Lives of the Heroes of the American Revolution ... Also Embracing the Declaration of Independence and Signers' Names; the Constitution of the United States and Amendments; Together with the Inaugural, First Annual and Farewell Addresses of Washington ...Phillips & Sampson, 1847 - 370 من الصفحات |
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