The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, Volume 24John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond A.S. Barnes, 1890 - United States |
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... present affairs , and gives in each number something fresh and striking , touching fields of research not overtrodden . ' " " -Pittsburgh Christian Advocate . " It is distinguished for the timeliness of its topics and their masterly ...
... present affairs , and gives in each number something fresh and striking , touching fields of research not overtrodden . ' " " -Pittsburgh Christian Advocate . " It is distinguished for the timeliness of its topics and their masterly ...
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... present in vivid and popular setting the main facts in the real " ' Story " of every State in the American Union . The design of the series is to detach the records of the several States from the domain of prosaic historical record ...
... present in vivid and popular setting the main facts in the real " ' Story " of every State in the American Union . The design of the series is to detach the records of the several States from the domain of prosaic historical record ...
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... present picture I have chosen the year 1768 . As we enter the New York of that date , let us pause a moment on the threshold for a preliminary view . We seem to have come to an odd - look- ing , overgrown village . The principal street ...
... present picture I have chosen the year 1768 . As we enter the New York of that date , let us pause a moment on the threshold for a preliminary view . We seem to have come to an odd - look- ing , overgrown village . The principal street ...
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... present of rhyme , A present which no other value pretends But to show my respect to my patron and friends . " While such items furnish an insignificant view of matters about town , there is no current publication that gives the ...
... present of rhyme , A present which no other value pretends But to show my respect to my patron and friends . " While such items furnish an insignificant view of matters about town , there is no current publication that gives the ...
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... present who is the head of a commercial house that owns more shipping than any other in America is Robert Murray , the Quaker , and he is an exceptionally interesting character . He has a city residence in Queen street , but he also has ...
... present who is the head of a commercial house that owns more shipping than any other in America is Robert Murray , the Quaker , and he is an exceptionally interesting character . He has a city residence in Queen street , but he also has ...
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Page 268 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Page 408 - THE GENESIS OF THE UNITED STATES. A Narrative of the Movement in England, 1605-1616, which resulted in the Plantation of North America by Englishmen, disclosing the Contest between England and Spain for the Possession of the Soil now occupied by the United States of America; set forth through a series of Historical Manuscripts now first printed, together with a Re-issue of Rare Contemporaneous Tracts, accompanied by Bibliographical Memoranda, Notes, and Brief Biographies.
Page 328 - THE VIKING AGE. The' Early History, Manners, and Customs of the Ancestors of the English-Speaking Nations.
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Page 321 - Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
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Page 353 - If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
Page 408 - OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED •*•* STATES, from the Revolution to the Civil War.