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ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS

FROM THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, TO THE END OF
THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.

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WITH A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE APPROACHING CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.

BY

BENSON JLOSSING, LL.D.,

1813-1891

AUTHOR OF "PICTORIAL FIELD-BOOK OF THE REVOLUTION," OF THE "WAR OF 1812," AND OF
"THE CIVIL WAR;"
99 66 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FOR SCHOOLS;" "LIVES

OF EMINENT AMERICANS;" "HOME OF WASHINGTON," ETC., ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY FOUR HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS.

HARTFORD:

THOMAS BELKNAP.

SCAMMELL AND COMPANY, ST. LOUIS, CINCINNATI, AND CHICAGO;
W. E. BLISS, TOLEDO; H. W. KELLEY, PHILADELPHIA,

1876.