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... turned over to the college . For its further support , twenty thousand acres of land were set apart for its use , and a tax of a penny a pound was laid on all tobacco ex- ported from Virginia and Maryland to other American 1 Tyler ...
... turned over to the college . For its further support , twenty thousand acres of land were set apart for its use , and a tax of a penny a pound was laid on all tobacco ex- ported from Virginia and Maryland to other American 1 Tyler ...
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... not strange that one of his contemporaries , in the presence of this extraordinary activity , should exclaim : " Is the blest Mather necromancer turned ? " Among his numerous works , there is one that stands COTTON MATHER . 27.
... not strange that one of his contemporaries , in the presence of this extraordinary activity , should exclaim : " Is the blest Mather necromancer turned ? " Among his numerous works , there is one that stands COTTON MATHER . 27.
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... turned immigration westward . Manual labor contracted a fatal taint from slavery . While the slaveholding class were generally intelligent , and often highly cultured , the rest of the white population were comparatively illiterate ...
... turned immigration westward . Manual labor contracted a fatal taint from slavery . While the slaveholding class were generally intelligent , and often highly cultured , the rest of the white population were comparatively illiterate ...
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... turned to his home on the Hudson . " I long to be once more back at dear little Sunnyside , " he wrote in 1845 , " while I have yet strength and good spirits to enjoy the simple pleasures of the country , and to rally a happy family ...
... turned to his home on the Hudson . " I long to be once more back at dear little Sunnyside , " he wrote in 1845 , " while I have yet strength and good spirits to enjoy the simple pleasures of the country , and to rally a happy family ...
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... turned to good account in his admirable sea stories . His naval career was cut short by his falling in love . In January , 1811 , he married a Miss De Lancey , a lady of Hu- guenot family , and five months later he tendered his resig ...
... turned to good account in his admirable sea stories . His naval career was cut short by his falling in love . In January , 1811 , he married a Miss De Lancey , a lady of Hu- guenot family , and five months later he tendered his resig ...
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