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The pictorial story of America : containing the romantic incidents of history, from the discovery of America to the present time

Name: The pictorial story of America : containing the romantic incidents of history, from the discovery of America to the present time
Author: Elia Wilkinson Peattie

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

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Author: Elia Wilkinson Peattie
Language: English
Published: 1896
Length: 472,289 words · about 33 h 4 min
Sections: 96 reader sections
Source: Library of Congress (07025116)
Text: Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights: Public domain in the United States

Contents (96)

Front matter about 2 min
Table Of Contents about 22 min
CHAPTER I. 1$ nnh. ii^siar^ about 8 min
CHAPTER III. )}^$ Jraamar of $mnn about 9 min
Chapter IV about 6 min
Chapter V about 5 min
Chapter VI about 7 min
Chapter VII about 13 min
Chapter VIII. From The Bermudas To Virginia — The Starving Times — ^the about 8 min
Chapter IX about 6 min
Chapter X about 10 min
Chapter XI about 11 min
CHAPTER XII. 0Ui0r* about 7 min
CHAPTER XIII. >\b Jlail^ !^ouiih* about 10 min
CHAPTER XIV. ITHE MASSACRE AT JAMESTOWN — LORD BALTIMORE AND THE SKTTLiS about 9 min
Chapter XV about 7 min
Chapter XVI. New Jersey — The Settlement Under Peter Minuet — Opposition about 11 min
Chapter XVII about 17 min
CHAPTER XIX. )}p §Ih Ja^ ^0llbm$nl about 10 min
CHAPTER XX. ;\t \mn^u of SiuiiiHiintt about 11 min
Chapter XXI. The Religious Law Of Boston — Gorton And His Beliefs — The about 9 min
Chapter XXII. 1*he Quakers — Their Persecution George Fox And His Friends about 8 min
Chapter XXIII. Governor Berkeley And His Reign — More Trouble With The about 9 min
Chapter XXIV about 11 min
Chapter XXV about 10 min
Chapter XXVI about 11 min
CHAPTER XXVII. §ur icunlr^, ^H^ig^ or Ii[r0ng about 11 min
Chapter XXVIII about 12 min
CHAPTER XXIX. J[ passing i|abna$$» about 7 min
Chapter XXX about 14 min
Chapter XXXI about 6 min
Chapter XXXII about 5 min
Chapter XXXIII about 18 min
Chapter XXXV about 14 min
Chapter XXXVI about 12 min
Chapter XXXVII about 12 min
CHAPTER XXXVIII. %rm jllli^s nnh l^-uia^s about 9 min
CHAPTER XXXIX. ®l|0 Saiialiir$ nf Tlrjima* about 9 min
Chapter XL about 7 min
Chapter XLI about 7 min
Chapter XLII about 8 min
CHAPTER XLIII. ¥5 urB0 (Dransnn about 6 min
Chapter XLIV. French And English Settlements In Nova Scotia — The Rivalry about 4 min
CHAPTER XLV. >\t Jfion or I^b Jixlm about 11 min
CHAPTER XLVI. >|$ JhI^s uf ilor^ about 4 min
Chapter XLVII about 11 min
Chapter XLVIII. The Stamp Act — Condition Of The Colonies — The Opposition about 10 min
CHAPTER XLIX. >]^B Pnslnn M$n about 8 min
Chapter L about 14 min
CHAPTER LI. Jfibrl^ or ^aallj about 13 min
CHAPTER LII. )\$ yinm nl jLbral^am about 9 min
Chapter LIII about 9 min
Chapter LIV about 10 min
Chapter LV about 10 min
Chapter LVI about 8 min
Chapter LVII about 8 min
Chapter LVIII about 10 min
Chapter LIX. Oui about 7 min
CHAPTER LX. Snltra anb ffiuska) about 17 min
CHAPTER LXII. )}p jlir Tlalians about 6 min
CHAPTER LXIII. Worn San /^a %vm\ Tfoui? about 9 min
CHAPTER LXIV. '^ l|atj0 ^m{ fctt n §mtvnV about 8 min
Chapter LXV about 7 min
Chapter LXVI about 15 min
Chapter LXVIII. Hamilton's Policy As The First Secretary Of State — Increase about 8 min
Chapter LXIX about 8 min
Chapter LXX about 8 min
Chapter LXXI about 8 min
CHAPTER LXXII. J)$talur $ "Sritona about 9 min
CHAPTER LXXIII. "Pfrsnnian limplitH^.' about 17 min
Chapter LXXV about 11 min
CHAPTER LXXVI. "|lus Jtigljls." about 6 min
Chapter LXXVII about 11 min
Chapter Lxxviii about 11 min
Chapter LXXIX about 14 min
CHAPTER LXXX. %\t\m anb Mvn\\ about 18 min
Chapter LXXXI about 20 min
Chapter Lxxxiii about 8 min
Chapter LXXXIV. Sacking Of Lawrence — John Brown And The Destruction Ob about 6 min
Chapter LXXXV about 10 min
Chapter LXXXVI. Attitude Of Foreign Powers — Bombardment Of The Forts At about 10 min
Chapter Lxxxvii about 7 min
CHAPTER LXXXVIII. Sl^ilolj m\h ils ^aqtiel about 14 min
Chapter LXXXIX about 8 min
Chapter XC about 7 min
Chapter XCI about 15 min
Chapter XCII about 14 min
CHAPTER XCIII. ,\i iarif s about 11 min
Chapter XCIV about 7 min
Chapter XCV about 9 min
CHAPTER XCVI. 'Inruiarh ^ 11)6 Ifjfl 'Mlnnk" about 10 min
Chapter XCVII about 7 min
Chapter XCVIII about 9 min
CHAPTER XCIX. 1|ram jttlada b i^a ^tn about 12 h 29 min
Index To Personal Sketches about 3 min
Index To Illustrations about 5 h 26 min

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THE ROMANTIC INCIDENTS OF HISTORY, FROM THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA TO THE PRESENT TIME.

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