Dred Scott decision, where, it seems to me, the idea is boldly suggested that sl... ...ends, I have endeavored to show you the logical con- sequences of the Dred Scott decision, which holds that the people of a Territory cannot prevent t... ...ings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five I was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished... ...f the name of Hanks, some of whom now reside in Adams, and others in Macon County, Illinois. My paternal grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, emigrated from ... ...r the Union, while in oth- ers—as Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas— the Union sentiment was nearly repressed and silenced. The course... ...yet exists within the States of Virginia, North Caro- lina, Tennessee, and Arkansas; and whereas the insurgents in all the said States claim to act un... ... Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida (except the inhabit- ants of that part o...

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... West, to the amazement and horror of the South. The decision in the “Dred Scott” case, given by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United ... ... a slave State, lying to the west of the Missis- sippi and to the north of Arkansas. It forms a portion of the territory ceded by France to the United... ... 48 “ Sergeant 40 “ Corporal 34 “ Private 31 “ *General Scott alone holds that rank in the United States Army. **A colonel and lieu... ..., also in the State, Tennessee. Price had been driven out of Missouri into Arkansas by General Curtis, acting under General Halleck’s orders. The chie... ... as with us in our provinces. There are no “Presidents’ Heads” or “General Scotts.” Nor by the name of the landlord, or of some former landlord, as wi... ... kinsman than I do in your Englishman. I never ask an Englishman from what county he comes, or what was his town. To Irishmen I usually put such quest...

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...CK, near Corinth, Mississippi: Several despatches from Assistant Secretary Scott and one from Governor Morton asking reinforcements for you have been ... ...ght be with you if I were to attempt to tell you why I went to see General Scott. I can only say that my visit to West Point did not have the importan... ... South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennes- see, North Carolina, and the State of Virginia except the... ... Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missis- sippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas in an orderly manner seize and use any property, real or personal,... ...are this day in rebellion against the United States the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St. Ber- nard, Plaquemin... ... Gamble tele- graphed me, asking that the assessments outside of St. Louis County might be suspended, as they already have been within it, and this mo... ...ev. John M. Robinson, of Colum- bia, Missouri; James L. Matthews, of Boone County, Mis- souri; and James L. Stephens, also of Boone County, Mis- souri... ... in question without dependence upon any other government, State, city, or county. It is, however, within the range of prac- tical convenience to conf... .... LINCOLN 396 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six TELEGRAM TO H. H. SCOTT. EXECUTIVE MANSION, W ASHINGTON, September 13, 1863. Dr . WILLIAM H. ...

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..., translated names of cities, where the Missis- sippi runs by T ennessee and Arkansas; and both, while I was crossing the continent, lay, watched by a... ...en falling lower and lower from the capital of the State to the capital of a county, and from that again, by the loss of its charter and town lands, t... ... it for the moment. In the meantime, however, the Americans rule in Monterey County. The new county seat, Salinas City, in the bald, corn- bearing pla... ... their desert, and are irritably conscious of a hunter’s camp in an adjacent county. T o these last, of course, Fontainebleau will seem but an extende... ...heistical in his opinions. His Queen Mab, sir, is quite an atheistical work. Scott, sir, is not so poetical a writer. With the works of Shakespeare I ... ...ng To the braes o’ Balquidder.” – which is indeed apt to echo in the ears of Scottish chil- dren, and to him, in view of his experience, must have fou...

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... but slumber, in the House of Lords. I have seen elections for borough and county, and have never been impelled (no matter which party won) to damage ... ...e, he told me, until he was a young man grown. He had read many books; and Scott’s poetry appeared to have left a strong impression on his mind: espec... ... interest. I felt little of that sense of freedom and exhilaration which a Scottish heath in spires, or even our English downs awaken. It was lonely ... ... have a display of goods in their windows, such as may be seen in thriving county towns in England; and there are some which would do no discredit to ... ...e learn that the Hon. Charles C. P. Arndt, Member of the Council for Brown county, was shot dead on the floor of the concil chamber, by James R. Vin... ..., and he sunk, to rise no more!’ American Notes – Dickens 251 ‘MURDER IN ARKANSAS. ‘We understand that a severe rencontre came off a few days sinc...

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...wd suddenly come to be all justiciaries in the same case themselves; as in Arkansas once, a man proved guilty, by law, of murder, but whose condemnati... ...l possible be- nevolence taxes; as in America here, the state-tax, and the county-tax, and the town-tax, and the poll-tax, are by the assessors rolled... ...ing for Happy T om, who fought at Buena Vista. Lady, something for General Scott’s soldier, crippled in both pins at glorious Contreras.” Now, it so c...

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...lt in fact that many an expert painter, as for instance Dickens and Walter Scott, as for instance even, in the main, so subtle a hand as that of R. L.... ...m sorry for that; I like so much to see people.” “Oh, we’ll invite all the county to amuse you,” said Ralph. “Now you’re making fun of me,” the girl a... ...red rather gravely. “Who was the gentleman on the lawn when I arrived?” “A county neighbour; he doesn’t come very often.” “I’m sorry for that; I liked... ...on,” said the younger sister. “It’s the first position in this part of the county.” “I dare say you think me very irreverent,” Isabel took occasion to... ...acquaintance I had made upon the steamer; a lovely group from Little Rock, Arkansas. In spite of that I felt cramped—I felt something pressing upon me... ... at a newspaper and that, in the way of novels, if she had read Sir Walter Scott it was the very most. An American jeune fille— what could be better t...

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...I’m sorry for that; I like so much to see people.” “Oh, we’ll invite all the county to amuse you,” said Ralph. “Now you’re making fun of me,” the girl... ...wered rather gravely. “Who was the gentleman on the lawn when I arrived?” “A county neighbour; he doesn’t come very often.” “I’m sorry for that; I lik... ...acquain tance I had made upon the steamer; a lovely group from Little Rock, Arkansas. In spite of that I felt cramped—I felt something pressing upon ... ...ed at a newspaper and that, in the way of novels, if she had read Sir Walter Scott it 308 Portrait of a Lady was the very most. An American jeune fill...

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.... If the old system be thought to be vague, as to all the delegates of the county voting the same way, or as to instructions to them as to whom they a... ...join in proposing them only because I choose to leave the decision in each county to the Whigs of the county, to be made as their own judg- ment and c... ...sus, we shall see by the old plan, and by your pro- posed new plan, Morgan County, with a population 16,541, has but ...... 8 votes While Sangamon wit... ...but ...... 8 votes While Sangamon with 18,697—2156 greater has but… 8 “ So Scott with 6553 has …………………………… 4 “ While Tazewell with 7615 1062 greater h... ... special application of what I said to the Whigs of Morgan, or of Morgan & Scott. I only had in my mind the fact that previous to General Hardin’s wit... ...when the President expects the war to terminate. At its beginning, General Scott was by this same President driven into disfavor if not disgrace, for ... ...d to have it done—concurring, as he did generally, with the gentleman from Arkansas [Mr. Johnson] that the postpone- ment might jeopard the safety of ... ... on this separate proposition, he re- peated that, with the gentlemen from Arkansas, he should prefer it lest they should lose all. But if there was t... ...t. He is a good hand to raise a breeze. General Ashley, in the Senate from Arkansas, died yes- terday. Nothing else new beyond what you see in the pa-...

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...d was a widower at the close. Soon after this he emigrated to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and settled near the town of Greensburg in that count... ...r set up for himself in business, establishing a tan- nery at Ravenna, the county seat of Portage County. In a few years he removed from Ravenna, and ... ...d from Ravenna, and set up the same busi- ness at Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio. During the minority of my father, the West afforded but poor ... ...a trashy sort. I read all of Bulwer’s then published, Cooper’s, Marryat’s, Scott’s, Washington Irving’s works, Lever’s, and many others that I do not ... ...ed the fourth year as a private. During my first year’s encampment General Scott visited West Point, and reviewed the cadets. With his commanding figu... ...st Point and reviewed the cadets; he did not impress me with the awe which Scott had in- spired. In fact I regarded General Scott and Captain C. F. Sm... ...ad no fixed place for even nominal headquarters. He was as much at home in Arkansas as he was in Missouri and would keep out of the way of a superior ... ...umbus to be moved by boats down the Mississippi and up the White River, in Arkansas, in order to reinforce Price, and I was directed to prevent this m... ...and of the Department of the Mis- souri. The limits of his command took in Arkansas and west Kentucky east to the Cumberland River. From the battle of...

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...Red river or through those drain’d by the Tennessee, or through those of the Arkansas, Torches shine in the dark that hangs on the Chattahooche or Alt... ...ught a New England and found it, the outset anywhere, The settlements of the Arkansas, Colorado, Ottawa, Willamette, The slow progress, the scant fare... ...ioneers! O pioneers! Leaves of Grass –Whitman 240 From Nebraska, from Arkansas, Central inland race are we, from Missouri, with the continental... ...mortal. Leaves of Grass –Whitman 409 THE O X T AMER In a far away northern county in the placid pastoral region, Lives my farmer friend, the theme o... ...friend, Whom a hundred oxen love there in his life on farms, In the northern county far, in the placid pastoral region. Leaves of Grass –Whitman 410 ... ... bye gone ballads, feudal tales, essays, plays, Shakespere, Schiller, Walter Scott, Tennyson, As some vast wondrous weird dream presences, The great s... ... I should need to name, O Western World, your po 526 In a far away northern county in the placid pastor 410 In a little house keep I pictures suspen...

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...stem lies between the States of Tennessee and Missouri, of Mississippi and Arkansas, and through the State of Louisiana. The ancient province so calle... ...ana included the present State of that name and the States of Missouri and Arkansas—included also the right to pos- sess, if not the absolute possessi... ...States, properly so called, are easily defined. They are Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missis- sippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Nor... ...dent, free from the exercise of control on the part of the veteran General Scott, though at that time General Scott had not actually resigned his posi... ...en days, who has lived in the State for a year, and for four months in the county in which he votes. He can vote for all “officers that now are, 246 ... ... Fugitive Slave Law? Ohio carry out the Fugitive Slave Law after the “Dred Scott” decision and all its consequences? Mr. Crittenden might as well have...

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...find work for the thirty thousand that comes out of the coal, haven’t I?” “Scott, what a head! I never thought of that. How are you getting along? Whe... ...This was in the eleventh century, when our people were living in Aberdeen, county of Cork, England. Why it is that our long line has ever since borne ... ....—I see by the papers that this imfamous old fraud has just died again, in Arkansas. This makes six times that he is known to have died, and always in... ...ess, that dreamy spirituality about it, which many of the first critics of Arkansas have objected to in the Murillo school of Art. Ruskin. The express...

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...of hides and goods, and this time succeeded in finding a part of a volume of Scott’s Pirate, in a corner of the house; but it failed me at a most int... ...on Pablo de la Guerra, a Senator in the State Legislature for Santa Barbara County. The points in the country, too, he noticed, as he passed the... ...f the Merced, where so many fatal fights are had. Thence I went to Mariposa County, and Colonel Fremont’s mines, and made an interesting visit to ‘‘... ...ements in Missouri and - 212 - Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana Arkansas, and the mountains of California, trapping in Colorado and Gi...