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| Title | A Short History of the United States, 1492-1920 |
| Author | John Spencer Bassett |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1921 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2006 |
| Length | 942 pages |
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