The American Heritage History of the Making of the NationAmerican Heritage Publishing Company; book trade distribution by Simon and Schuster, 1968 - United States - 416 pages |
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... western limits , like Pennsylvania and Maryland , in turn bitterly resisted Virginia's claims to lands extending indefinitely into the West . Georgia and South Carolina wanted no part of any provision to give the " free inhabitants of ...
... western limits , like Pennsylvania and Maryland , in turn bitterly resisted Virginia's claims to lands extending indefinitely into the West . Georgia and South Carolina wanted no part of any provision to give the " free inhabitants of ...
Page 167
... Western roads of the early nineteenth century explains why the rivers were so important for travel and commerce . Fortescue Cuming , who made his journey through the West in 1807–9 , describes a stream cross- ing in Ohio on Zane's Trace ...
... Western roads of the early nineteenth century explains why the rivers were so important for travel and commerce . Fortescue Cuming , who made his journey through the West in 1807–9 , describes a stream cross- ing in Ohio on Zane's Trace ...
Page 219
... Western . farm produce ; Western farmers cut down on their orders for Northern manufactured goods ; Northern factories closed . In New York there were riots of the unem- ployed . Then , to make matters worse , on January 1 , 1837 , the ...
... Western . farm produce ; Western farmers cut down on their orders for Northern manufactured goods ; Northern factories closed . In New York there were riots of the unem- ployed . Then , to make matters worse , on January 1 , 1837 , the ...
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