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Geoffrey Bell Logbook 1916
CALENDAR FOR 1916 CALENDAR FOR 1917. INTEREST TABLES. THE SEASONS, 1916 (Leap Year). MAN. N.W.T. B.C. Spring begins. ..March 20 5 p.m. 4 p.m. 3 p.m. Sum m er b e g in s..Ju n e 21 Noon. 11 a.m . 10 a.m . Autumn begins..Sept. 23 3 a.m. 2 a.m. 1a.m. Winter begins...Dec. 21 10 p.m. 9 p.m. 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. FIXED AND MOVABLE FESTIVALS. New Year’s Day ....................................................Jan. 1 E p ip h an y ................................................................. “ 6 St. David’s D ay ................................................... Mar. 1 Ash Wednesday.................................................... “ 8 St. Patrick’s Day ................................................... “ 17 Annunciation. Lady Day ......................... “ 25 Palm Sunday ................................... April 16 Good Friday............................................................ “ 21 E aster S u n d a y ....................................................... “ 23 St. George’s D ay .................................................. “ 23 Victoria Day ..........................................................May 24 Ascension Day. Holy Thursday ...................Ju n e 1 Birth of King George V (1865)...................... “ 3 Pentecost. W hitsunday.................................... “ 11 Trinity Sunday ...................................................... “ 18 Corpus Christi...................................................... “ 22 St. John Baptist. Midsummer Day “ 24 Dominion D ay ......................................................Ju -
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. March 10
1776 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE. MARcH 10, H. Owen and ofW. W. Welch-severally to the Committee on Wax braces some six or seven hundred miles of road under one control, Claims. and, talring it in connection with its control of the Georgia road, By Mr. A.. HERR SMITH: The petition of soldiers and sailors of more than that. That is all worked in connection with the expor the late war for an increase of pension to all pensioners who lost an tation of productions at Savannah. The Louisville and Nashville arm and leg while in the line of duty-to the Committee on Invalid system, which is very prominent and controls probably some two Pensions. thousand miles of road, or more, works in harmony with the Central. By Mr. STONE: The petition of Patrick McDonald, to be placed That combination of roads naturally looks to Savannah as an outlet on the retired list-to the Committee on Military Affairs. for a great deal of the produce that is shipped over its lines. There By Mr. TALBOTT: Papers relating to the claim of Alexander M. is then the line by way of'the Georgia and Cent.ral, through Atlanta Templeton-to the Committee on War Claims. over the Stat.e Road~ as it is called, by the Nashville, Chattanoo~a By Mr. URNER: Papers relating to the claim of Robertson Topp antl Saint Louis, al o connecting with the Louisville and Nashviue and William L. Vance-to the same committee. Road to the western cities. There are the same connections up to By Mr. -
2009 Second Quarter
second quarter ● 2009 T pics Whole number 519 Volume 66 Number 2 Postal beginnings at Niagara Falls, p. 8 The official Journal of BNAPS The Society for Canadian Philately $6.95 We can sell your Canadian or foreign cover & stamp collections or accumulations on consignment for the nominal fee of 1 0°/o No collection too small Cash advance available (Please enquire before forwarding material) R F NARBONNE OTB, FRPSC Telephone: (613) 278-1555 Toll-free 1 (800) 247-5619 GREENWOOD STAMP COMPANY Box 102 McDonalds Corners ON KOG 1MO Since 1962 1 2 BNA T pics Volume 66 Number 2 Whole Number 519 The Official Journal of the British North America Philatelic Society Ltd Contents 3 Editorial........................................................................................................................................... 5 Readers write .................................................................................................................................. 5 Brian Stalker wins 2009 Pratt Award........................................................................................... 8 Postal beginnings at Niagara Falls during the pence period, 1800–1859 Part 4 ........................................................................................................Doug Irwin 19 Canada’s Provisional War Tax Revenue Stamps........................................ Christopher D Ryan 30 Canadians Serving with Dunsterforce: 1918–1919....................................... David H Whiteley 44 The early days of the RPO—looking at postmarks RR-142 -
Topics 20121Q1
third quarter ● 2014 T pics Whole number 540 Volume 71 Number 3 Canada’s WWI Monument at Vimy Ridge Newfoundland’s WWI Monument at Beaumont-Hamel Memorial Issue: 100th Anniversary of the beginning of World War I The official Journal of BNAPS The Society for Canadian Philately $8.95 1 BNA Topics, Volume 71, Number 3, July–September 2014 2 BNA T pics Volume 71 Number 3 Whole Number 540 The Official Journal of the British North America Philatelic Society Ltd Contents 3 Editorial 4 Readers write 6 Canadian military hospitals at sea 1914–1919........................................................................... Jonathan C Johnson, OTB 11 WWI War Savings stamps and promotions...................................................................................................David Bartlet 20 Newfoundland and the Great War Part 1: Preparations..................................................... CR McGuire, OTB FRPSC 32 Destination: HOLLAND (Escape from Germany) ................................................................................J Michael Powell 38 An overview of World War I patriotic flag cancels .......................................................Douglas Lingard, OTB, FRPSC 46 WWI-era Canadian Cinderella stamps .......................................................................................Ronald G Lafrenière, PhD 54 Fiscal War Tax stamps of World War I............................................................................................................... John Hall 64 Newfoundland: The “Trail of the Caribou” -
Abstracts of Obituaries –D-E-F-G- H- Lawrence Co., Ohio Researched by Sharon M
Abstracts of Obituaries –D-E-F-G- H- Lawrence Co., Ohio researched by Sharon M. Kouns ABSTRACTS OF OBITUARIES, DEATH NOTICES, ETC. OF LAWRENCE COUNTY (OHIO) PEOPLE AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES COMPILED BY SHARON MILICH KOUNS Updated last: October 10, 1997 IR = IRONTON REGISTER SWI = SEMI WEEKLY IRONTONIAN IDR = IRONTON DAILY REGISTER IT =IRONTON TRIBUNE MI = MORNING IRONTONIAN IET = IRONTON EVENING TRIBUNE IJRN = IRONTON JOURNAL IR Sept. 29, 1887 Remember, obituaries are charged half a cent a word, cash to accompany the order. Watch this. Also, remember that all anonymous communications will be thrown in the waste basket. Some of these obituaries are quite long in their actual form and have been condensed for this publication. Thank you, Sharon Kouns. completed July 29, 1852 -July 20, 1854 deaths & marriages completed July 19, 1860 - Oct. 18, 1860 deaths & marriages on computer completed July 24, 1856 - July 15, 1858 deaths & marriages on computer completed Jan. 14, 1858 - Mar. 25, 1858 deaths & marriage completed deaths from Ironton Journal Sept. 1, 1869 through December 28, 1870 -D- Daily, Soloman - IR Nov. 24, 1887 - Marriage license issued to Soloman Daily and Minerva Markins. Dale, Edward R. - IR Aug. 17, 1899 - Last Saturday, Mr. Edward R. Dale, of Marietta, the husband of Mrs. C. C. Clarke's sister, died suddenly on a railroad train that had left Boston that morning, bound north. Mr. Dale was traveling with his wife and three children. died of heart disease. Funeral at Marietta. Dalton, Andrew I. - IR Oct. 06, 1853 - Married on the 25th ult., in Perry Twp., by P. R. -
The Stamp Coollectr
UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME FURNITURE COLLECTOR G LA SS COLLECTOR EARTHENWARE COLLECTOR SILVER AND SHEFFIELD PLATE COLLECTOR I P I FRO NT S ECE . T H E ENVELO P E ISS U E D T o CO MMEMO RA TE T H E J UB I LEE G T H E PENN Y PO STA E . ' ‘R - U N I F O R M P E N NQ POS T A O E M m AT S OUT H K G NS ING T ON MUS E U , T J UL Y , 1 890. AY E S 1 84 0. T H E ST A M P C O L LECT O R A G UIDE T O T HE WORL D ’S P O S T A M P S ° ST Aflffl c . J OHNSON . E M A . D . Se . R F . , , . S . H E RB E RT J E N K I N S L I MI T E D ’ 3 Y ORK ST REET MES S N x LO DON S . P REFA CE TAMP collecting was an unknown hobby two a generations ago , yet its present followers m y d S be counted by hundreds of thousan s . In no ri - pe od of its existence has it been so popular as to day , partly because the War led many people to seek solace from its pursuit and partly because the national - outlook has grown more world wide than heretofore . In recent years, the collector has indulged, in philately with more method and science than was his former wont so that now there is a demand for in formation and guidance greater than has ever been evinced before . -
Special Revenue Index Issue an Index to Articles About BNA And
January 1993 Vol. 3 No. 1 ISSN 1188-1100 Special Revenue Index Issue Happy New Year. May the New Year bring you that philatelic literature that you are looking for. We plan on bringing you more issues of Philiography Canada this year, with more content, including some special Index to Revenue Articles ..... 1 issues. This special issue is'devoted to an index on BNA revenue articles which have appeared in serial publications. -- -- -- - - - An Index to Articles about BNA and Canadian Revenue Stamps that Have Appeared in Serial Publications By Richard F. Riley Note: The listing that follows is taken from a com- The third element is the authors name given as last puter data base authored by R. F. Riley of the American name, comma and initials. Revenue Association. This is only a small selected por- The fourth element consists of the abbreviated name tion of the over 7,200 entries that were published as "An of the serial publication, in italics, followed by the year Index to Revenue Articles which have appeared in Serial of publication, volume number, colon, page number(s) Publications" and was distributed as a supplement to The and short comments indicating such things as the length American Revenuer in June 1992. of the item or if it is illustrated. a checklist or ~riced. This listing was specialty prepared Eauhe British Abbreviations used under 'Serial" etc. North American Philatelic Society. Anyone interested in art.- article the entire publication can obtain one from the ARA for biblio. -bibliopphy $10.00 US postpaid through the editor, Kenneth Trettin, ill. -
BWISC Bulletin #176 March 1998
BRITISH WEST INDIES STUDY CIRCLE Affiliated to the British Philatelic Federation Hon. General PETER G. BOULTON Secretary: Acting Hon. RAY J. STANTON, The Old Rectory, Salmonby, Lincs. LN9 6PX Treasurer: Tel. (01507) 533742 Hon. Membership STEPHEN A.SHARP Secretary Hon. Editor: DENIS CHARLESWORTH Hon. Librarian: DEREK M. NATHAN Hon. Publications PETER FORD Officer Hon.Public DOUGLAS W. NOTTINGHAM Relations Officer Committee: S. GOLDBLATT, M. HAMILTON, D. MITTON & M. WILSON Hon. Auditor: J.A.C. FARMER, F.C.A. North American W. CLARY HOLT Representative: OBJECTS 1. TO promote interest in and the study of the stamps and postal history of the islands that comprise the British West Indies and in addition BERMUDA, BRITISH GUIANA (GUYANA) and BRITISH HONDURAS (BELIZE) and the Postal History and markings of all other Caribbean territories during any period that they were under British administration or control, and those British Post Offices which operated in the Caribbean, and Central or South America. 2. TO issue a quarterly BULLETIN containing articles, items of interest and other features. 3. TO loan books from the Circle library (home members only) . Borrowers bear postage both ways. List supplied upon application to Hon. Librarian accompanied by an s.a.e. (9" x 6½") - 2nd Class postage for 150gm rate required. 4. TO publicist 'wants' and furnish opinions on stamp(s) and/or cover(s) for a nominal fee. 5. TO encourage, assist or sponsor the authorship and publication of definitive handbooks, monographs or other works of reference appropriate to the aim in para 1 above. MEMBERSHIP &SUBSCRIPTION MEMBERSHIP - Is WORLD WIDE in scope and open to all whether they be new or advanced collectors. -
Iron from the Wilderness: the History of Virginia's Catharine Furnace
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior History Program Northeast Region Iron from the Wilderness: The History of Virginia’s Catharine Furnace Historic Resource Study Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park IRON FROM THE WILDERNESS: THE HISTORY OF VIRGINIA’S CATHARINE FURNACE FREDERICKSBURG AND SPOTSYLVANIA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK HISTORIC RESOURCE STUDY SEAN PATRICK ADAMS PREPARED UNDER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS NATIONAL PARK SERVICE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NORTHEAST REGION HISTORY PROGRAM JUNE 2011 i ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements vii Introduction: The Many Stories of Catharine Furnace 1 Chapter One: Creating the Landscape of Catharine Furnace 7 Chapter Two: The Fredericksburg Iron and Steel Manufacturing Company 19 Chapter Three: From Ore to Pig: Making Iron at Catharine Furnace 35 Chapter Four: Life and Labor at Catharine Furnace 49 Chapter Five: Catharine Furnace on the Front Lines 63 Epilogue: Remembering Catharine Furnace 75 Appendices: Appendix A: Figures 77 Appendix B: Timeline of Important Events 85 Appendix C: Selected Annotated Bibliography 91 Appendix D: Maps 105 Index 109 v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Historians, like nineteenth-century ironmakers, tend to accumulate massive debts as they go about their business. Although many of them can never be repaid in full, I would like to take this opportunity to recognize my main creditors. Susan Ferentinos, public his- tory manager at the Organization of American Historians (OAH), and John Hennessy, chief historian at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park (FRSP), have been great supporters of this project from the beginning and were excellent guides as I negotiated the in- stitutional pathways of coordinating between the OAH, FRSP, and the National Park Service. -
© in This Web Service Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-79039-0 - The Monied Metropolis: New York City and the Consolidation of the American Bourgeoisie, 1850–1896 Sven Beckert Index More information Index Abercombie, James A., 263 American Industrial League, 169 Abolition movement American Institute, 64, 67, 168, 240 growing conflict over, 85 American Iron and Steel Association, manufacturers/mercantile elites and, 291 75, 89–92 American Merchant, 41, 70 See also Slavery American Party, 86 Academy of Music, 210, 247 American Protective Tariff League, 240, Academy of Music ball (1881), 294 305 African American bourgeoisie, 368n.133 American Railroad Journal, 119, 120, African Americans 136, 137, 138, 143, 158, 229 bourgeois New Yorkers support of American Railway Union, 287 freedpeople, 158–159 “American Society for Promoting declining elite support of, 224–226 National Unity,” 96 Draft Riot attacks against, 138 American Surety Company, 249 Emancipation Proclamation freeing America’s Successful Men of Affairs, 246 slaves, 130, 132 Anderson, Major, 97, 111 enlistment as Union soldiers by NY, Anti-Income Tax Association of New 134–135 York, 229 political interest in enfranchisement of, Anti-Semitism 166, 167–168 comparison of European and U.S., Union League Club supporting rights 439n.188 of, 130–131 of upper-class elites, 265–266, violence against freed slaves, 167, 439n.188 225 Anti-tax mobilization See also Freedpeople; Slavery development of, 227, 229 AICP (Association for Improving the link between Reconstruction and, Conditions of the Poor), 67–68, 75, -
Canadian Philately – an Outline
CANADIAN PHILATELY – AN OUTLINE A Summary of Collecting Areas and Interests of British North America Collectors John Burnett, Gray Scrimgeour, and Victor Willson Published by the British North America Philatelic Society Ltd. Copyright ©2008 by the BRITISH NORTH AMERICA PHILATELIC SOCIETY LTD. Published by the British North America Philatelic Society Ltd. ISBN 978-1-897391-33-4 Canadian Philately- An Outline, November 2008. Readers wishing to see the illustrations of this booklet in color may do so at the BNAPS web site: http://www.bnaps.org/ For information about the BRITISH NORTH AMERICA PHILATELIC SOCIETY LTD membership, please contact the Secretary at www.bnaps.org Membership forms and information are available at that website. CANADIAN PHILATELY – AN OUTLINE John Burnett, Gray Scrimgeour, and Victor Willson A summary of collecting areas and interests of British North America collectors Including stamps and other philatelic material of Canada British Columbia and Vancouver Island New Brunswick Newfoundland Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island © British North America Philatelic Society, 2008 2 Table of Contents Page I. Purposes of the Handbook . 3 II. Specialization: What Is It? An Example . 3 III. 20th Century Elizabethan Stamp Issues . 8 IV. 20th Century Edward/ George V/ George VI Stamp Issues . 11 V. 19th Century Dominion Period: Canada, NS, NB, PEI, NF, & BC . 22 VI. 19th Century Decimal Period: Canada, NS, NB, PEI, NF, VI & BC . 31 VII. 19th Century Pence Period: Canada, NS, NB, PEI, NF, VI & BC . 37 VIII. French and British Period Philately (1685–1851) . 43 IX. 19th and 20th Century Newfoundland . 45 X. Special Production Studies . 54 XI. -
The Overprint Encyclopedia
The Overprint Encyclopedia http://www.davidsaks.com/id40.html The Overprint Encyclopedia The Official Website of David Saks Scratching your head trying to identify the overprints on your stamps? Scratch no more ! My overprint list A through Z to the rescue ! The Blog Elvis The Mason Cancels Raymond H. Weill The Most Valuable Elvis Presley First Day Cover In The World The Overprint Encyclopedia Philately Exposed - Au Naturel Stamp Collecting Links I Stamp Collecting Links II Inscriptions Overprints On Stamps "A" The Ten No Name Language Description Commandments of architect, South Australia official overprint, Stamp Collecting 1 A 1868-74. The Philatelist Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia S.A. Avianca Psalm 2 A airlines, Colombia overprint, first used July 12, Stamp Collectors 1 of 114 7/10/2016 10:18 PM The Overprint Encyclopedia http://www.davidsaks.com/id40.html Help Page 1950. Another Philatelic overprint on SCADTA airmail issues, indicating a Help Page 3 A consular overprint sold in Germany, 1920. The David Saks "A" inscription, US nondenominated stamp, valued Show WUMR 4 A 15-cents, placed on sale May 22, 1978. LiveStream anotacion, Colombia registration inscription, 5 A I Belong to Memphis 1865-70. Pirkei Avot Annam and Tonkin overprint, French Protectorate in Indo-China; Jan. 21, 1888-1892: stamps of The Piano 6 A and T, A&T French Colonies surcharged A & T, see: Annam Memphis Music and Tonkin. Video Ancachs, 1884 Peru manuscript overprint, 7 A Certa Sp. provisional issue; term is former canceling device Impressions of Memphis for Piano used for another purpose. "to collect" inscription/overprint on postage dues WK2B & Amateur 8 A percevoir Fr.