The American Annual Cyclopędia and Register of Important Events ...: Embracing Political, Civil, Military, and Social Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical IndustryD. Appleton, 1863 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Also , to the ninth and tenth sections of an act en- titled " An Act to Suppress Insurrection , to Punish Treason and Rebellion , to Seize and Confiscate Prop- erty of Rebels , and for other Purposes , " approved July 17 , 1862 , and ...
Also , to the ninth and tenth sections of an act en- titled " An Act to Suppress Insurrection , to Punish Treason and Rebellion , to Seize and Confiscate Prop- erty of Rebels , and for other Purposes , " approved July 17 , 1862 , and ...
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| Title | The American Annual Cyclopędia and Register of Important Events ...: Embracing Political, Civil, Military, and Social Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical Industry |
| Publisher | D. Appleton, 1863 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 11 Sep 2007 |
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