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... Presidents of the United States and their Cabinets , from the Formation of the Government .... 206 207 207 .... 208 The Native and Foreign Population of the United States , according to the Census of 1880 ..... The Electoral Vote ...
... Presidents of the United States and their Cabinets , from the Formation of the Government .... 206 207 207 .... 208 The Native and Foreign Population of the United States , according to the Census of 1880 ..... The Electoral Vote ...
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... President of the U. S. 1790. Death of Benjamin Franklin , April 17 . 1791. Bank of the U. S. established . 1792. Washington City chosen as the capital of the Republic . 1793. Invention of the Cotton Gin by Whit- ney , resulting in the ...
... President of the U. S. 1790. Death of Benjamin Franklin , April 17 . 1791. Bank of the U. S. established . 1792. Washington City chosen as the capital of the Republic . 1793. Invention of the Cotton Gin by Whit- ney , resulting in the ...
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... President . Opposes the project to re - charter the Bank of the United States . 1830. Treaty with Turkey . 1832. President Jackson vetoes the Bank Bill . New tariff measures passed . South Carolina nullification movement . 1833. The ...
... President . Opposes the project to re - charter the Bank of the United States . 1830. Treaty with Turkey . 1832. President Jackson vetoes the Bank Bill . New tariff measures passed . South Carolina nullification movement . 1833. The ...
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... President . March 4. Abraham Lincoln inaugurated President of United States . April 12. Fort Sumter , Charleston har- bor , bombarded - being commence- ment of hostilities in the Civil War . April 19. Federal troops attacked in ...
... President . March 4. Abraham Lincoln inaugurated President of United States . April 12. Fort Sumter , Charleston har- bor , bombarded - being commence- ment of hostilities in the Civil War . April 19. Federal troops attacked in ...
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... President Lincoln's non - inter- course proclamation . Aug. 28. Gen. Butler and Commodore Stringham take Forts Hatteras and Clark on North Carolina coast . Sept. 20. Battle of Lexington . Col. Mulligan defends for four days against ...
... President Lincoln's non - inter- course proclamation . Aug. 28. Gen. Butler and Commodore Stringham take Forts Hatteras and Clark on North Carolina coast . Sept. 20. Battle of Lexington . Col. Mulligan defends for four days against ...
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Page 685 - THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
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