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Page 68 - A True and Historical Narrative of the Colony of Georgia in America, From the first Settlement thereof until this present Period...
Page 67 - Voyages of the Northmen to America. Including extracts from Icelandic sagas, relating to western voyages by Northmen in the tenth and eleventh centuries, in an English translation, by North Ludlow Beamish. With a synopsis of the historical evidence and the opinion of Professor Kafn as to the places visited by the Scandinavians on the coast of America.
Page 18 - The History of Modern Europe. With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ; and a view of the Progress of Society, from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms to the Peace of Paris in 1763.
Page 78 - Memoirs, or DARTMOOR PRISON; containing a complete and impartial history of THE ENTIRE CAPTIVITY OF THE AMERICANS IN ENGLAND, from the commencement of the last war between the United States and Great Britain, until all prisoners were released by the treaty of Ghent. Also a particular detail of all occurrences relative to the HORRID MASSACRE AT DARTMOOR, on the fatal evening of the 6th of April 1815.
Page 58 - Louisiana. — Mississippi. — Illinois. — Alabama.. — Missouri. American's guide; comprising the declaration of independence, the articles of confederation, the constitution of the United States and the constitutions of the several states composing the union.
Page 12 - History of Rome. From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire. With the History of Literature and Art.
Page 22 - Sharon Turner's History of the AngloSaxons, from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest.
Page 74 - Green ; with a list of distinguished prisoners of war ; the time of their capture, exchange, etc.; to which is added the half-pay acts of the Continental Congress ; the Revolutionary pension laws ; and a list of the officers of the Continental army who acquired the right to half-pay, commutation, and lands, &c.
Page 68 - Raleigh and his colony in America. Including the charter of Queen Elizabeth in his favor, March 25, 1584, with letters, discourses, and narratives of the voyages made to America at his charges, and descriptions of the country, commodities, and inhabitants. With historical illustrations, and a memoir by Increase N.
Page 129 - THE LANDING AT CAPE ANNE; or, THE CHARTER OF THE FIRST PERMANENT COLONY ON THE TERRITORY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS COMPANY. Now discovered, and first published from the ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT, with an inquiry into its authority, and a HISTORY OF THE COLONY, 1624-1628, Roger Conant, Governor.