OF THE

UNITED STATES,

FROM THE

DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT.

BY

GEORGE BANCROFT.

VOL. IV.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY.

1856.

ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by

GEORGE BANCROFT,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New-York.