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... letters it contains were meant to let you know how your father and I and your brother William fared in a rapid journey , during the autumn of last year , through part of Canada and the United States , and are here presented to you in ...
... letters it contains were meant to let you know how your father and I and your brother William fared in a rapid journey , during the autumn of last year , through part of Canada and the United States , and are here presented to you in ...
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... letters have become your property . The reason which has made your father and me consent to this is , that we scarcely think that tra- vellers in general have done justice to our good brothers in America . We do not mean to say that we ...
... letters have become your property . The reason which has made your father and me consent to this is , that we scarcely think that tra- vellers in general have done justice to our good brothers in America . We do not mean to say that we ...
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... letters are left just as you received them , for I have been anxious not to alter in any way what I have told you of my First Impressions . When , therefore , I have had reason to change my ... LETTER I. Voyage.Arrival at New York . -
... letters are left just as you received them , for I have been anxious not to alter in any way what I have told you of my First Impressions . When , therefore , I have had reason to change my ... LETTER I. Voyage.Arrival at New York . -
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... LETTER II . West Point . Steamer to Newport . Newport . Bishop Berkeley . Bathing . - Arrival at Boston 9 LETTER III . Journey to Boston . -Boston . - Prison . - Hospital . - Spring- field . - Albany . - Trenton Falls . Journey to ...
... LETTER II . West Point . Steamer to Newport . Newport . Bishop Berkeley . Bathing . - Arrival at Boston 9 LETTER III . Journey to Boston . -Boston . - Prison . - Hospital . - Spring- field . - Albany . - Trenton Falls . Journey to ...
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... LETTER VII . William's Departure . — Greenwood Cemetery . — Journey to Washington . - Arrangements for our Journey to the Far West . - Topsy LETTER VIII . - 108 Washington . Baptist Class - Meeting . - Public Buildings.- Venus by ...
... LETTER VII . William's Departure . — Greenwood Cemetery . — Journey to Washington . - Arrangements for our Journey to the Far West . - Topsy LETTER VIII . - 108 Washington . Baptist Class - Meeting . - Public Buildings.- Venus by ...
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