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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... whole of that river , and all west of it , although no one knew how much or what was the nature of the territory claimed . Flor- ida was held by the Spaniards . South America had a larger population of European origin than North America ...
... whole of that river , and all west of it , although no one knew how much or what was the nature of the territory claimed . Flor- ida was held by the Spaniards . South America had a larger population of European origin than North America ...
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... whole number of subscribers for the six is probably not more than twelve thousand . The men are mostly clad in linsey - woolsey , spun and woven by their wives and mothers , dyed with different colors ex- tracted from the leaves and ...
... whole number of subscribers for the six is probably not more than twelve thousand . The men are mostly clad in linsey - woolsey , spun and woven by their wives and mothers , dyed with different colors ex- tracted from the leaves and ...
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... whole people governed themselves . Switzerland had a population of about one million mountaineers , like the North American Indians , di- vided into about twenty tribes , partially confeder- ated , often at war with each other ...
... whole people governed themselves . Switzerland had a population of about one million mountaineers , like the North American Indians , di- vided into about twenty tribes , partially confeder- ated , often at war with each other ...
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... whole life , after he became a conspicuous object to the people , was never stained by a known immorality . It has been said of him traditionally that in two instances he swore vigor- ously , both times on the battle field , and Wendell ...
... whole life , after he became a conspicuous object to the people , was never stained by a known immorality . It has been said of him traditionally that in two instances he swore vigor- ously , both times on the battle field , and Wendell ...
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... whole of these two centuries and a half it has had but one 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 ...
... whole of these two centuries and a half it has had but one 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 ...
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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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