The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The winning of the WestCharles Scribner's Sons, 1896 - 19 pages V. 1, 2, 3, 4 -- The winning of the West. v. 5, 6 -- The naval war of 1812. v. 7 -- Hunting the grisly and other sketches. v. 8 -- The wilderness hunter. v. 9 -- Hunting trips of a ranchman; Hunting trips on the Prairies and in the mountains. v. 10 -- American ideals; Administration-civil service. v. 12 -- The strenuous life. v. 13, 14, 15, 16 -- Presidential addresses and state papers. |
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... MOVEMENTS AND SPANISH INTRIGUES , 1784-1788 176 IV . THE STATE OF FRANKLIN , 1784-1788 . 242 V. KENTUCKY'S STRUGGLE FOR STATEHOOD , 1784- 1790 294 ST . CLAIR AND WAYNE I. THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY ; OHIO , 1787-1790 . II . THE WAR IN THE ...
... MOVEMENTS AND SPANISH INTRIGUES , 1784-1788 176 IV . THE STATE OF FRANKLIN , 1784-1788 . 242 V. KENTUCKY'S STRUGGLE FOR STATEHOOD , 1784- 1790 294 ST . CLAIR AND WAYNE I. THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY ; OHIO , 1787-1790 . II . THE WAR IN THE ...
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... movements ; even the contemporary documents are often a little vague , while Haywood , Ramsey , and Putnam are fre- quently months out of the way . Apparently Robertson stayed as commissioner in Chota until February or March , 1779 ...
... movements ; even the contemporary documents are often a little vague , while Haywood , Ramsey , and Putnam are fre- quently months out of the way . Apparently Robertson stayed as commissioner in Chota until February or March , 1779 ...
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... movement meant , and to what it was due , gives rather too much weight to the part Henderson played . Henderson cer- tainly at this time did not aspire to form a new State on the Cumberland ; the compact especially provided for the ...
... movement meant , and to what it was due , gives rather too much weight to the part Henderson played . Henderson cer- tainly at this time did not aspire to form a new State on the Cumberland ; the compact especially provided for the ...
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... movement of armed settlers was essentially one of conquest , no less than of colonization . Thronging in with their wives and This qualification is put in because there were already a few families on the Monongahela , the head of the ...
... movement of armed settlers was essentially one of conquest , no less than of colonization . Thronging in with their wives and This qualification is put in because there were already a few families on the Monongahela , the head of the ...
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... West was gained by : ( 1 ) the westward movement of the backwoodsmen during the Revolution ; ( 2 ) the final success of the Continental armies in the East ; This view of the case is amply confirmed by a 58 The Winning of the West.
... West was gained by : ( 1 ) the westward movement of the backwoodsmen during the Revolution ; ( 2 ) the final success of the Continental armies in the East ; This view of the case is amply confirmed by a 58 The Winning of the West.
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