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The Treason and Death of Benedict Arnold; A Play for a Greek Theatre

By: John Jay Chapman

...EADER OF WOMEN. TREASON. DEATH. Two PICEETS. A SEBVANT. SCENE ACT I. THE SHORE OF THE HUDSON NU WEBT POINT. ACT 11. SITTING-ROOM. OF BENEDICT ... ...RE OF THE HUDSON NU WEBT POINT. ACT 11. SITTING-ROOM. OF BENEDICT ARNOLD IN ENGLAND IN 1801. The Ads are Separated by a Short Vocal I~~zzo. TRE... ...BT POINT. ACT 11. SITTING-ROOM. OF BENEDICT ARNOLD IN ENGLAND IN 1801. The Ads are Separated by a Short Vocal I~~zzo. TREASON AND DEATH OF BEN... ... I The margin of the Hu&son at West Point. Fort Putnam and the Highlands in the distance. A fig is $uttering on the fort. The orchestra represents... ...here the shadow falls! [Enter Benedict Arnold. He is in the Unifwm of an American General. He limps.] Both Choruses. A light thing is man and his... ... think you, or find himself back among you in his reveries? In his lone island, in his long years of silence, ye will return to him. Bid him adieu... ...' Where proud men pass me by: and now and then I catch a glimpse of some American, - A former pal, a former enemy; - It is the same, both pal and ... ...Had in your ears a meaning and a place I I Quite strange to mine. For my Rhode Island stock, Grown far afield, and long acclimated, Had dropped a... ...your ears a meaning and a place I I Quite strange to mine. For my Rhode Island stock, Grown far afield, and long acclimated, Had dropped all mean...

THE TREASON & DEATH OF BENEDICT ARNOLD A PLAY FOR A GREEK THEATRE BY JOHN JAY CHAPMAN

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7 Scorpions : Rebellion

By: Mike Saxton

...served – Mike Saxton No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including... ...ecording, taping, or by any information storage retrieval system, without the permission, in writing, from the publisher. Eloquent Books An imprint o... ..., or by any information storage retrieval system, without the permission, in writing, from the publisher. Eloquent Books An imprint of Strategic Book... ...ham CT 06422 www.StrategicBookGroup.com ISBN: 978-1-60911-286-8 Printed in the United States of America Book Design: Rolando F. Santos This book is d... ...ay of the fall, Zodiac declared himself the Lord and Master of the North American continent. The remnants of the government and military had fallen... ...ndon Harbor, then from the edge of route 95 down to the shore of the Long Island Sound. In plain terms, it was to be roughly four miles from West to... ...stly of metal. The weight alone could cause it to slide of, into the Long Island Sound!” “It won’t slide of, because you won’t let it,” Zodiac demand... ...hey could get 317 7 Scorpions: Rebellion to Route 6 and follow that into Rhode Island, where they would make their way to the ruins of Providence. ... ...eah, of course. They’re gonna hide out in the ruins of Providence and the Rhode Island branch of Militia 28 is going to get them organized.” “Good, ...

...In a world torn apart by a ruthless dictator, humanity is enslaved and on the verge of extinction. The governments have fallen. The cities lie in ruin. The only hope is a man who has been in exile for over a year....

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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia a... ...The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made by ... ... OF AMERICA By the Viking Sea-Rovers, and Its Settlement by the Scandinavians in the Ninth Century. SUPPLEMENTED WITH THRILLING NARRATIVES OF VOYAG... ...HING INCIDENTS AND PERILOUS UNDERTAKINGS AMONG WILD BEASTS AND SAVAGE PEOPLE IN HEROIC EFFORTS FOR A RECLAMATION OF ALL LANDS TO CIVILIZATION, AND ... ...earliest navigators -- Evolution of the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce o... ...especting the earth's shape -- Teachings of the great philosophers -- Fabulous islands of the Atlantic -- The Viking navigators -- Overrunning Europe,... ...- Adventures in the New World -- The first white man that ever set foot on the American continent -- Killing of Thorwald by natives -- His last instru... ...- Snakes and crocodiles -- The return to France -- Bougainville in the war for American independence 415- 422 CHAPTER XL. A Brief Biography of Captain... ...of seeing everything that is to be seen, is one Anthony Pigapheta, a Knight of Rhodes, who dabbled in letters, has written a little poetry at times, a...

...Thrilling narratives of voyages, discoveries, adventures, battles, darings and sufferings of the heroic characters, bold explorers and dauntless spirits who have made ocean history and established christian supremacy over the most savage lands of the earth. Reciting astonishing incidents and perilous undertakings amo...

...The Rolling Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are now no more -- Effects of Cataclysms upon the human race -- The rise and fall of nations -- Cave dwellers who became masters of the world -- T...

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...INOIS LIBRARY AT URBANACHAMPAIGN BOOKSTACKS Central Intelligence Agency The World Factbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should o... ...ctbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should obtain copies of The World Factbook directly from their own organization or through liaiso... ...or through liaison channels from the Central Intelligence Agency. Requesters in the Department of Defense may obtain copies from: Defense Intelligence... ...shington, D.C. 20340-3344 Tel: (202) 373-3869 or Autovon 243-3869 Requesters in the Department of State may obtain copies from: Department of State IN... ...ia 27 Botswana 28 Brazil 30 British Indian Ocean Territory 31 British Virgin Islands 32 Brunei 33 Bulgaria 34 Burkina 36 Burma 37 Burundi 38 Cambodia ... ...6 Burma 37 Burundi 38 Cambodia 40 Cameroon 41 Canada 42 Cape Verde 44 Cayman Islands 45 Central African Republic -l(i Chad 47 Chile 49 China (Taiwan e... ...ces Member of: FAO, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, IDA, IDE Inter-American Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTER... ...a: 4,030 km 2 ; land area: 4,030 km 2 Comparative area: slightly larger than Rhode Island Coastline: 965 km Maritime claim: (measured from claimed arc... ...50 km 2 ; land area: 750 km 2 Comparative area: about one-fourth the size of Rhode Island Coastline: 148 km Maritime claims: Contiguous zone: 24 nm Ex...

...There have been some significant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total and land), comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, boundary disp...

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...Information Technology Tales By expanding the sharing of knowledge, time after time InfoTech upset the balance of po... ... Dedication to CAROL For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family i... ...r her perceptive editing of my copy over many decades, especially during the writing of this book. Epigraph Neither to persuade nor indoctri... ...We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make se... ... more likely stemmed from his encounters with sailors who had touched the American continent. In his revealing COD: A Biography of the Fish that ... ...fisherman kept secret their profitable catches of cod on regular trips to American waters. Mongols fostered exchange of ideas and inventions The ... ...Julius Caesar‘s Roman Legions found no sign of any written language on the island when they first raided southern Britain in 54 and 55 BC, but most o... ... when they first raided southern Britain in 54 and 55 BC, but most of the island natives spoke the Celtic tongue. Crossing over from central Europe ... ...ibraries in forty- seven of the forty-eight states back then, missing only Rhode Island. Almost three out of four were built in small towns with fewe...

...This book also begins with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and most valuable books...

...In the Bible, God‘s first gift to man isn‘t a lesson about how to make a fire or fashion a needle, a knife, or a spear. He first blesses him with language. Even before He takes Adam‘s rib to make Eve, He tells Adam to name ev...

...1. Did Water Monkeys Swim before We Spoke?-From whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet? We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make sense of speech. -- 2. The Gift ...

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...chnology Tales Information Technology Tales By expanding the sharing of knowledge, time after time InfoTech upset the balance of po... ...t Dedication to CAROL For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family i... ...r her perceptive editing of my copy over many decades, especially during the writing of this book. Epigraph Neither to persuade nor indoctri... ...We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make se... ... more likely stemmed from his encounters with sailors who had touched the American continent. In his revealing COD: A Biography of the Fish that Ch... ...fisherman kept secret their profitable catches of cod on regular trips to American waters. 13 Som... ...Julius Caesar‘s Roman Legions found no sign of any written language on the island when they first raided southern Britain in 54 and 55 BC, but most o... ... when they first raided southern Britain in 54 and 55 BC, but most of the island natives spoke the Celtic tongue. Crossing over from central Europe ... ...ibraries in forty- seven of the forty-eight states back then, missing only Rhode Island. Almost three out of four were built in small towns with fewe...

...This book also begins with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and most valuable book...

...Way back in the fifteenth century a man named Johann Gutenberg invented the ?printing press. More than 400 years passed before Ottmar Mergenthaler found a way in the late 1880s to mechanize that historic invention. Then, less than a ...

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

...ht January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and ... ... Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and words that are not f... ...ed in this book, I have had to use various terms and words that are not found in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is ... ...e various terms and words that are not found in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is used to describe two complimentar... ...ew lions? When there were millions of grazing animals? Why didn’t the North American natives colonize the land where millions of bison lived? It ... ...-boats; explain how the first modern humans managed to migrate to the Pacific islands and Australia 75,000 years ago. Using the bones and skins of t... ...storical context. Take for example the two nuclear plants disasters of 3-mile Island and Chernobyl. The reason that disaster occurred and the reason... ...ca: stolen from the German Boers, and the Dutch. The white supremacist nation Rhodesia; created out of the pure greed of one man: Cecil Rhodes…, whi... ...ar history of tectonic plate migration and activity… Just so the residents of Rhode Island would know where the earth they own… originally came from...

...The Path of Splitness is a major non fiction work of 1,868 pages: This is the latest revised version. The book analyzes and explains: 1: The origins of our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic ...

...Chapter 1: The Universe. Pgs 1-112 How the Universe came into being. Chapter 2: Life Pgs 113-131 Structural dynamics of the Universe and Life Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans ...

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Voices from the Past

By: Paul Alexander Bartlett

...FROM THE COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent n... ...FROM THE COVER OF VOICES FROM THE PAST: In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclai... ...der Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the private worlds of five re... ...ardo da Vinci; Shakespeare; and Abraham Lincoln. Each novel appears here in its entirety within a single unique volume of 644 pages beautifully il... ...d, impressive, highly pictorial.” JOE KNOEFLER in the L.A. Times: “...an American writer gifted with...perception and sensitivity.” FRANK TANNENBA... ...dence have now been established at V VOICES FROM THE PAST xiv the American Heritage Center of the University of Wyoming, the Nettie Lee Bens... ... SAPPHO’S JOURNAL Sappho, walking on her island beach, pauses by a broken amphora: With one foot, she nudges the... ... 9 Villa Poseidon, Mytilene 642 B.C. he great storm beats across the island, rattling the olive and the cypress, piling the surf on the beach... ...g pair, well-trained, handsomely har- nessed. My driver is a stalwart from Rhode Island; he says he used to work in a cotton mill; now, he looks forw...

...In Voices from the Past, a daring group of five independent novels, acclaimed author Paul Alexander Bartlett accomplishes a tour de force of historical fiction, allowing the reader to enter for the first time into the pri...

...illis Barnstone 3 SAPPHO’S JOURNAL 5 CHRIST’S JOURNAL 155 LEONARDO DA VINCI’S JOURNAL 221 SHAKESPEARE’S JOURNAL 343 LINCOLN’S JOURNAL 511 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 621 COLOPHON 625...

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Trendsiters Digital Content and Web Technologies

By: Sam Vaknin

...ts reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – writ... ...vska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to samvaknin@gmail.com Visit the TrendSiters Web Site: http://samvak.tripod.com/busiweb.html Inter... ... A Medium or a Message? http://samvak.tripod.com/internet.html World in Conflict and Transition http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html ... ...VSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Additional articles about Digital Content on the Web: http://samvak.tripod.com/busiweb.html Essays dedicated to ... ...rs between the types of intermediaries are blurred. Barnes and Noble (the American bookstores chain) has, in effect, become a publisher. Many publis... ... The result was a globe encompassing network of academic institutions. The American Pentagon established the network of all networks, the ARPANET. Ot... ...ntil he was executed in 1962. Granted, there are on the Internet isolated islands of academic merit, intellectually challenging and invigorating dis... ...and, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Vi... ...innesota, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia...

...Essays dedicated to the new media, doing business on the web, digital content, its creation and distribution, e-publishing, e-books, digital reference, DRM technology, and other related issues....

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The Marketing of Ideas and Social Issues

By: Seymour Fine

...An idea is taken for granted in the scheme of things. Someone exclaims, "I've got an idea!" What is it that he has? From where did he get it? How was it transmitted? How might it spread to others? What will be the effect of the acceptance of the idea? Th...

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

...iiXfl* 56fforoj VOL. XXI WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 ... ...ED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 and 1910 End of the March J7th Celebration —The Shirt-Tail Parade- Speeches of the Four Ora... ...wns entirely suo- oessful, and despite its humorous side, tied a new itnot in tlie bond of ail Williams men. The parade, the fireworks, the transparen... ...parts of a cus- tom tliftt is no empty formalitj. The Parade 1910 gathered in front of the opera house shortly after 7 o'clock, clad in night-shirts, ... ...gs I have a Shorthand System, easily as good as the best now taught in any American Business College, that 1 can teach In twelve (12) evenings. Tui- t... ... will bo ilhistraterl with actual missionary experiences in tjie south sea islands. MONDAY, APRIL 8 p, m,—Triaf.s for iuterclass de biite, 'Techuian a... ...affected by this influence, and this is not- ably true in tlie case of the Islands of the South Sea. Attempts were made by Scottish missionaries to es... ...nchidae, Cos, Hariicarnassos and Cnidus. After Professor Howes has treated Rhodes, Pso- fe«aor Rice will take up Lindos, and Professor Howes, Crete; t... ...THER CHOSEN FROM WILLIAMS Carroll A. Wilson 1907 Selected as Massachusetts Rhodes Scholar At the meeting of the Rhodes scholarship committee of Massa-...

...The longest running independent newspaper at Williams is the Williams Record, a weekly broadsheet paper published on Wednesdays. The newspaper was founded in 1885, and now has a weekly circulation of 3,000 copies distributed ...

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War and the Future; Italy, France and Britain at War

By: H. G. Wells

...y H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION War and the Future: Italy, France and Britain at War by H. G. Wells is a publicatio... ...uture: Italy, France and Britain at War by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. War and the Future by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...rgely made up for by the good will and generous efforts of the English and American press. An interesting monograph might be written upon these variou... ...matic and logical interpretation. The caricatures in the French shops show civilisation (and particularly Marianne) in conflict with a huge and hugely... ...is far more accessible than was the late Pierpont Morgan or the late Cecil Rhodes, and he seems to 17 H G Wells keep a smaller court. I went to see h... ...ut out a bed of begonias. In Paris I met a charming 50 War and the Future American writer, the wife of a French artist, the lady who wrote My House o... ...English bow- men. It is interesting to note that Switzerland, that present island of peace, was regarded by him as the mother of mod- ern war. Swiss a...

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The War in the Air

By: H. G. Wells

...he Air by H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The War in the Air by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...y H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The War in the Air by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...paper and cane as Tom had done, but with a penny packet of Boys of England American ciga- rettes. His language shocked his father before he was twelve... ...nd made a broad-chested and intelligent man of every Bert Smallways in the islands, had they given the resources they spent in war material to the mak... ...eak English!” “Mother was English—went to school in England. After- wards, Rhodes scholar. German none the less for that. De- tailed for the present, ... ...y’re rotten things. I’ve been trying them for a friend.” “Right O!” The ex-Rhodes scholar whisked out of the room and reap- peared with a considerable... ...k and adventurous with private war. It was the peculiar shape of Manhattan Island, pressed in by arms of the sea on either side, and incapable of comf...

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American Notes for General Circulation

By: Charles Dickens

...tion by Charles Dickens A publication of PSU s Electronic Classics Series American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens is a publicati... ...an Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...ge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk . Neither the Pennsylvania State ... ..., for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk . Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens , th... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. American Notes for General Circulation by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvan... ... journeys, and making for the broad sea. Beyond, were shining heights, and islands in the glancing river, and a distance scarcely less blue and bright... ...y in New York, I paid a visit to the different public institutions on Long Island, or Rhode Island: I forget which. One of them is a Lunatic Asy lum.... ...rk, I paid a visit to the different public institutions on Long Island, or Rhode Island: I forget which. One of them is a Lunatic Asy lum. The buildi...

...Excerpt: It is nearly eight years since this book was first published. I present it, unaltered, in the Cheap Edition; and such of my opinions as it expresses, are quite unaltered too. My readers have opportunities of judging for themselves whether the influences and tendencies which I distrust in America, have any exist...

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North America Volume Two

By: Anthony Trollope

...ication North America: Volume Two by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. North America: Volume Two by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania... ............................................................ 273 CHAPTER XIV: AMERICAN HOTELS............................................................... ...fields have spread themselves. And then came emancipa- tion in the British islands. Under such circumstances and with such a lesson, could it be expec... ...now go over that ques- tion again. I then divided the inhabitants of those islands into three classes—the white, the black, and the colored, taking a ... ... the unanimous consent of the States present.”* Twelve States were present—Rhode Is- land apparently having had no representative on the oc- casion—on... ...- self. Where would be the State sovereignty and indi- vidual existence of Rhode Island and Delaware, unless they could maintain, in at least one Hous...

........................................................................................................................................ 30 CHAPTER III: THE CAUSES OF THE WAR .......................................................................................................... 47 CHAPTER IV: WASHINGTON TO ST. LOUIS ............................................................

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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

...Henry Reeve A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reev... ...e and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...eral government that was ever devised for a free people. He found that the American people, through their chosen representatives who were instructed b... ...ckles, and will spread, by a quiet but resistless influ- ence, through the islands of the seas to other lands, where the appeals of De T ocqueville fo... ...ad hitherto been hidden in the deep abyss.* Here and there appeared little islands perfumed with odoriferous plants, and resem- bling baskets of flowe... ... to the east of the Hudson; they are now six in number: 1, Connecticut; 2, Rhode Island; 3, Massachusetts; 4, V ermont; 5, New Hamp- shire; 6, Maine. ... ...h Empire during the whole reign of *The emigrants who founded the State of Rhode Island in 1638, those who landed at New Haven in 1637, the first sett...

...Excerpt: In the eleven years that separated the Declaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of...

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The Whole History of Grandfathers Chair or True Stories from New England History, 1620-1808

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne

...y NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Whole History of Grandfather’s Chair or True Stories from New England H... ...ew England History, 1620 1808 by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmis sion, in any way. The Whole History of Grandfather’s Chair or True Stories from N... ... some persons who had been persecuted in Massachusetts went to the Isle of Rhodes, since called Rhode Island, and settled there. About this time, also... ...persecuted in Massachusetts went to the Isle of Rhodes, since called Rhode Island, and settled there. About this time, also, many settlers had gone to... ...rs to the charge of treason. During the reign of Charles II., however, the American colonies had but little reason to complain of harsh or tyran nica... ...m England, who took possession of the 39 Hawthorne old fortress on Castle Island and of the fortification on Fort Hill. Sometimes it was rumored that... ... great renown at Saratoga, and lost it again at Camden. General Greene, of Rhode Island, was likewise at the council. Washington soon discovered him t...

...Preface: In writing this ponderous tome, the author?s desire has been to describe the eminent characters and remarkable events of our annals in such a form and style that the young may make acquaintance with them of their own accord. ...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 6 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 6 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...olumes V olume 6 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Six is a publicat... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Six is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State ... ...tings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Six is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...on the western Waters, and for his gallantry at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Island Number Ten, and at various other places, whilst in command of the na... ...th, Mississippi. MY DEAR SIR:—This introduces Governor William Sprague, of Rhode Island. He is now Governor for the third time, and senator-elect of t... ...ssissippi. MY DEAR SIR:—This introduces Governor William Sprague, of Rhode Island. He is now Governor for the third time, and senator-elect of the Uni... ...r- thy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him. In the American Revolutionary war sacrifices were made by men engaged in it, but t... ...r hundred thousand people, or more than in some of our old States, such as Rhode Island or Delaware, or in some of our newer States, and less than in ...

...Excerpt: The third section of the ?Act further to promote the efficiency of the Navy,? approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have th...

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The Last of the Mohicans, A Narrative of 1757

By: James Fenimore Cooper

...James Fenimore Cooper A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper is a... ...Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore... ... to be characteristic. It is generally believed that the Aborigines of the American continent have an Asiatic origin. There are many physical as well ... ...ld do, being compelled to set bounds to fancy by experience; but the North American Indian clothes his ideas in a dress which is different from that o... ... its original appella- tion of “Horican.”* Winding its way among countless islands, and imbedded in mountains, the “holy lake” extended a dozen league... ...not of home raising, but is from foreign lands, or perhaps from the little island itself over the blue water?” he said, in a voice as remarkable for t... ...il, if, haply, the Canadian savages should be lurking so * In the state of Rhode Island there is a bay called Narragansett, so named after a powerful ...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 7 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...The Writings of Abraham Lincoln In Seven V olumes V olume 7 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pu... ...olumes V olume 7 of 7 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Seven is a public... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Seven is a publication of the Penn- sylvania Stat... ...ngs of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes – Volume Seven is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...n duly ratified and carried into execution. It is believed that, so far as American ports and American citizens are concerned, that inhuman and odious... ...ent of the maritime jurisdiction of Spain in the waters which surround the island of Cuba, has been debated without reaching an agree- ment, and it is... ...eneral) sent to the colored colony established by the United States at the island of Vache, on the coast of San Domingo, to bring back to this country... ...souri, New Hamp- shire, New Jersey, New Y ork, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, V ermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, cast 3,982,011 votes ... ...hould be added the number of all soldiers in the field from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, Indiana, Illinois, and California, who ...

...Excerpt: In June last a division was substantially lost at or near Winchester, Va. At the time, it was under General Milroy as immediate commander in the field, General Schenck as department commander at Baltimore, and General Halleck...

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