OF

THE UNITED STATES
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OP

A MERICA:

FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME.

BY

TALI AFERRO PRESTON SHAFFNER, LL. D.,

MEMBER OF THE BAR OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ;
PELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS; THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY ; AND THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON; FELLOW

OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NORTHERN ANTIQUARIES OF COPENHAGEX, AND OF THE LITERARY SOCIETY OF

ICELAND; FOREIGN MBMBER OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF BERLIN, ETC.

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