Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 8Americana Corporation, 1965 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 176
... followed , Andrew Jackson defeated the main forces of the hostile Indians in battles at Talla- dega and Horseshoe Bend , Ala . He was assisted by the Lower Creeks , and in the last and most sanguinary encounter of March 27 , 1814 , at ...
... followed , Andrew Jackson defeated the main forces of the hostile Indians in battles at Talla- dega and Horseshoe Bend , Ala . He was assisted by the Lower Creeks , and in the last and most sanguinary encounter of March 27 , 1814 , at ...
Page 319
... followed . In 1840 , however , the steamboat Lexington burned in Long Island Sound with the loss of a hundred lives . Three days later Currier pub- lished a lithograph of the burning ship , the de- mand for which kept his presses ...
... followed . In 1840 , however , the steamboat Lexington burned in Long Island Sound with the loss of a hundred lives . Three days later Currier pub- lished a lithograph of the burning ship , the de- mand for which kept his presses ...
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... followed , and when Buchanan aligned himself with extreme planta- tion groups by supporting the slavery Lecompton Constitution for Kansas ( 1858 ) , Douglas went into opposition . The general North - South split in the party followed in ...
... followed , and when Buchanan aligned himself with extreme planta- tion groups by supporting the slavery Lecompton Constitution for Kansas ( 1858 ) , Douglas went into opposition . The general North - South split in the party followed in ...
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