Lectures on the Growth and Development of the United States: Illustrated, Volume 1Edwin Wiley, Irving Everett Rines, Albert Bushnell Hart American Educational Alliance, 1916 - United States |
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Page 54 - Cayuga at the passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and the capture of New Orleans under Farragut in 1862, accompanying Captain Bailey when sent ashore to receive the surrender of the city. He commanded the ironclad, Chickasaw.
Page 263 - Dissertations on Government, the Affairs of the Bank, and Paper Money.
Page 297 - Aspersions of the Halifax- Gentleman and Brief Remarks on the Defence of the HalifaxLibel on the British American Colonies, II., 220. Jenyns" Objections to the Taxation of the Revolutionary War IXDEX Rhode Island Revolutionary War — Continued.