of

UNITED STATES HISTORY

FROM 458 A.D. TO 1906

BASED UPON THE PLAN OF

BENSON JOHN LOSSING, LL.D.

SOMETIME EDITOR OF "THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL RECORD

AND AUTHOR OF

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THE PICTORIAL FIELD-BOOK OF THE REVOLUTION THE PICTORIAL FIELD-
BOOK OF THE WAR OF 1812" ETC., ETC., ETC.

WITH SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS COVERING EVERY PHASE OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND
DEVELOPMENT BY EMINENT AUTHORITIES, INCLUDING

WITH A PREFACE ON THE STUDY OF AMERICAN HISTORY BY

WOODROW WILSON, PH.D., LL.D.

PRESIDENT OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

AUTHOR OF

A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE" ETC., ETC.

WITH ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS, PORTRAITS, MAPS, PLANS,&c.

Copyright, 1905, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
Copyright, 1901, by HARPER & Brothers.

All rights reserved.

WASHINGTON RECEIVING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF

HIS ELECTION TO THE FIRST PRESIDENCY OF
THE UNITED STATES

THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION, BUFFALO, 1901

MAPS

THE ORIGINAL THIRTEEN STATES

UNITED STATES

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