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A

HISTORY

OF THE

UNITED STATES

IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

FROM A.D. 432 TO THE PRESENT TIME

NEW YORK:
THE WORLD.

1888.

COPYRIGHT, 1886.

BY ROBERT JAMES BElford.

6-28-1928

PREFACE.

The present work gives, on a somewhat novel plan, a complete history of the United States from the earliest times to the present day. No work of the same compass contains anything like so full and detailed a record of the events of that history, The work being in chronological form, events are recorded in the exact order in which they happened; and, in the case of important occurrences, the precise day is given. The history is not a mere political record; but inventions, discoveries, and financial, economical, scientific, art, and literary matters, and the deaths of important personages, are noted. One unique merit of a history modelled on the plan of the present work is that it will never become antiquated. The date of an important event, once ascertained, is fixed forever. Not being a matter of opinion, it is not liable to change with the fluctuating results of historical criticism. The future, consequently, will render necessary only the addition of the records of the years as they pass, so as to keep the work up to date. Though the greatest care has been taken to ensure accuracy, it is too much to hope that, in the immense multiplicity of events, names, and dates recorded, errors have not crept in. Should the reader note any such, the publishers will take it as a favor to be informed of them, with a view to their correction in subsequent editions.

EDITOR.

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