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Cross Section Of Maine History At The Time Of The Separation From Massachusetts, Harold Howard Inman Jun 1931

Cross Section Of Maine History At The Time Of The Separation From Massachusetts, Harold Howard Inman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This paper is intended to present a picture of Maine as it was in 1820, at the time of the separation from Massachusetts. I have endeavored to give a cross-section of the state just at the time it was taking a place among the more mature council, known as the United States. Maine had been for a long time under the tutelage of Massachusetts, but now felt able to strike out on its own.

In 1820 Maine presents an interesting picture. It is a good period of which to make a sketch for the state was entering upon the new …

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A History Of Taxation In Colonial Virgina 1607-1775, Dennis Dryden Forrest Jan 1931

A History Of Taxation In Colonial Virgina 1607-1775, Dennis Dryden Forrest

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The History Of Sutter's Fort, 1839-1931, Herbert D. Gwinn Jan 1931

The History Of Sutter's Fort, 1839-1931, Herbert D. Gwinn

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Of all the stories and articles written about Captain J.A. Sutter in recent years, not one of them has adequately covered the history of his famous Fort. To the layman the fort itself may seem unimportant, but when we stop to consider that it was an outpost of civilization penetrating the wilderness of Central California, offering shelter to those who pioneered before us; we must confess that its existence was necessary to protect and usher into full City-hood, the infant Sacramento, then known as New Helvetia.

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Rationalism And Religious Liberty In Virginia, 1770-1805., Helen Catherine Graham Jan 1931