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Henry Peterson (1818 - 1891) was an American editor, novelist, poet, and playwright. He was also an abolitionist. For twenty years, Peterson edited The Saturday Evening Post. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to son of George and Jane (Evans) Peterson. His eldest brother was the publisher Robert Evans Peterson, and his cousin was the publisher Charles J. Peterson. He was a clerk in a hardware store at fourteen, and in 1839 a member of...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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Pemberton - One Hundred Years Ago is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly p...

Excerpt from PoemsUpcurled from musket and from gun The war-cloud grey and hoary.It gathered like a funeral pall, Now broken and now blended, Where rang the bugle's angry call, And rank with rank contended.Four thousand men, as brave and true As e'er went forth in daring, Upon the foe that morning threw The strength of their despairing.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ww...

Excerpt from The Teaching of Citizenship: An Outline for Grades One to Nine InclusiveI teaching of citizenship in all grades. Mr. H. C. Moeller, County Superintendent of Schools in Black Hawk County, asked the Extension Department of Iowa State Teachers College to prepare for his teachers an outline for such teach ing. It was at the suggestion of Mr. Irving Hart, Director of the Extension Department, that I prepared the outline requested. The ...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Dulcibel a Tale of Old SalemIn the afternoon Of a sunny Autumn day, nearly two hundred years ago, a young man was walking along one Of the newly Opened roads which led into Salem Village, or what is now called Danvers Centre, in the then Province Of Massachusetts Bay.The town of Salem, that which is now the widely known City of that name, lay between four and five miles to the southeast, on a tongue of land formed by two inlets of...

Excerpt from Corrupt Practices Legislation in IowaIt appears that New York was the pioneer State in this kind of legislation, having enacted in 1890 a statute providing for the publicity of campaign contributions and expenditures. It was not, however, until 1907 that a Similar law was passed by the General Assembly Of Iowa. Moreover, a beginning has been made in Iowa in restrict ing the political activities of officeholders and public employee...

Excerpt from The Teaching of Citizenship: An Outline for Grades One to Nine InclusiveIn preparing the material for the first three grades Cabot A Course in Citizenship and Patriotism was found very useful This book is indispensable for teachers in the primary grade: and indeed in all grades. A valuable book for the intermedi ate grades is Sara Cone Bryant's I Am an American. Other books useful to teachers of citizenship and civics are liste( a...

Excerpt from ColumbusIf I have succeeded in giving a tolerably correct idea of the man and his career, of the form and pressure of his times, and of the effect of his discovery upon the native inhabitants of the new world, particularly upon those of the West Indies, it is all I hoped to accomplish.I have felt authorized in deviating in some degree from the accuracy of history, Where the conventionalities, or the necessities of the drama requir...

Excerpt from Pemberton, or One Hundred Years AgoOh, peaceful earth - oh, patient, green-brewed earth Sad mother of the whirlwind and the storm.IT is a morning in October, in the year 1777. Early morning - for the sun has not yet risen, though the heralds of his imperial coming are seen ¿ushing with their crimson and purple banners the eastern sky. The earth, too, seems to respond with a regal pomp of banners. Crimson, melt ing at one place int...

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