Westward Expansion: A History of the American FrontierMacmillan, 1949 - 873 pages |
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... called when least expected , demanded payment in specie , and when this was not forth- coming hurried off to sell the farm for tax arrears to one of their speculat- ing friends . Sometimes the farmer was able to borrow money from neigh ...
... called when least expected , demanded payment in specie , and when this was not forth- coming hurried off to sell the farm for tax arrears to one of their speculat- ing friends . Sometimes the farmer was able to borrow money from neigh ...
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... called Geneva was taking shape at the foot of Lake Seneca . Most of the newcomers were from New England , although New Yorkers and Pennsylvanians who had followed the Susquehanna north were in evidence . Sales were encouraging , but the ...
... called Geneva was taking shape at the foot of Lake Seneca . Most of the newcomers were from New England , although New Yorkers and Pennsylvanians who had followed the Susquehanna north were in evidence . Sales were encouraging , but the ...
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... called repre- sentatives of the Kickapoo , Wea , and Delaware tribes together at Vincennes to adjust disputes growing out of the Greenville Treaty line surveys across Indiana . To their amazement Harrison not only proposed to define ...
... called repre- sentatives of the Kickapoo , Wea , and Delaware tribes together at Vincennes to adjust disputes growing out of the Greenville Treaty line surveys across Indiana . To their amazement Harrison not only proposed to define ...
Contents
SECTION I | 13 |
Europes First Frontier 14921615 | 15 |
The Spanish in Eastern North America 15131590 | 19 |
Copyright | |
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