A Brief History of the United StatesAmerican Book Company, 1900 - 332 pages |
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... territory of the " Great Cham , " king of Tartary . Nevertheless , he landed , planted a banner , and took possession in the name of the king of England . On his return home , he was received with much honor , was dressed in silk , and ...
... territory of the " Great Cham , " king of Tartary . Nevertheless , he landed , planted a banner , and took possession in the name of the king of England . On his return home , he was received with much honor , was dressed in silk , and ...
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... territory in the new world . Though he gave to England a continent , no one knows his burial - place . We shall now follow the principal explorations made within the limits of the future United States , by the SPANISH , FRENCH , ENGLISH ...
... territory in the new world . Though he gave to England a continent , no one knows his burial - place . We shall now follow the principal explorations made within the limits of the future United States , by the SPANISH , FRENCH , ENGLISH ...
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... territory they claimed by the rights of discovery and pos- session . FRENCH EXPLORATIONS . The French were eager to share in the profits which Spain was acquiring in the new world . Within seven years after the discovery of the ...
... territory they claimed by the rights of discovery and pos- session . FRENCH EXPLORATIONS . The French were eager to share in the profits which Spain was acquiring in the new world . Within seven years after the discovery of the ...
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... territory be- tween the fortieth and forty - sixth parallels of latitude . This tract was termed A ca'di a , a name afterward confined to New Brunswick and the adjacent islands , and now to Nova Scotia . With Champlain , he founded Port ...
... territory be- tween the fortieth and forty - sixth parallels of latitude . This tract was termed A ca'di a , a name afterward confined to New Brunswick and the adjacent islands , and now to Nova Scotia . With Champlain , he founded Port ...
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... territory , which was named Virginia in honor of Elizabeth , the Virgin Queen . Raleigh's first attempt to plant a colony was on Roanoke Island . The settlers made no endeavor to cultivate the soil , but spent their time in hunting for ...
... territory , which was named Virginia in honor of Elizabeth , the Virgin Queen . Raleigh's first attempt to plant a colony was on Roanoke Island . The settlers made no endeavor to cultivate the soil , but spent their time in hunting for ...
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Page xxviii - No person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Page xii - I am not worth purchasing; but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it.
Page xix - He has called together legislative bodies, at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the repository of their public records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
Page 102 - I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on the one hand, and villainy on the other, as this writ of assistance is.
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Page xix - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Page 242 - From time to time I added or changed a line, touching it up here and there, anxiously watching the progress of events. Well, the next news we had was of Pope's disaster, at Bull Run. Things looked darker than ever. Finally, came the week of the battle of Antietam. I determined to wait no longer. The news came, I think, on Wednesday, that the advantage was on our side. I was then staying at the Soldiers...
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Page xxxv - ... assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations, and claims shall be held illegal and void. SECTION 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. ARTICLE XV SECTION 1.
Page xxii - The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several States, and the electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature.