HISTORY

OF

THE UNITED STATES.

FOR FAMILIES AND LIBRARIES.

BY

BENSON J. LOSSING,

AUTHOR OF “PICTORIAL FIELD-BOOK OF THE REVOLUTION," STORY OF THE UNITED

STATES FOR SCHOOLS ;'' " LIVES OF EMINENT AMERICANS," ETC.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856,

BY MASON BROTHERS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York,

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