The Presidents Message on currency and prosperity
The President argues for returning to a specie based currency, ending legal tender expansions, and restoring confidence to revive industry. He outlines remedies including free banking, gold reserves, revenue surplus, and constraints on debt while urging Congress to act to restore prosperity and stabilize commerce. He also addresses foreign relations and Southern state issues, urging lawful enforcement and financial reforms.
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Congress
American Congress
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Executive
Indian Statistics and the three classes of Indians
The report by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs divides Indians into three groups: wild, those willing to work under government direction, and those owning land and stock. It catalogs counts by tribe and region, notes progress and needs for each class, and urges firmness, civil government, education, and farmland for civilization, with cautions about roaming bands and the Black Hills settlement.
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Alabama
Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims
Congress
United States
Turkey
Mexico
South America
Spain
Texas
Rio Grande
American and Mexican Joint Claims Commission
Argentine
Venezuela
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Arizona
Indian Territory
Wyoming
Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Idaho
Oregon
Towa
Washington Territory
California
New York
Sisseton
Santee
Flandreau
Nebraska
Pottawatomies
Kickapoos
Kansas
Indiana Territory
North Carolina
Columbia River
Nevada
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
Black Hills
Red Cloud
Spotted Tail
Smith
Subterranean River Link Suggested For Great Lakes
The article proposes a hidden river flowing from Lake Superior to Lake Ontario via Huron and Ontario. It argues the Detroit River discharge falls short of inflows to the upper lakes, making a subterranean connection plausible. This could explain salmon and herring presence in lakes connected to the St Lawrence while others lack them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Farr
Lake Ontario
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Lake Superior
Huron
St. Lawrence
Falls of
Niagara
Secretary's detailed financial report for year ending 1874
The Secretary submits a full accounting of receipts and expenditures for the year to June 30, 1874, with totals including net receipts of 322,186,231.29 and net disbursements of 302,633.76. He outlines plans for currency reform, debt refunding, bond issues, and resumed specie payments, plus recommendations on tax changes, tariff, internal revenue, and economy in public buildings and staffing. He notes declines in customs receipts, import shifts, and export changes, and urges careful consolidation of federal expenditures.
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Belgium
Ecuador
Peru
Salvador
Russia
Secretary OF the Treasury
Congress
Treasury
United States
London
Treasury Department
The
Postal money order system shows growth in revenue and transactions
Total appointments numbered 2175 for the year ended June 30 1874 with compensation 2351808.63. New money order offices 346 seven disclosed 11 now 3404. Domestic money orders issued 442033 valued at 74424854.72. Fees to Postmasters 461382.30. Revenue excess 105198.11. Estimated fiscal year 1876 expenditures 36964034 revenue 29148156. steamship service and stamps 2098500 not included.
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Army and Navy
Secretary of War
Army
Treasury
West Point
Talso
Congress
Dow
Darien Isthmus
England
France
Germany
Russia
Conress
South America
Oronoco
Amazon
New South Wales
Switzerland
Berne
United States
Post Office Department
Muc
Supreme Court
Interior
Secretary of the Interior
Indian Territory
Commissioner of Agriculture
Atlantic Seaboard
South American
Central America
Mexico
Pacific
Jonin
District OF Columbia
Board of Audit
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Washington & Alexandria Railroad
Board of Health
National Capital
Washington
Georgetown
San Francisco
New York
New Orleans
United Kingdom
Great Britain and Ireland
Belgium
Netherlands
Italy
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Europe
United States Ocean Mail Steamship Service
Japan
China
Brazil
Hawaiian Islands
Ems
Ieyeernee
Sree
Public Lands and Timber Loss Sparks Call for Reform
The Secretary of the Interior reports fiscal year 1874 public lands disposed totaling 9.53 million acres with railroads and timber entries driving figures. Timber destruction alarms lawmakers. Proposes immediate surveys, cash-only sales, and Pine Fir land protection under new preemption rules. Patent Office shows rising activity with thousands of applications and a surplus over last year.
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Agricultural College
Chippewa
General Land Ofice
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senate
House of Representatives
Foreign Relations
Coness
Fomosa
Limouseky
Great Britain
Newfoundland
Colony of
Lake of the Woods
Rocky Mountains
Commission
Cuba
Legations
Legation
Department of State
Louisiana
D. B. Penn
State House
South Carolina
Kentucky
Arkansas
Mississippi
Maryland
Virginia
Delaware
Gulf of Mexico
States of the Union
General Assembly
Linvite
Mississippi River
U. S. Grant
Cambridge
Cambridge, Ohio
Io Sa
Indian Statistics
Postal Affairs
P. M. Gen. Jewell
Public Lands and Patent Statistics
Patent Office
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