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The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 2, November, 1884The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 2, November, 1884Save only that of Ulysses S. Grant, no name in America has come from comparative obscurity into national eminence in so short a time as that of GROVER CLEVELAND. The fame of Grant was...
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Twice-told talesTwice-told tales There was once a time when New England groaned under the actual pressure of heavier wrongs than those threatened ones which brought on the Revolution. James II., the bigoted successor of Charles the Voluptuous, had annulled the charters of all the colonies...
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The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 4, April, 1884The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 4, April, 1884In passing up the Concord and Claremont Railroad from Concord, the observant traveler has doubtless noticed the substantial and comfortable-looking homestead with large and trim front yard, shaded by thickly planted and generous topped...
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The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 5, May, 1884The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 5, May, 1884Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1884, by John N. McClintock and Company, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. Chester Alan Arthur was born at Fairfield, Vermont,...
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Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled During Her Visit Among the "Pennsylvania Germans"Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled During Her Visit Among the "Pennsylvania Germans" The incidents narrated in this book are based on fact, and, while not absolutely true in every particular, the characters are all drawn from real life. The photographs...
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In the Footprints of the PadresIn the Footprints of the Padres INCE the first and second editions of "In the Footprints of the Padres" appeared, many things have transpired. San Francisco has been destroyed and rebuilt, and in its holocaust most of the old landmarks mentioned in the pages...
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Scattergood BainesScattergood BainesCHAPTER I. HE INVADES COLDRIVER CHAPTER II. SCATTERGOOD KICKS UP THE DUST CHAPTER III. THE MOUNTAIN COMES TO SCATTERGOOD CHAPTER IV. HE DEALS IN MATCHMAKING CHAPTER V. HE MAKES IT ROUND NUMBERS CHAPTER VI. INSURANCE THAT DID NOT LAPSE CHAPTER VII. HE BORROWS...
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Stories of CaliforniaStories of California To recount in simple, accurate narratives the early conditions and subsequent development of California is the purpose of this book. In attempting to picture the romantic events embodied in the wonderful history of the state, and to make each sketch clear...
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Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich IslandsNorthern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands The favor with which my previous volume on California was received by the public induced me to prepare the present volume, which concerns itself, as the title sufficiently shows, with the northern parts of California, Oregon (including...
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The Lake of the SkyThe Lake of the Sky - Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs,...
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Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to MexicoThrough the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to MexicoThis is a simple narrative of our recent photographic trip down the Green and Colorado rivers in rowboatsour observations and impressions. It is not intended to replace in any way the books published by others covering a...
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The New South: A Chronicle of Social and Industrial EvolutionThe New South: A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution Title: The New South A Chronicle Of Social And Industrial Evolution Author: Holland Thompson Release Date: August 3, 2004 [EBook #13107] Updated: May 1, 2017. Character set encoding: utf-8 Volume 42 of the Chronicles...
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Hillsboro PeopleHillsboro PeopleVERMONT (Poem) HEMLOCK MOUNTAIN (Poem) AT THE FOOT OF HEMLOCK MOUNTAIN PETUNIASTHAT'S FOR REMEMBRANCE THE HEYDAY OF THE BLOOD AS A BIRD OUT OF THE SNARE THE BEDQUILT PORTRAIT OF A PHILOSOPHER FLINT AND FIRE A SAINT'S HOURS (Poem) IN MEMORY OF L.H.W....
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Knickerbocker's History of New York, CompleteKnickerbocker's History of New York, CompleteThe playful devices by which attention was directed to the coming publication of the History of Diedrich Knickerbocker are represented in the author's opening to the first volume. Irving joined afterward in business as a sleeping partner, visited England...
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What I Saw in CaliforniaWhat I Saw in California - A Description of Its Soil, Climate, Productions, and Gold Mines, with the Best Routes and Latest Information for Intending Emigrants; to Which is Annexed an Appendix Containing Official Documents and Letters Authenticating the Accounts of the Quantities of...
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Four Months Among the Gold-Finders in Alta CaliforniaFour Months Among the Gold-Finders in Alta California - Being the Diary of an Expedition From San Francisco to the Gold Districts The accompanying diarysome interesting circumstances connected with which will be found in a letter given at the end of the present volumewas...
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Personal Recollections of Pardee ButlerPersonal Recollections of Pardee Butler In this country inherited fortunes, or ancestral honors, have little effect on a man's reputation; but inherited disposition and early surroundings have much effect on his character. My father's ancestors were from New England. His father, Phineas Butler, came...
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A Backward Glance at 80: Recollections and CommentA Backward Glance at Eighty: Recollections & Comment My very early memories alternate between my grandfather's farm in Leominster, Massachusetts, and the Pemberton House in Boston. My father and mother, both born in Leominster, were schoolmates, and in due time they married. Father was...
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Capt. W. F. Drannan, Chief of Scouts, As Pilot to Emigrant and Government Trains, Across the Plains of the Wild West of Fifty Years AgoCapt. W. F. Drannan, Chief of Scouts, As Pilot to Emigrant and Government Trains, Across the Plains of the Wild West of Fifty Years AgoThe kindly interest with which the public has received my first book, "Thirty-one Years on the Plains and in the...
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Bundling Its Origin, Progress and Decline in AmericaBundling; Its Origin, Progress and Decline in America"I find by all historians, whether ancient or modern, whom I consulted in searching for this work, the fact well recorded, and established beyond all controversy, that the Yankee nation are a set of talking, guessing, swapping...
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