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Literacy In England, 1718--1759: Indenture Contracts As A Source, Dorothy Hagberg Cappel
Literacy In England, 1718--1759: Indenture Contracts As A Source, Dorothy Hagberg Cappel
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Organization And Doctrine In The Continental Army, 1774 To 1784, Robert K. Wright
Organization And Doctrine In The Continental Army, 1774 To 1784, Robert K. Wright
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This dissertation traces the development of organizational forms and tactical doctrine in the Continental Army, the regular United States armed force in the War of American Independence. It investigates political, ideological, technological, economic, and strategic influences on the decisions made by the Continental Congress, George Washington, and other Army leaders. In the process it places the Continentals in a context of eighteenth century military science.;Individual colonies raised the first troops by drawing on their experiences in earlier wars, especially on the example of short-term Provincials supplementing the militia. Congress assumed national responsibility for the war on 14 June 1775 by …
Trading With The Enemy: Legal Theory And The Civil War, Carole Johnson Breitenbach
Trading With The Enemy: Legal Theory And The Civil War, Carole Johnson Breitenbach
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The Indian Trade In Colonial Virginia, Mary Miley Theobald
The Indian Trade In Colonial Virginia, Mary Miley Theobald
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The Transformation Of The Heads Of Grievances Into The Declaration Of Rights 22 January--12 February 1689, Catherine Rand Chamberlin
The Transformation Of The Heads Of Grievances Into The Declaration Of Rights 22 January--12 February 1689, Catherine Rand Chamberlin
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The Battle Of Williamsburg, Carol Kettenburg Dubbs
The Battle Of Williamsburg, Carol Kettenburg Dubbs
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The Functions Of A Capital City: Williamsburg And Its "Public Times," 1699-1765, Mary S. Hoffschwelle
The Functions Of A Capital City: Williamsburg And Its "Public Times," 1699-1765, Mary S. Hoffschwelle
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Joseph C Manning, Alabama Populist : A Rebel Against The Solid South, Paul M. Pruitt
Joseph C Manning, Alabama Populist : A Rebel Against The Solid South, Paul M. Pruitt
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This study follows the career of Joseph Columbus Manning (1870-1930), an Alabamian who took part in both the People's Party movement of the 1890's and the early work of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.;Manning founded the People's Party of Alabama in 1892, and subsequently fought to preserve its independence. Hampered by the leadership of powerful conservative agrarian Reuben Kolb and by voting frauds practiced by entrenched Bourbon Democrats, Manning speedily adopted the battle cry: "A Free Ballot and a Fair Count.".;In 1894, after "Jeffersonian Democratic" gubernatorial candidate Kolb had been counted out for the second time, …