1854 William A. Prout; governor of Maryland. October 3. President visited Europe; proposed annexation of Sierra Leone. 1856 Stephen Allen Benson, president. Napoleon III equipment for 1,000 armed men and the _Hirondelle_. J. B. Drayton, governor of Maryland. December 22. Cape Palmas battle. 1857 January 18. Sheppard Lake disaster, Grebo war. February 18. J. J. Roberts and J. F. Gibson signed treaty. 28. Annexation of Maryland. Roberts appointed president of Liberia College. 1858 _Regina Coeli_ incident. Seymore and Ash expedition; (R. G. S. 1860). 1860 John Myers Harris’ boats seized: rescued by a British gunboat-- _The Torch_. 1862 Roberts sent to Europe; appointed Belgian consul. President Benson in England; question decided. Harris’ schooners again seized; Monrovia conference; Vai and Harris war; Commodore Schufeldt. October 22. Treaty with the United States. 1864 Daniel Bashiel Warner, president. 1865 Ports of Entry Law: Robertsport, Monrovia, Marshall, Grand Bassa, Greenville, Cape Palmas. Three hundred West Indian immigrants; A. Barclay. 1868 James Spriggs Payne, president. Anderson’s trip to Musahdu. 1870 Edward James Roye, president. Went to England. England agrees to Boundary Commission. Vai attack Harris; Sierra Leone demands. 1871 £100,000 loan placed in England. October. President Roye proclaimed term extended; attempted bank seizure. --26th. Legislative manifesto. 1872 J. J. Roberts again president. Paid indemnity of 1869. 1874 Anderson’s second expedition to Musahdu. 1875 Grebo war; natives burned Bunker Hill and Philadelphia (near Harper). 1876 James Spriggs Payne, president. Chigoes introduced. 1877 Colonists from Louisiana; mainly along lower St. Paul’s R.; some subsequently returned. 1878 Revived demand for £8,500 indemnity. Anthony William Gardner, president. 1879 Order of African Redemption founded. April. Entered International Postal Union. Sierra Leone boundary commission wrangle. German steamer _Carlos_ wrecked on Nana Kru coast; _Victoria_ punitive expedition; £900. 1879- J. Buttikoper visits Liberia; zoological research. 1887 1882 March 20. Sir Arthur Havelock and gunboats; Mafa R. boundary, £8,500 indemnity. September 7. Sir Arthur Havelock returned. 1883 _Corisco_ wrecked at Grand Cestos R.; Liberians punished natives. _Senegal_ wrecked and plundered. March. Sierra Leone took land up to Mano River. January 20. Gardner resigned; Vice-President A. F. Russell in chair. 1884 Hilary Richard Wright Johnson, president.