The National Hand-book of American Progress: Comprising a Ready Reference Manual of Facts and Figures, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time. Historical, Biographical, Statistical, Documentary, Financial, PoliticalErastus Otis Haven |
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... house on the shore ington . of the Potomac , in the county of West- moreland , Virginia , was born the oldest child of Mary and Augustine Washington . Little did the parents imagine that the name which they should select for this boy ...
... house on the shore ington . of the Potomac , in the county of West- moreland , Virginia , was born the oldest child of Mary and Augustine Washington . Little did the parents imagine that the name which they should select for this boy ...
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... houses are the common habitations . The Indians are about as numerous as the whites . A peculiar people . But if we look at this people more carefully , we shall find some gleams of light that startle us with their flashing promise of ...
... houses are the common habitations . The Indians are about as numerous as the whites . A peculiar people . But if we look at this people more carefully , we shall find some gleams of light that startle us with their flashing promise of ...
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... house in 1732 , GEORGE WASHINGTON . Once more , then , let us return to him , and see how wonderfully Providence prepared a man for so stupendous a work . Of the childhood and youth な of Washington little is known . Every American ...
... house in 1732 , GEORGE WASHINGTON . Once more , then , let us return to him , and see how wonderfully Providence prepared a man for so stupendous a work . Of the childhood and youth な of Washington little is known . Every American ...
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... houses repeatedly , for opposing , with manly firmness , his invasions on the right of the people . He has refused , for a long time after such disso- lutions , to cause others to be elected ; whereby the legislative powers , incapable ...
... houses repeatedly , for opposing , with manly firmness , his invasions on the right of the people . He has refused , for a long time after such disso- lutions , to cause others to be elected ; whereby the legislative powers , incapable ...
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... House of Representa- tives . § II . — 1 . The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several States ; and the electors in cach State shall have the qualifications requisite ...
... House of Representa- tives . § II . — 1 . The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several States ; and the electors in cach State shall have the qualifications requisite ...
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NATL HAND-BK OF AMER PROGRESS E. O. (Erastus Otis) 1820-1881 Haven,Joseph 1823 Sanderson,T. E. (Thomas Edgar) Willson No preview available - 2016 |
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