HISTORY

OF

THE UNITED STATES.

FOR FAMILIES AND LIBRARIES.

BY

BENSON J. LOSSING,

AUTHOR OF "PICTORIAL FIELD-BOOK OF THE REVOLUTION," TORY OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR SCHOOLS;" "LIVES OF EMINENT AMERICANS," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY NEARLY THREE HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS.

NEW YORK:

MASON BROTHERS,

1859.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856,

BY MASON BROTHERS,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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