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Our chosen land. A romantic story of America from the time of its discovery and conquest to the present day

Elia Wilkinson Peattie · 1896 · Scanned text · Free in the US

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Author
Elia Wilkinson Peattie
Language
English
Published
1896
Length
227,737 words · about 15 h 57 min
Sections
102 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
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Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (102)
  1. Front matter under 1 min
  2. Table Of Contents about 4 min
  3. II Chapter about 14 min
  4. Chapter I. Earliest Inhabitants — The Mound-builders — The America?^ about 3 min
  5. CHAPTER II. >\t Jfagankr^ iBnlurij about 5 min
  6. CHAPTER III. >]^0 ^rsamar of §mtxn about 9 min
  7. Chapter IV about 5 min
  8. CHAPTER V. )\t yfilm nl l^rHiitB about 5 min
  9. Chapter VI about 7 min
  10. Chapter VII about 13 min
  11. Chapter VIII. From The Bermudas To Virginia — The Starving Times — The about 8 min
  12. Chapter IX about 6 min
  13. Chapter X about 10 min
  14. Chapter XI. The Settlement Of New York — The Dutch; Their Explorations about 11 min
  15. CHAPTER XII. >\t ilH^Bam$r* about 7 min
  16. Chapter XIII about 10 min
  17. CHAPTER XIV. Tn'E MASSACRE AT JAMESTOWN — LORD BALTIMORE AND THE SKTTLH about 9 min
  18. Chapter XV. Prosperity Of The Maryland Settlement — Conspiracies Against about 7 min
  19. Chapter XVI. New Jersey — The Settlement Under Peter Minuet — Opposition about 11 min
  20. Chapter XVII. Ithe ''patroons" Of New Netherland — The Settlement At about 17 min
  21. Chapter XIX about 10 min
  22. Chapter XX. The American Indian — The Destruction Of The Block Island about 11 min
  23. Chapter XXI. The Religious Law Of Boston — Gorton And His Beliefs — The about 9 min
  24. Chapter XXII about 8 min
  25. CHAPTER XXIII. ^rr^a!J$i iobn^ nl TirjtntH about 9 min
  26. Chapter XXIV about 11 min
  27. Chapter XXV about 10 min
  28. Chapter XXVI about 11 min
  29. Chapter XXVII. Political Policy Of Massachusetts — Efforts Of England To about 11 min
  30. CHAPTER XXVIII. Ih^$ uf ^ranit about 12 min
  31. CHAPTER XXIX. H$$tn5 about 7 min
  32. Chapter XXX about 14 min
  33. Chapter XXXI about 6 min
  34. Chapter XXXII about 5 min
  35. CHAPTER XXXIII. >|b fui nl i\t yivnin about 9 min
  36. Chapter XXXIV about 9 min
  37. Chapter XXXV about 14 min
  38. Chapter XXXVI about 11 min
  39. Chapter XXXVII about 12 min
  40. Chapter Xxxviii. How Georgia Came To Be Settled — The Emigrants — ^the Weslky* about 9 min
  41. Chapter XXXIX about 9 min
  42. Chapter XL. The First Trial For Libel In America — The Negro Plot In about 7 min
  43. Chapter XLI about 7 min
  44. CHAPTER XLII. Expedition of maine and new Hampshire against THr n<:>p about 8 min
  45. IV )}}tt^ llnnt Mnmm ^il| M\m Hlfe/' about 6 min
  46. CHAPTER XLIV. ^B^olHlah J^rabm about 4 min
  47. Chapter XLV about 11 min
  48. Chapter XLVI about 4 min
  49. Chapter XLVII. Pontiac, Chief Of The Ottawas — Arrival Of Rogers' Men At about 11 min
  50. Chapter XLVIII about 10 min
  51. CHAPTER XLIX. !n$lon about 8 min
  52. CHAPTER L. 1^0 ^hnh of ]f ainal$ about 14 min
  53. CHAPTER LI. Jfibrf]| nr ^mi\ about 13 min
  54. Chapter LII about 9 min
  55. Chapter LIII about 9 min
  56. Chapter LIV about 10 min
  57. CHAPTER LV. >{f0 i0nHnink{$* about 10 min
  58. Chapter LVI. The Jersey Campaign — The Battle Of Trenton — ^the Battle O?' about 8 min
  59. Chapter LVII about 8 min
  60. Chapter LVIII about 10 min
  61. CHAPTER LIX. "'itfanttt Inom." about 7 min
  62. Chapter LX about 17 min
  63. CHAPTER LXII. I i>IF about 6 min
  64. CHAPTER LXIII. 4^ Wt nm §m ^[0 ¥rud *]|omr^ tt about 9 min
  65. CHAPTER LXIV. 3nm ^inl "^m n §tmtnV' about 8 min
  66. Chapter LXV about 7 min
  67. Chapter LXVI about 9 min
  68. Chapter LXVII. The Forming Of The Constitution — Washington Elected about 6 min
  69. Chapter LXVIII. Hamilton's Policy As The First Secretary Of State — Increase about 8 min
  70. CHAPTER LXIX. >\$ iourll^ ¥tma$ of W^n^U tm> about 8 min
  71. Chapter LXX about 8 min
  72. CHAPTER LXXI. % ^nttvn Jfuafar about 8 min
  73. Chapter LXXII about 9 min
  74. Chapter LXXIII about 10 min
  75. CHAPTER LXXIV. Hr jHtn about 7 min
  76. Chapter LXXV about 11 min
  77. Chapter LXXVI. The War With The Creeks — ^jackson's Campaign — Affairs On about 6 min
  78. Chapter LXXVII about 11 min
  79. Chapter Lxxviii about 11 min
  80. CHAPTER LXXIX. ■k fi.mmt about 14 min
  81. CHAPTER LXXX. TBn LITERARY HISTORY OF THE LAST FIFTY YEARS — THE about 17 min
  82. Chapter LXXXI about 8 min
  83. Chapter LXXXII about 12 min
  84. Chapter Lxxxiii. Id about 8 min
  85. Chapter LXXXIV about 8 min
  86. Chapter LXXXV about 10 min
  87. Chapter LXXXVI about 10 min
  88. Chapter Lxxxvii. The Capture Of New Orleans — Fight Between The "monitor' about 7 min
  89. CHAPTER LXXXVIII. ''l[aruiarb h^ \\t Jfafl 1|lHnk/' about 10 min
  90. CHAPTER LXXXIX. )}^t StmfebBrnb iriit$$r$ about 7 min
  91. CHAPTER XC. "jtfbr Inii, Pot!" about 9 min
  92. CHAPTER XCI. %vnm yjihnk k i\$ ^m about 7 min
  93. Chapter XCII about 8 min
  94. Chapter XCIII. H about 6 min
  95. Chapter XCIV about 9 min
  96. Chapter XCV about 15 min
  97. Chapter XCVI about 9 min
  98. Chapter XCVII about 15 min
  99. Chapter XCVIII about 21 min
  100. Chapter XCIX. The World's Columbian Exposition At Chicago — Our about 15 min
  101. Chapter C. Administration Of President Cleveland — The New Tariff about 14 min
  102. Chapter CI about 19 min

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Front matter

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Our Chosen Land.

A ROMANTIC STORY OF AMERICA FROM THE TIME

Table Of Contents

LIST OF PRESIDENTS AND VICE-PRESIDENTS.

Chapter.

I. Mastodons and Mystery.

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