Excerpt from The Historical Companion, With Geographical and Historical Notes: Containing the Chronology of the United States, From 1492 to 1857, and of Each of the Thirteen Original States, Tables of the Settlements and Admissions of the States, the Wars, Causes of the Wars, Battles, Presidents, and American Inventions
The facts and dates mentioned in this Chronology are written in plain, unadorned language; brevity, rather than elegance, being the aim of the author. Geographical notes, on all places mentioned, have been added at the foot of each page, and are referred to throughout the work. Notes are also given upon all points that might present any difficulty to the learner; and all words, or terms, that may be unfamiliar to a child, have been care fully defined.
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