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... gold , upon the single condition that sla- very should be excluded therefrom , I could not entertain the offer for a moment , or even think of communicating it to Wash- ington . " But a victorious American army , in actual possession of ...
... gold , upon the single condition that sla- very should be excluded therefrom , I could not entertain the offer for a moment , or even think of communicating it to Wash- ington . " But a victorious American army , in actual possession of ...
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... gold in Cali- fornia , and her rapid settlement , largely by freemen from the North , swept the destiny of that State out of the control of Congress , and by her own overwhelm- ing decision , she presented herself as a free State ...
... gold in Cali- fornia , and her rapid settlement , largely by freemen from the North , swept the destiny of that State out of the control of Congress , and by her own overwhelm- ing decision , she presented herself as a free State ...
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... gold discoveries had not been made . In Au- gust of that year was the first finding , and with the uncertain , slow communications then had with that coast , it was nearly win- ter before the news reached us in Washing- ton . It seems ...
... gold discoveries had not been made . In Au- gust of that year was the first finding , and with the uncertain , slow communications then had with that coast , it was nearly win- ter before the news reached us in Washing- ton . It seems ...
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would be a full volume , to be bound in white and gold , and red - lettered throughout , and full of lovely pictures , and everywhere and in all of them my father the prominent fig- ure . He made me a companion and a friend from the ...
would be a full volume , to be bound in white and gold , and red - lettered throughout , and full of lovely pictures , and everywhere and in all of them my father the prominent fig- ure . He made me a companion and a friend from the ...
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... gold fever was upon everybody up there , so we were de- tained in Panama seven weeks before the relief came . Seven weeks of tropical cli- mate in the rainy season was hard upon those who had even the best accommoda- tion , but simply ...
... gold fever was upon everybody up there , so we were de- tained in Panama seven weeks before the relief came . Seven weeks of tropical cli- mate in the rainy season was hard upon those who had even the best accommoda- tion , but simply ...
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25 cents American amount authorized bank act bank-notes bill California Canton capital carbonic acid China Chinese circulation Cloth coin comprador Congress deposits dollars England English ernment Eugene Lawrence foreign FRANKLIN SQUARE Frémont fund GEORGE ELIOT gold greenbacks HARPER & BROTHERS Hong-Kong House Indian interest issue John JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY land legal tender legal tender notes liabilities LL.D loans Lord Macaulay Mary Cecil Hay ment merchants miles national banks nese paid paper currency paper-money party payable ports postage prepaid profits public debt Published by HARPER receipt reserve revenue rice river Samuel Johnson San Francisco Secretary Chase secured Senate ship silver slavery Spanish specie payments steamers taxation tion trade treasury notes United States bonds United States notes vols volume vote W. E. GLADSTONE Walter Besant whole York
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Página 3 - With a, full View of the English-Dutch Struggle against Spain, and of the Origin and Destruction of the Spanish Armada. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, LL.D., DCL Portraits.
Página 8 - The Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a View of the Primary Causes and Movements of "The Thirty Years
Página 32 - No person held to service or labor in one State under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor; but shall be delivered upon claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.
Página 8 - English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order. With copious Illustrations and Examples drawn from the Best Writers. To which is now added an Index to the Words.
Página 3 - MOTLEY'S DUTCH REPUBLIC. The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, LL.D., DCL With a Portrait of William of Orange.
Página 136 - The opinion was closed with the declaration, " we are obliged to conclude that an act making mere promises to pay dollars a legal tender in payment of debts previously contracted, is...
Página 13 - A Short History of the English People." ROME. By the Rev. M. CREIGHTON, MA, late Fellow and Tutor of Merton College, Oxford. With Eleven Maps. iSmo. is. "The author has been curiously successful in telling in an intelligent way the story of Rome from first to last"— SCHOOL BOARD CHRONICLE.
Página 7 - FIRST SERIES: From the First Settlement of the Country to the Adoption of the Federal Constitution. SECOND SERIKS : From the Adoption of the Federal Constitution to the End of the Sixteenth Congress.
Página 94 - Scott — who used to shoot birds for you at the frontier — gave out. They did the same for him as for Hubbard, and continued on. In the afternoon, the Indian boys went ahead, and before nightfall met Godey with the relief. Haler heard and knew the guns which he fired for him at night, and starting early in the morning, soon met him. I hear that they all cried together like children. Haler turned back with Godey, and went with him to where they had left Scott. He was still alive, and was saved....