The Western Rural Year Book, a Cyclopedia of Reference: Historical, Statistical and Scientific Information. A Comprehensive Work Showing the Development and Progress of the United States from the Settlement of the Country. The Agricultural Advancement and Resources of America Fully Set Forth in a Condensed FormM. George, 1886 - 464 pages |
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... side of the Hollanders in their long battle with Spain in the Low Countries . He was one of the dauntless champions of Christendom in the wars against the Turk ; was captured in Hungary , and sold as a slave in Constantinople . An ...
... side of the Hollanders in their long battle with Spain in the Low Countries . He was one of the dauntless champions of Christendom in the wars against the Turk ; was captured in Hungary , and sold as a slave in Constantinople . An ...
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... side of the strongest in those times . New York was ruled by thirty - four Royal Governors , from 1664 to 1777. New York laid claim to vast tracts of territory in Pennsylvania and Ohio , but she ceded them to the General Government in ...
... side of the strongest in those times . New York was ruled by thirty - four Royal Governors , from 1664 to 1777. New York laid claim to vast tracts of territory in Pennsylvania and Ohio , but she ceded them to the General Government in ...
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... read these things with a pleasurable glow of horror , and thank our stars that kind fate has placed us in time of lim- ited express trains and dining cars . Now let us look at the other side of the 3 ( 33 ) AMERICAN RAILWAYS. ...
... read these things with a pleasurable glow of horror , and thank our stars that kind fate has placed us in time of lim- ited express trains and dining cars . Now let us look at the other side of the 3 ( 33 ) AMERICAN RAILWAYS. ...
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... side of the picture . In 1830 , before the railroad era , our country had a population of upward of 12,000,000 . Manufacturing , agriculture and commerce grew with each year . The Atlantic seaboard States were already old . Emigration ...
... side of the picture . In 1830 , before the railroad era , our country had a population of upward of 12,000,000 . Manufacturing , agriculture and commerce grew with each year . The Atlantic seaboard States were already old . Emigration ...
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... side of the poor and oppressed . During the long decline of the Roman Empire successive waves of barbaric invasion rolled over Europe . The uncouth and ferocious warriors who swarmed from the remote East were terrible alike to king and ...
... side of the poor and oppressed . During the long decline of the Roman Empire successive waves of barbaric invasion rolled over Europe . The uncouth and ferocious warriors who swarmed from the remote East were terrible alike to king and ...
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