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... Hill and that upon its pedestal a grate- ful posterity would reverently read the passenger list of the Mayflower . For over two months the straining ship buffeted the surly sea . What misery this crowded argosy held ! Nineteen women ...
... Hill and that upon its pedestal a grate- ful posterity would reverently read the passenger list of the Mayflower . For over two months the straining ship buffeted the surly sea . What misery this crowded argosy held ! Nineteen women ...
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... hill . Bradford's History relates , in reference to Squan- to : " He directed them how to set their corn , where to take fish , and to procure other commodities , and was also their pilot to bring them to unknown places for their profit ...
... hill . Bradford's History relates , in reference to Squan- to : " He directed them how to set their corn , where to take fish , and to procure other commodities , and was also their pilot to bring them to unknown places for their profit ...
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... hills we find the great wild turkeys , their bronzed plumage brilliant in the autumn sun . In the copses the red deer run . We see them far re- moved from authority except their own , recogniz- ing that wherever a group of humans is ...
... hills we find the great wild turkeys , their bronzed plumage brilliant in the autumn sun . In the copses the red deer run . We see them far re- moved from authority except their own , recogniz- ing that wherever a group of humans is ...
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... of the West . Clark's great work was finished at the conclusion of the Revolution . For many years and until his death in 1818 he lived in poverty near Louisville , Kentucky . He was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery at GEORGE ROGERS CLARK.
... of the West . Clark's great work was finished at the conclusion of the Revolution . For many years and until his death in 1818 he lived in poverty near Louisville , Kentucky . He was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery at GEORGE ROGERS CLARK.
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George Ives Haight. Kentucky . He was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery at Louisville . But for him and his little army , Franklin and Jay could not have succeeded in gain- ing at the peace table Great Britain's recognition of our country's ...
George Ives Haight. Kentucky . He was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery at Louisville . But for him and his little army , Franklin and Jay could not have succeeded in gain- ing at the peace table Great Britain's recognition of our country's ...
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