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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... farmers , merchants , and ex - soldiers - had long since disposed of their certif- icates at a fraction of face value . The foreign debts - French and Dutch - that the new government had inherited amounted to twelve million dollars ...
... farmers , merchants , and ex - soldiers - had long since disposed of their certif- icates at a fraction of face value . The foreign debts - French and Dutch - that the new government had inherited amounted to twelve million dollars ...
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... farmers eager for inter- nal improvements , the nullifiers of the South , support- ers of Clay's American System , and many antiforeign American workmen . Whigs distrusted the city mob , frontiersmen , and the right of the ignorant and ...
... farmers eager for inter- nal improvements , the nullifiers of the South , support- ers of Clay's American System , and many antiforeign American workmen . Whigs distrusted the city mob , frontiersmen , and the right of the ignorant and ...
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Francis Russell. Nation of Farmers In the nation's early years , farming was a profession of both great men and small . To Jefferson , who in- vented a plow , farmers were God's chosen people . Washington practiced soil conservation ...
Francis Russell. Nation of Farmers In the nation's early years , farming was a profession of both great men and small . To Jefferson , who in- vented a plow , farmers were God's chosen people . Washington practiced soil conservation ...
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