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In accordance with this estimate , the legislature , in 1838 , made an appropriation of four millions of dollars for the prosecution of the enlargement , and authorized the loan of eight hundred thousand dollars on the credit of the ...
In accordance with this estimate , the legislature , in 1838 , made an appropriation of four millions of dollars for the prosecution of the enlargement , and authorized the loan of eight hundred thousand dollars on the credit of the ...
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... calls the giving away of the domain , by stating that it cost seventy - five millions of dollars - equivalent to twenty - two cents per acre , or thirty - two dollars and twenty cents for each farm of one hundred and sixty acres .
... calls the giving away of the domain , by stating that it cost seventy - five millions of dollars - equivalent to twenty - two cents per acre , or thirty - two dollars and twenty cents for each farm of one hundred and sixty acres .
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Of six hundred letters opened at the dead letter office , four hundred and fifty - eight were rated less than one quarter of an ounce under the present system , and only one hundred and forty - two over one - fourth of an ounce ; while ...
Of six hundred letters opened at the dead letter office , four hundred and fifty - eight were rated less than one quarter of an ounce under the present system , and only one hundred and forty - two over one - fourth of an ounce ; while ...
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Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE Xiij | ix |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 51 |
DEBATES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 284 |
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| Title | The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1 The Works of William H. Seward, William Henry Seward |
| Author | William Henry Seward |
| Editor | George E. Baker |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 |
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