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The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 1. Before we speak of the form of government which prevailed in the Doric states, it will be necessary to set aside all modern ideas respecting the origin, essence, and object of...
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Curious Punishments of Bygone DaysCurious Punishments of Bygone DaysIn ransacking old court records, newspapers, diaries and letters for the historic foundation of the books which I have written on colonial history, I have found and noted much of interest that has not been used or referred to in...
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Dick's Desertion: A Boy's Adventures in Canadian ForestsDick's Desertion: A Boy's Adventures in Canadian Forests - A Tale of the Early Settlement of Ontario It was early fall, and all the world was golden. Golden seemed the hazy warmth of the sky; golden were the willow leaves and the delicate foliage...
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Autobiography of Z. S. HastingsAutobiography of Z. S. HastingsI am sending to each of the other boys a copy of my Autobiography like this I send you. I hope you will be interested in it; read it, preserve it, and give it to some of your children, to...
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Anthropological Records, Vol. 16, No. 4The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, CaliforniaThe following pages have a twofold purpose. First, there is extended to new territory an analysis of aboriginal population and ecology in California which has already encompassed the San Joaquin Valley (Cook, 1955) and the...
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The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 FITZ-GREENE HALLECK. THE BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS OF NEW-YORK. ADVENTURES AND OBSERVATIONS IN NICARAGUA. THE CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC. DR. STARBUCK MAYO, AUTHOR OF "KALOOLAH," "THE BERBER," &c. ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. FRENCH FEUILLETONISTES UPON LONDON. SCHALKEN THE PAINTER.A GHOST...
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The history of Company C, Seventh Regiment, O.V.IThe history of Company C, Seventh Regiment, O.V.IThis sketch and record were written at the suggestion and by the request of the surviving members of the Company. It was their desire to have a brief story of their marches, battles and sieges, and, especially,...
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The Boke of NoblesseThe Boke of Noblesse - Addressed to King Edward the Fourth on His Invasion of France in 1475 The Book of Noblesse, which is now for the first time printed, was addressed to King Edward the Fourth for a political purpose, on a great...
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Company B, 307th InfantryCompany B, 307th Infantry - Its history, honor roll, company roster, Sept., 1917, May, 1919And remembering, we shall always seek to justify the self-sacrifice made by those companions who trained with us and fought with us but whom by virtue of their supreme service,...
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Dixmude: The epic of the French marines (October 17-November 10, 1914)Dixmude: The epic of the French marines (October 17-November 10, 1914)Praise, they say, is stricken dumb by the greatest names, and also, we may add, by the greatest deeds. It is only by the bare simplicity of faithful narrative that we can hope not...
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The Engineering Contributions of Wendel BollmanThe Engineering Contributions of Wendel BollmanIn these series, the Museum publishes original articles and monographs dealing with the collections and work of its constituent museumsThe Museum of Natural History and the Museum of History and Technologysetting forth newly acquired facts in the fields of...
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The Sages and Heroes of the American RevolutionThe Sages and Heroes of the American RevolutionThis volume contains the condensed substance of more expensive works that have been published relative to the men and times of the American Revolution. The character and acts of the most prominent Sages and Heroes of that...
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The Sword of Deborah: First-hand impressions of the British Women's Army in FranceThe Sword of Deborah: First-hand impressions of the British Women's Army in FranceThis little book was written at the request of the Ministry of Information in March of 1918; it was only released for publicationin spite of the need for haste in its compiling...
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A briefe discription of New England and the severall townes thereinA briefe discription of New England and the severall townes therein - together with the present government thereofBy John Ward Dean. The Committee on English Research of the New England Historic Genealogical Society called attention in their last annual report to the fact that...
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Mémoires de madame de Rémusat (1/3)Mémoires de madame de Rémusat (1/3) - publiées par son petit-fils, Paul de RémusatMon pre m'a laiss, avec le devoir de le publier, le manuscrit des Mmoires de ma grand'mre, dame du palais de l'impratrice Josphine. Il attachait cet ouvrage une importance extrme pour...
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Mémoires de madame de Rémusat (2/3)Mémoires de madame de Rémusat (2/3) - publiées par son petit-fils, Paul de RémusatLa cration de l'Empire avait distrait les esprits de la procdure du gnral Moreau, que l'on continuait d'instruire cependant. Les accuss avaient comparu plusieurs fois devant le tribunal; mais plus on...
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Bartholomew Sastrow: Being the Memoirs of a German BurgomasterBartholomew Sastrow: Being the Memoirs of a German BurgomasterIf we wish to understand the pedestrian side of German life in the sixteenth century, I know of no better document than the autobiography of Bartholomew Sastrow. This hard-headed, plain-spoken Pomeranian notary cannot indeed be classed...
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Mémoires de madame de Rémusat (3/3)Mémoires de madame de Rémusat (3/3) - publiées par son petit-fils, Paul de RémusatDans le premier volume de ces Mmoires j'ai tent de retracer les principaux vnements de la vie de ma grand'mre, et j'ai racont les circonstances qui l'ont dcide rcrire le manuscrit...
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The Salvaging of CivilizationThe Salvaging of CivilizationThe present outlook of human affairs is one that admits of broad generalizations and that seems to require broad generalizations. We are in one of those phases of experience which become cardinal in history. A series of immense and tragic events...
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On the Kentucky Frontier: A Story of the Fighting Pioneers of the WestOn the Kentucky Frontier: A Story of the Fighting Pioneers of the West"Poor Simon Kenton experienced the bitter effects of wrong, ingratitude, and neglect. On account of some legal matters concerning his lands in Kentucky, he was imprisoned for twelve months upon the very...
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