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Page 71
... land scrip appeared miraculously in thousands of pockets . Charles and Mary Beard say , in their Rise of American Civili- zation : · In New York City , for example , three land companies , organized to buy claims of doubtful validity ...
... land scrip appeared miraculously in thousands of pockets . Charles and Mary Beard say , in their Rise of American Civili- zation : · In New York City , for example , three land companies , organized to buy claims of doubtful validity ...
Page 122
... land near St. Louis , and Grant's career as a Missouri farmer began . It was a rather discouraging start . He called his farm " Hardscrabble , " in anticipation of the hard times he expected to have there - and it must be said that he ...
... land near St. Louis , and Grant's career as a Missouri farmer began . It was a rather discouraging start . He called his farm " Hardscrabble , " in anticipation of the hard times he expected to have there - and it must be said that he ...
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... land ? God's image in ebony . Precisely . It's our duty ; we owe something to this poor , down - trodden race . The state will buy the land and . . . say , do you know that you can get land at fifty cents an acre in this state ? Not ...
... land ? God's image in ebony . Precisely . It's our duty ; we owe something to this poor , down - trodden race . The state will buy the land and . . . say , do you know that you can get land at fifty cents an acre in this state ? Not ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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