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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1,606 0 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 462 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 416 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 286 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition. 260 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition. 254 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 242 0 Browse Search
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 230 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition. 218 0 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1 166 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: August 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], $5 reward (search)
ed to impress the world with an idea that they are the most enterprising and powerful of all maritime people. We have no disposition to underrate an enemy in any real element of power. Unquestionably, in the whale fisheries carried on by the New England Colonies, (and which were first suggested and recommended by Capt. John Smith, of Virginia, to whom New England is indebted for its very name,) there was manifested great maritime vigor and courage. In the war of the Revolution, and in the laNew England is indebted for its very name,) there was manifested great maritime vigor and courage. In the war of the Revolution, and in the late war, the same qualities were conspicuously displayed by men of all sections, whilst, in common, the Yankees for a time took the lead of the world. Up to the time of the introduction of steam, the best vessels afloat on the ocean, and the best sailors, were those of the United States. Every one remembers that, up to the comparatively recent period of the remarkable victory of the yacht America, British vessels could not compare with American in speed or beauty. But it is one of the most ad
The Daily Dispatch: August 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
ers, has caused an immense deal of heart. burning. McDowells friends are indignant at the treatment which he has experienced. and do not hesitate to speak with the utmost contempt of the brilliant achievements in Western Virginia of the young Commander-in-Chief. Are you aware that Gen. Banks aspired to the post now occupied by McClellan, and that he was warmly pressed upon the Administration by quite a number of his especial political friends and admirers? It seems hardly credible, but nevertheless. I believe it is strictly true. An effort is now making to transfer him to the War Department, and as it has been foreseen that such a promotion would give to New England two members of the Cabinet, it has been suggested to remove both Cameron and Welles — to give to Banks the portfolio of the Secretary of War, and to appoint a new Secretary of the Navy from Pennsylvania. It is doubtful. however, whether this programme will be carried out in the existing condition of affairs.