...ublication North America: Volume One by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ication North America: Volume One by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...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... ...ows: “This wide-spread nationality of the United States, with its enormous territorial possessions and increasing population, has fallen asunder, torn... ...against him. Up in those regions which are watered by the great lakes—Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario—and by the St. Lawrence, the ... ... stated what is the course of this line. It runs from the Western State of Michigan to Portland, on the Atlantic, in the State of Maine, sweeping the ... ...tood. The accommoda- tion also for the ministers of the government and for members of the two Houses has been insufficient. Hotels, lodgings, and furn... ...he roads around it are worse. I had the honor of meeting two distinguished members of the Provincial Parliament at din- ner some few miles out of town...

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...rant A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by U. S. Grant is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...cation Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by U. S. Grant is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...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... ...ss at the time, and had the right of nomination. He and my father had been members of the same debating society (where they were generally pitted on o... ...ng as Ohio years, to me. At last all the examinations were passed, and the members of the class were called upon to record their choice of arms of ser... ... Sackett’s Harbor, New Y ork. In April following I was ordered to Detroit, Michigan, where two years were spent with but few important incidents. The ... ...with but few important incidents. The present constitution of the State of Michigan was rati- fied during this time. By the terms of one of its provis... ...litary division. The Army of the Potomac was a separate command and had no territorial lim- its. There were thus seventeen distinct commanders. Before...

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