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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... of Michigan ( Ann Arbor ) State University . ILLUSTRATED . NEW YORK : E. B. TREAT , 805 BROADWAY . PALMER , AUGIR & CO . , CHICAGO . 1 1876 . F. A. HUTCHINSON , ST . LOUIS . COPYRIGHT . E. B. TREAT . 1876 . INTRODUCTION .
... of Michigan ( Ann Arbor ) State University . ILLUSTRATED . NEW YORK : E. B. TREAT , 805 BROADWAY . PALMER , AUGIR & CO . , CHICAGO . 1 1876 . F. A. HUTCHINSON , ST . LOUIS . COPYRIGHT . E. B. TREAT . 1876 . INTRODUCTION .
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... York . The English flag floated over thirteen surviving North - American colonies , several having already per- ished , and all of the thirteen having been more than once on the verge of extinction . All New Eng- land , embracing the ...
... York . The English flag floated over thirteen surviving North - American colonies , several having already per- ished , and all of the thirteen having been more than once on the verge of extinction . All New Eng- land , embracing the ...
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... York had only 100,000 , a majority of whom were Dutch ; Pennsyl- vania 250,000 ; all the rest about 300,000 ; all together had about one million , -less than the popu- lation now of New York city alone ; less than one twentieth of the ...
... York had only 100,000 , a majority of whom were Dutch ; Pennsyl- vania 250,000 ; all the rest about 300,000 ; all together had about one million , -less than the popu- lation now of New York city alone ; less than one twentieth of the ...
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... York . There are only three col- leges in America , and these not equal to a modern village high school . There is not a school in all the thirteen colonies where a girl can receive a good English education . There is not a machine ...
... York . There are only three col- leges in America , and these not equal to a modern village high school . There is not a school in all the thirteen colonies where a girl can receive a good English education . There is not a machine ...
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... York . 1616 Tobacco first cultivated in Virginia . 1620 Aug. Negro slavery commenced in the English Colonies , at Jamestown , Va . Dec. 21. Massachusetts settled at Plymouth . 1622 April 1. First Indian massacre in Virginia . 1623 New ...
... York . 1616 Tobacco first cultivated in Virginia . 1620 Aug. Negro slavery commenced in the English Colonies , at Jamestown , Va . Dec. 21. Massachusetts settled at Plymouth . 1622 April 1. First Indian massacre in Virginia . 1623 New ...
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