Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-western TerritoryD. Appleton & Company, 1847 - 501 Seiten |
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... friend , to commit to paper , a bio- graphical sketch of himself , accompanied by a statement of such facts and ... friends ; and certainly , of much less to the public generally . Besides , many occurrences in the early settlement ...
... friend , to commit to paper , a bio- graphical sketch of himself , accompanied by a statement of such facts and ... friends ; and certainly , of much less to the public generally . Besides , many occurrences in the early settlement ...
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... friends , and by others , to revise , enlarge , and put them in a more convenient form for publication . He consented to do so , and the result is now submitted to the public . The work claims for itself , nothing more of merit , than ...
... friends , and by others , to revise , enlarge , and put them in a more convenient form for publication . He consented to do so , and the result is now submitted to the public . The work claims for itself , nothing more of merit , than ...
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... friends of a State Government become the majority .-- The harmony formerly existing broken up . - Causes of the change . — Origin of party spirit . — Ambitious aspirants . Their misrepresentations . 335 CHAPTER XIX . Details of the ...
... friends of a State Government become the majority .-- The harmony formerly existing broken up . - Causes of the change . — Origin of party spirit . — Ambitious aspirants . Their misrepresentations . 335 CHAPTER XIX . Details of the ...
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... friends of liberty , in every part of the country . A short time before , they were in a state of despondency , and almost prepared to desist from further effort to oppose the oppressions of the mother country , and to establish the ...
... friends of liberty , in every part of the country . A short time before , they were in a state of despondency , and almost prepared to desist from further effort to oppose the oppressions of the mother country , and to establish the ...
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... friends of dif- ferent officers , to the honor of originating the plan of saving the army on that occasion , is sufficient of itself to discredit the story . If a proposition of that character had been made , the mover would have been ...
... friends of dif- ferent officers , to the honor of originating the plan of saving the army on that occasion , is sufficient of itself to discredit the story . If a proposition of that character had been made , the mover would have been ...
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