The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 8Grolier, 1994 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... British gold sovereigns were made in Europe for buyers who were anxious to offset inflation . ( The British had stopped making sovereigns in 1931. ) However , most of these coins had their full gold content , so the crime , at best ...
... British gold sovereigns were made in Europe for buyers who were anxious to offset inflation . ( The British had stopped making sovereigns in 1931. ) However , most of these coins had their full gold content , so the crime , at best ...
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... British govern- ment . He accordingly sent Czar Nicholas I a letter telling him to withdraw his troops from the principalities . The Czar refused and on March 28 , 1854 , the western powers declared war . In due course British and ...
... British govern- ment . He accordingly sent Czar Nicholas I a letter telling him to withdraw his troops from the principalities . The Czar refused and on March 28 , 1854 , the western powers declared war . In due course British and ...
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... British regi- ments . A British counterattack drove the Jacob- ites from the field . Cumberland's slaughter of the Jacobite wounded after the battle earned him the title " The Butcher . " SIR CHARLES PETRIE Author of " The Jacobite ...
... British regi- ments . A British counterattack drove the Jacob- ites from the field . Cumberland's slaughter of the Jacobite wounded after the battle earned him the title " The Butcher . " SIR CHARLES PETRIE Author of " The Jacobite ...
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