People's Book of Biography: Or, Short Lives of the Most Interesting Persons of All Ages and CountriesVirtue & Yorston, 1868 - 624 pages |
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GENERAL WASHINGTON AT HOME | 9 |
Meeting of the First Congress Counting the Electoral Votes Unwillingness | 23 |
The great Lisbon Earthquake | 30 |
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