Westward Expansion: A History of the American FrontierMacmillan, 1949 - 873 pages |
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... tion of complying with the terms , but some were mere speculators seeking some means of turning the contract to financial profit without undue exer- tion . At least one of the contracts proved not only to be entirely speculative in ...
... tion of complying with the terms , but some were mere speculators seeking some means of turning the contract to financial profit without undue exer- tion . At least one of the contracts proved not only to be entirely speculative in ...
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... tion of the Articles of Confederation in Maryland , 1780-1781 , " P.M.H.B. , LX ( October , 1936 ) . The standard history of the South Caro- lina cession is R. S. Cotterill , " The South Carolina Land Cession , " M.V.H.R. , XII ...
... tion of the Articles of Confederation in Maryland , 1780-1781 , " P.M.H.B. , LX ( October , 1936 ) . The standard history of the South Caro- lina cession is R. S. Cotterill , " The South Carolina Land Cession , " M.V.H.R. , XII ...
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... tion , " M.V.H.R. , IV ( December , 1917 ) . General Works on the Fur Trade . The most useful single work is Hiram M. Chit- tenden , The American Fur Trade of the Far West , 3 v . ( rev . edn . , New York , 1935 ) , although Clarence A ...
... tion , " M.V.H.R. , IV ( December , 1917 ) . General Works on the Fur Trade . The most useful single work is Hiram M. Chit- tenden , The American Fur Trade of the Far West , 3 v . ( rev . edn . , New York , 1935 ) , although Clarence A ...
Contents
SECTION I | 13 |
Europes First Frontier 14921615 | 15 |
The Spanish in Eastern North America 15131590 | 19 |
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