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Excerpt from Lord Ashburton and the Treaty of Washington As it is the firm determination of Her Majesty to preserve the dominion of our North American Provinces, it follows that all necessary Precautions must be taken to ensure the success of this resolution. Ad mitting therefore. The principle of a conventional Line, to be agreed upon by a mutual concession of the extreme claims of both the Parties, there is a limit, beyond which a regard for the safety of these Provinces must forbid us to recede. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from The Control of the Purse in the United States Government: A Thesis The investigation outlined in the following pages, of those pro visions of the constitution which relate to the control of financial matters. Was originally undertaken with the idea of tracing the development of the principle of self-taxation in England, and of noting how that principle came to be introduced into the United States. It was found that a study of budgetary control by the Commons in England amounted to little less than a study of the wow) of the English constitution, so that it seemed besr to confine the thesis to the consideration of the great provisions of the constitution of the United States, and to trust to the reader to remember that the presence of an article in the constitution, granting to the House the privilege of originating revenue bills, is due to the long recognized principle in England, that the people. Through their representatives in the Commons, should control the extent and purpose of taxation. The history of the introduction of the constitutional restriction referred to has been condensed also, so that the greater portion of the thesis is devoted to the various debates in Congress upon the correct interpretation of the constitution. These debates show that the House of Representatives has put a broader construction upon its privilege than was intended by the constitutional convention, and has practically assumed supreme control over all financial matters. Under these circumstances the natural inquiry is, whether or not the House of Representatives secures to the people of the United States that direct control over money matters which was intended by the Constitutional provision. In this connection a brief account is given of the business organization of Congress and the effect of that organi' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from British Interests and Activities in Texas, 1838-1846 The material for the lectures included in this volume was gathered by research in the Public Record Ofiice in London during the winter of 1907 - 1908. That time was spent in an examination of documents and correspondence connected with english-american re lations from 1815 to 1855, after which date they are inaccessible. Such papers are chiefly in the foreign office correspondence and, while they throw much light on many controverted points in history, they are nowhere more illuminating than in the matter of the British attitude toward the American annexation of Texas. 'hence the invitation of the Department of History of the Johns Hopkins University to deliver the Albert Shaw Lectures in Diplomatic History in May, 1909, seemed to be most opportune and I gladly pre sented there the result of my work relating to Texas.' This presentation is purely technical, and, while seek ing to meet doubtful points, it depends upon docu mentary substantiation only. It might be indefinitely elaborated by citations from secondary authorities, or greatly bettered by a more complete portrayal of contemporary conditions. The purpose of the lectures forbade this. The California chapter, previously printed in the American Historical Review, is added because of its intimate connection with the Texan question. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Ephraim Douglass Adams was born on December 18, 1865 in Decorah, Iowa, United States, the third son and fifth child of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Douglass) Adams. Of pioneer New England ancestry, he was descended from a long line of farmers and Congregational ministers. As a member of a devoted group of missionary preachers, the Iowa Band, his father had gone west in 1843 to develop in the new commonwealth the advantages of religion and of education.
Adams attended Iowa (later Grinnell) College from 1883 to 1885, before entering the University of Michigan, where his brother, Henry Carter Adams, was lecturer in political economy. Following his graduation in 1887, Adams returned the next year for graduate study. He was awarded the doctorate in 1890, with a dissertation, The Control of the Purse in the United States Government (1894). This work, indicating the strong influence of his brother, traced the development of the confused and irresponsible fiscal and budgetary practices of Congress. His proposals for reform were neither practical nor adequate.
For a time Adams was associated with his brother in the division of transportation for the Census of 1890.
From 1891 to 1902 Adams served as assistant and associate professor and as professor of European history at the University of Kansas. His successful career there resulted in his appointment in 1902 as associate professor at Stanford University. He received a professorship in 1906 and served with judgment and vision as chairman of the department from 1908 to 1922.
His teaching after 1906 was entirely in the field of American history. He gave the general courses, but his interest was centered in graduate work in American diplomatic history, with special emphasis on British-American relations.
In addition to articles and reviews in the various learned journals, Adams published in 1904 a monograph, The Influence of Grenville on Pitt's Foreign Policy, 1787-1798 (1904).
In 1909 he gave at the Johns Hopkins University the Albert Shaw Lectures in Diplomatic History, which he published in book form under the title, British Interests and Activities in Texas, 1838-1846 (1910). Based on unpublished documents in the British archives, the work was a study of British policy in regard to the Republic of Texas and to the American annexation thereof, and his interpretations aroused some unpleasant controversy.
In 1913 he delivered lectures on the Dodge Foundation at Yale. These were published as The Power of Ideals in American History (1913). His suggestive, although debatable, presentation of certain national ideals, including religion, democracy, and manifest destiny was, in part, an attempt to refute the doctrine of economic determinism.
Adams had long planned a comprehensive study of British-American relations during the Civil War. In the course of his preparations for the work he accepted an invitation from Charles Francis Adams, 1835-1915 to collaborate with him in a life of the elder Adams. Ephraim Adams wrote the second volume, covering the years from 1848 to 1860, but the death of Charles Francis Adams in 1915 forced the abandonment of the plan.
In 1925, after years of research, he published a two-volume work, Great Britain and the American Civil War. In this exhaustive study, based on archives and on various private papers, he treated authoritatively official British action in relation to the Civil War. He also attempted to relate the war to the movement in England for reform and political democracy, but the diplomatic history was considered superior to his analysis of the political transition in England.
Early in 1915 Adams urged upon Herbert C. Hoover the importance of preserving the records of the Commission for Relief in Belgium and suggested that Stanford be made their depository. This proposal was quickly endorsed by Hoover, who had already put into effect a plan for the collection of materials both in Belgium and in other countries. In 1919 Hoover decided so to expand the project as to include a historical collection on the World War. At his suggestion, Adams went to Paris in 1919 to organize the work. Assisted by a competent staff of scholars recruited from the American Expeditionary Force, he directed with skill the assembling of the important collections, military, social, and political, which became the constituent parts of the Hoover War Library. He was a chairman of the directors of that library from 1920 to 1925.
He was the second vice-president and the first vice-president of the American Historical Association, he would have assumed the presidency in 1930 but for his death.
Adams was regarded as an expert on the American Civil War and British-American relations and as a great teacher, with the ability to inspire teachers and researchers. He is best known for The Power of Ideals in American History. As chairman of the directors of the Hoover War Library, he planned wisely and effectively for its development. He was a highly esteemed leader in the development of historical scholarship on the Pacific Coast, as well. Adams was honored by election in 1928 and in 1929 as second vice-president and as first vice-president, respectively, of the American Historical Association.
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Adams was a member of the American Historical Association.
Adams was a man of attractive personality, a wise and cooperative colleague, a loyal friend and an enthusiastic sportsman.
Adams was married on June 8, 1893, to May Stevens Breakey, by whom he had three sons: James Douglass, Sidney Francis, and William Forbes. She died in 1916 and on August 11, 1917, he was married to Florence S. Ober, by whom he had four daughters: Elizabeth Douglass, Roberta Ober, Florence Mattle, and Sally Ann.
