HANDBOOK

OF

UNITED STATES

POLITICAL HISTORY

FOR

READERS AND STUDENTS

COMPILED BY

MALCOLM TOWNSEND

ILLUSTRATED

BOSTON

LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

THE NEW YORK
PUBLIC LIBRARY

309561

ASTOR, LENOX AND
FILDEN FOUNDATIONS
. 1951 L

COPYRIGHT, 1905,

BY

MALCOLM TOWNSEND.

DEDICATED

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MY BOYS

WHOSE MANY INQUIRIES

PROMPTED

THE RESEARCH