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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... lived , but including Georgia , North Carolina , Vermont , St. John's , George- town , Williams , Bowdoin , and Middlebury . In 1782 a medical institution was established at Harvard . Dr. Benjamin Rush , former surgeon general of the ...
... lived , but including Georgia , North Carolina , Vermont , St. John's , George- town , Williams , Bowdoin , and Middlebury . In 1782 a medical institution was established at Harvard . Dr. Benjamin Rush , former surgeon general of the ...
Page 138
... lived in courtly elegance . Unlike the ebullient Dolley Madison , who had called on everyone , Elizabeth Monroe felt that the dignity of her position required her not to pay visits . Soon after his inauguration Monroe made a good- will ...
... lived in courtly elegance . Unlike the ebullient Dolley Madison , who had called on everyone , Elizabeth Monroe felt that the dignity of her position required her not to pay visits . Soon after his inauguration Monroe made a good- will ...
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... lived . At fifteen , his mother having died of typhus , he went to stay with Major Crawford , where his preoccupations are said to have been horse racing , cockfighting , and gambling . Finally Crawford apprenticed him to a sad- dler ...
... lived . At fifteen , his mother having died of typhus , he went to stay with Major Crawford , where his preoccupations are said to have been horse racing , cockfighting , and gambling . Finally Crawford apprenticed him to a sad- dler ...
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