Lectures on the Growth and Development of the United States: Illustrated, Volume 2Edwin Wiley, Irving Everett Rines, Albert Bushnell Hart American Educational Alliance, 1916 - United States |
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... River . These colonists were inden- tured to the Queen , but the experiment proved unsuccessful , as the cost of maintaining them was greater than the revenue derived from the sale of their products ; but when the colonists . became ...
... River . These colonists were inden- tured to the Queen , but the experiment proved unsuccessful , as the cost of maintaining them was greater than the revenue derived from the sale of their products ; but when the colonists . became ...
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... River being the limit of the tract as the Indians expected , the walkers had reached a point 30 miles beyond it when the 36th hour had passed . The treachery of this transaction , which was called the " Walking Purchase , " was never ...
... River being the limit of the tract as the Indians expected , the walkers had reached a point 30 miles beyond it when the 36th hour had passed . The treachery of this transaction , which was called the " Walking Purchase , " was never ...
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... rivers . The city was named Williamsburg , and the streets were laid out in the form of a cypher made from the letters W and M. * In order to provide funds for erecting a capital , the duty on liquors was con- tinued , and a new tax ...
... rivers . The city was named Williamsburg , and the streets were laid out in the form of a cypher made from the letters W and M. * In order to provide funds for erecting a capital , the duty on liquors was con- tinued , and a new tax ...
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... River , subsequently proving to be a The South in the Building of the Nation , vol . i . , pp . 37-38 . 27 valuable acquisition to the colony . Spotswood's removal was caused by the same controversy which had brought about the removal ...
... River , subsequently proving to be a The South in the Building of the Nation , vol . i . , pp . 37-38 . 27 valuable acquisition to the colony . Spotswood's removal was caused by the same controversy which had brought about the removal ...
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... River but no name was given to the town in the act . Another town named Baltimore was located on the eastern side and near the mouth of the Bush River , this town being shown on the map made by Augustus Herrman in 1670. Sub- sequently ...
... River but no name was given to the town in the act . Another town named Baltimore was located on the eastern side and near the mouth of the Bush River , this town being shown on the map made by Augustus Herrman in 1670. Sub- sequently ...
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