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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... Foreign Nations as compared with that of the U. S .... 144 371 Annual Receipts and Expenditures of the Patent Office .. The Postal Revenue and Expenses of the U. S. for each decade since 1791 .... 373 376 POLITICAL . Electoral Vote for ...
... Foreign Nations as compared with that of the U. S .... 144 371 Annual Receipts and Expenditures of the Patent Office .. The Postal Revenue and Expenses of the U. S. for each decade since 1791 .... 373 376 POLITICAL . Electoral Vote for ...
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... Foreign commerce is almost unknown . Coasting commerce is trivial . There are no woollen mills . The cotton plant is not yet cultivated in America , and cotton cloth is almost as expensive as silk - and both are practically unknown ...
... Foreign commerce is almost unknown . Coasting commerce is trivial . There are no woollen mills . The cotton plant is not yet cultivated in America , and cotton cloth is almost as expensive as silk - and both are practically unknown ...
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... foreign officers . They reg- ulated their own churches . They made their own internal improvements . They established their own schools . They imposed taxes upon themselves . They were the outgrowth of the most advanced par- ties in ...
... foreign officers . They reg- ulated their own churches . They made their own internal improvements . They established their own schools . They imposed taxes upon themselves . They were the outgrowth of the most advanced par- ties in ...
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... foreign war for conquest , and then gracefully gave up the most it had won , and has never been overcome in any contest . In this century Great Britain has had eight for- eign wars , France nine , Russia thirteen , European ican wars ...
... foreign war for conquest , and then gracefully gave up the most it had won , and has never been overcome in any contest . In this century Great Britain has had eight for- eign wars , France nine , Russia thirteen , European ican wars ...
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... subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and unac- knowledged by our laws ; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation , — For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us : 50 NATIONAL HAND - BOOK .
... subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and unac- knowledged by our laws ; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation , — For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us : 50 NATIONAL HAND - BOOK .
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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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