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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... 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 would become celebrated in history , oratory , and poetry , and be a household ...
... 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 would become celebrated in history , oratory , and poetry , and be a household ...
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... Virginia farm - 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 ...
... Virginia farm - 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 ...
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... Virginia , till the American revolution broke out , and thus enjoyed the advantages of legislative edu- cation , than which we know of nothing better calculated to drill and develope a man's mental powers , especially if he be studious ...
... Virginia , till the American revolution broke out , and thus enjoyed the advantages of legislative edu- cation , than which we know of nothing better calculated to drill and develope a man's mental powers , especially if he be studious ...
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... Virginia . 1608 July 3. The French under Champlain settled Quebec . 1609 Sept. 21. Henry Hudson discovered the Hudson River . 1614 The Dutch settled New York . 1616 Tobacco first cultivated in Virginia . 1620 Aug. Negro slavery ...
... Virginia . 1608 July 3. The French under Champlain settled Quebec . 1609 Sept. 21. Henry Hudson discovered the Hudson River . 1614 The Dutch settled New York . 1616 Tobacco first cultivated in Virginia . 1620 Aug. Negro slavery ...
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... treaty of Utrecht in 1713 . 1710 Oct. 13. Port Royal , Nova Scotia , taken by the English . 1732 Feb. 22. Washington born in Westmoreland Coun- ty , Virginia . 1741 " The Negro Plot " in New York . OF AMERICAN PROGRESS . 43.
... treaty of Utrecht in 1713 . 1710 Oct. 13. Port Royal , Nova Scotia , taken by the English . 1732 Feb. 22. Washington born in Westmoreland Coun- ty , Virginia . 1741 " The Negro Plot " in New York . OF AMERICAN PROGRESS . 43.
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