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Excerpt from Travels in America Whitehall. Story of Sergeant Torn, a Creature of the Revolution. Lake George. Charming Scenery and Interesting Historical Associations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work,...

Excerpt from The Father's Book: Or Suggestions for the Government and Instruction of Young Children, on Principles Appropriate to a Christian Country IT is the object of this volume to suggest to the father of a family, principles and methods for the instruction of children, in intellectual, moral and religious truths, and for training them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find ...

Excerpt from The Northern Traveller: Containing the Routes to the Springs, Niagara, Quebec, and the Coal Mines, With the Tour of New-England, and a Brief Guide to the Virginia Springs, and Southern and Western Routes This sixth edition of the Northern Traveller is published when the previous editions have been for some time out of print, so that it seemed to be urgently demanded. The work has undergone a most thorough revision, as the numerou...

Excerpt from History of the Hartford Convention: With a Review of the Policy of the United States Government, Which Led to the War of 1812 Occurrences of this kind, with others of a more serious and portentous description, seemed to indicate, in a clear and convincing manner, that the time had arrived when the public at large should be better informed on the sub ject of this convention. The objects for the accomplish ment of which it had orig...

Excerpt from The Life of General Garibaldi: Translated From His Private Papers, With the History of His Splendid Exploits in Rome, Lombardy, Sicily and Naples, to the Present Time The succeeding pages are devoted to his services in Italy in the revolutions of 1849, 1859 and 1860, and a large proportion of their contents is occupied by his proclamations and other documents of his own, in translating which the same efforts have been made to ren...

Excerpt from The Character of Thomas Jefferson: As Exhibited in His Own WritingsMr. Jefferson's opinion that one generation of men cannot another, individually or collectively, to the fulfilment of tions - Letter to James Madison on the subject, dated Septem ber, 1789 - 40 doctor Gem - to J. W. Eppes - to J. Cartwright.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks....

Excerpt from An Introductort Lecture, Delivered Before the Law Class of Columbia College, New York: On Monday, November 1, 1858 In fine, speaking in general terms, but two systems of civil jurisprudence have challenged the attention of the world: the civil law of Rome and the common law of England. The first drew the most refined and philosophical distinctions in regard to property. The more it is studied, the more its truly symmetrical and m...

Excerpt from Commentaries on the Law of Persons and Personal Property: Being an Introduction to the Study of Contracts In preparing the manuscript for publication, I have not endeavored to do more than to add such late decisions and statutes as the lapse of time since its completion has made necessary. In accordance with the plan to which the notes and citations of the author conform, no attempt has been made to give a complete list of late d...

A crisp memoir of travels through New England and the Mid-Atlantic. Nice chapter on bookselling in NY.

Excerpt from A Great Man Fallen: A Discourse on the Death of President Harrison, Delivered in the Third Congregational Church of Portland, on Sabbath Morning, April 18, and on Thursday Evening, April 22, 1841, The Day of the Annual Fast The hand of the Almighty has smitten the nation in the person of its Chief Magistrate, and the shock has been felt from the shores of the Atlantic to the banks of the Mississippi. During the fifty two years wh...

Excerpt from Characteristics of New England Theology: A Discourse Delivered at the First Public Anniversary of the Congregational Board of Publication, at the Tremont Temple Boston And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledges, Yea, he gave good heed, and sought out and set in order many proverbs. The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth....

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Excerpt from The Northern Traveller: Containing the Routes to Niagara, Quebec, and the Springs, With Descriptions of the Principal Scenes, and Useful Hints to Strangers The finest natural scenes on and near the routes will be designated and described, and the places which have been rendered memorable by important historical events, will be dwelt upon with sufficient minuteness to engage the feelings, though with such brevity as not to be pro ...

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