hereupon

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Johnson hereupon summoned management and labor negotiators to the White House.

From Time Magazine Archive

The bishop hereupon called together his flock, and, setting before them the example and teaching of their Lord, called on them to act up to it.

From The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks

The heart-rending scene that ensues hereupon among the females cannot be adequately described.

From The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal by Bose, Shib Chunder

Mrs. Westgate hereupon, foreseeing what she mentally called “complications,” immediately got up; and the two ladies, taking leave of their English friend, returned, under conduct of their American, to Jones’s Hotel.

From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by James, Henry

Young Cartwright standing by, not able any longer to contain himselfe tooke occassion hereupon to breake forthe abruptly into these wordes: The Priest deserveth a good Fee, he speaketh so like a Lawyer.

From The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress by Jackson, Mason