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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 2,462 0 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 692 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10 516 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition. 418 0 Browse Search
C. Julius Caesar, Gallic War 358 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition. 298 0 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 230 0 Browse Search
H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia. 190 0 Browse Search
C. Edwards Lester, Life and public services of Charles Sumner: Born Jan. 6, 1811. Died March 11, 1874. 186 0 Browse Search
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 182 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: January 28, 1862., [Electronic resource], Winter operations. (search)
ations, with that section, which if renewed will make our hard-earned independence a mere shadow and a name. The adoption of a decimal system of weights, measures, and coins, based upon some fixed, exact, and immutable standard, like that of France, was recommended to the Macon Commercial Convention in an essay entitled "Commercial Enfranchisement of the South;" which essay will be found in the October and November numbers of De Bow's Review. The Convention recommended the whole essay dry, recondite, and abstruse subject, though one to us of vital and pressing importance. We would add a single suggestion to the many that have been made by others. The proposed measure would facilitate our trade and intercourse with France and other Mediterranean nations, and thus we should acquire new thoughts, new manners and customs, and a new and distinct civilization, compounded of many materials and derived from many sources, instead of being more imitators or copyists of Eng