Letter from the Mayor of Washington to the Secretary of the Interior, in Reference to the Relations of the General Government to the City of Washington
Letter from the Mayor of Washington to the Secretary of the Interior, in Reference to the Relations of the General Government to the City of Washington

Author: 1862-1868 Washington Mayor

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-24

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781359379979

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LETTER FROM THE MAYOR OF WASHI
LETTER FROM THE MAYOR OF WASHI

Author: 1862-1868 (Ri Washington (D C. ). Mayor

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2016-08-28

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9781372908965

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Letter From the Mayor of Washington to the Secretary of the Interior
Letter From the Mayor of Washington to the Secretary of the Interior

Author: Washingt (D C ) Mayor(richard Wallach)

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2019-03-04

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13: 9780526615193

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Letter from the Mayor of Washington in Reference to the Relations of the General Government to the City of Washington: November, 1865 (Classic Reprint
Letter from the Mayor of Washington in Reference to the Relations of the General Government to the City of Washington: November, 1865 (Classic Reprint

Author: Richard Wallach

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-20

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13: 9780484458788

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Excerpt from Letter From the Mayor of Washington in Reference to the Relations of the General Government to the City of Washington: November, 1865 Upon the property reserved for the use and purposes of the nation the general government has expended in buildings and other improvements for its own exclusive use the sum of 67, partly taken from the public treasury, and partly from the sale of the lots donated from private individuals, while the reservations themselves are valued at 36, making the aggregate value of the nation's real property in this city at the time of the assessment, now some years since, to be 45, nearly equal in value to all individual property, and which, if liable to the same burden, would yield by way of taxation a revenue to this city of $210, 912 23 annually. This Immense property of the government has at all times been free from taxation, while property of individuals has been subject to it. Holding here more property than elsewhere in the Union, assessments upon which alike to private property have from time to time been made, the government has been subject to no imposition of the kind, and taxes collected only from individuals. 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.

Mayor Harold Washington
Mayor Harold Washington

Author: Roger Biles

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2018-05-10

Total Pages: 540

ISBN-13: 0252050525

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Raised in a political family on Chicago's South Side, Harold Washington made history as the city's first African American mayor. His 1983 electoral triumph, fueled by overwhelming black support, represented victory over the Chicago Machine and business as usual. Yet the racially charged campaign heralded an era of bitter political divisiveness that obstructed his efforts to change city government. Roger Biles's sweeping biography provides a definitive account of Washington and his journey from the state legislature to the mayoralty. Once in City Hall, Washington confronted the back room deals, aldermanic thuggery, open corruption, and palm greasing that fueled the city's autocratic political regime. His alternative: a vision of fairness, transparency, neighborhood empowerment, and balanced economic growth at one with his emergence as a dynamic champion for African American uplift and a crusader for progressive causes. Biles charts the countless infamies of the Council Wars era and Washington's own growth through his winning of a second term—a promise of lasting reform left unfulfilled when the mayor died in 1987. Original and authoritative, Mayor Harold Washington redefines a pivotal era in Chicago's modern history.

Harold, the People’s Mayor
Harold, the People’s Mayor

Author: Dempsey Travis

Publisher: Agate Publishing

Published: 2017-12-12

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 157284812X

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“Harold Washington was one of the most spellbinding and irresistible characters I have encountered in my 40 years in journalism and politics. Part philosopher, part street brawler and always entertaining, Harold was as big and ebullient as the town he came to lead.” —David Axelrod, former senior advisor to President Barack Obama Harold, the People's Mayor is the authorized biography of Chicago's first black mayor, written by the late civil rights activist and prolific author Dempsey Travis, a man whose personal friendship with Washington spanned more than 50 years. Travis drew on recollections, notes, and several hundred hours' worth of interviews with Washington and his close associates in order to craft a portrait of Washington that spans his childhood, military years, political career, and death. Travis gained deep insights into Washington during the years he knew him, both as a boy and a man, and those combined with his encyclopedic knowledge of Chicago politics have resulted in an essential work of political biography and Chicago history. Published to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Washington's untimely passing, this is a firsthand personal account of the life and career of one of the country's most significant big-city mayors and influential African American politicians, a man who former President Barack Obama credits as an inspiration. Moving, comprehensive, and well-researched, Harold, the People's Mayor is required reading for anyone interested in 20th-century big-city politics and in this remarkable figure and how he lived, worked, and rose to transform the political landscape of Chicago.