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The comic history of the United States, from a period prior to the discovery of America to times long subsequent to the presentSherwood, John D.

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The comic history of the United States, from a period prior to the discovery of America to times long subsequent to the present

Name: The comic history of the United States, from a period prior to the discovery of America to times long subsequent to the present
Author: Sherwood, John D.

Sherwood, John D.

United States -- History -- Humor

Review of our Historical Journey from the Start up to the Summit of
  the 4th of July.—_Résumé_ of our Tramp through Pre-Columbian and
  Post-Columbian Times.—Our March from St. Augustine, via Jamestown
  and the Manhattan Cabins, to the Temperance Tavern at
  Plymouth.—Descriptions of Indian Interruptions.—Polite Interferences
  of Gallic Gentlemen at Narrow Parts of the Road in 1689, 1710, 1745,
  etc.—Banditti on the Highways of History, English, French, and
  Dutch.—Blazing Description of the Summit, the Flagstaff, Flag, and
  Eagle.—The Grand Political Picnic there of Fifty-one Wise Men.—The
  Thunder-Storms around them; and their Behavior.—General Account of
  this Group; and how remarkable and marked.—Special Portraitures of
  Thirteen of them.—Some Peculiar Heads there, and how much George
  III. wanted them.—Prayer of John Adams.—A Great Freshet of a Speech
  and what it carried off.—A Remarkable Declaration made by
  Jefferson.—An Electrical Battery charged and discharged.—The
  Peppering George III. got.—How he worked Seven Years against the
  Declaration.—The Gunpowdery Effect of the first Fourth, and the
  Fire-Crackers since touched off by it.—Independence originally
  handled without Gloves; now by Aldermen and very Common Councilmen
  with a half-dozen Pair apiece.—The Fourths up to 1850.—Tar-Barrel
  Eloquence.—Military and Civic Renown snatched on that Day.—What
  Eggs, containing Addling Heroes, pip on that Day.—How Swords
  embarrass Crooked Legs.—Militia Lines, and what Snarls they get
  into.—Dissolving Bursts of Golden Glories.—Effects of Sulphur
  administered to a Rural Population.—Cakes of Gingerbread, and how
  they stuck in the Teeth, Stomach, and Memory.—Lamentations over the
  Decay of the Old-time Fourths.

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The comic history of the United States, from a period prior to the discovery of America to times long subsequent to the presentSherwood, John D.

History

The comic history of the United States, from a period prior to the discovery of America to times long subsequent to the present

Sherwood, John D.

United States -- History -- Humor

Review of our Historical Journey from the Start up to the Summit of
  the 4th of July.—_Résumé_ of our Tramp through Pre-Columbian and
  Post-Columbian Times.—Our March from St. Augustine, via Jamestown
  and the Manhattan Cabins, to the Temperance Tavern at
  Plymouth.—Descriptions of Indian Interruptions.—Polite Interferences
  of Gallic Gentlemen at Narrow Parts of the Road in 1689, 1710, 1745,
  etc.—Banditti on the Highways of History, English, French, and
  Dutch.—Blazing Description of the Summit, the Flagstaff, Flag, and
  Eagle.—The Grand Political Picnic there of Fifty-one Wise Men.—The
  Thunder-Storms around them; and their Behavior.—General Account of
  this Group; and how remarkable and marked.—Special Portraitures of
  Thirteen of them.—Some Peculiar Heads there, and how much George
  III. wanted them.—Prayer of John Adams.—A Great Freshet of a Speech
  and what it carried off.—A Remarkable Declaration made by
  Jefferson.—An Electrical Battery charged and discharged.—The
  Peppering George III. got.—How he worked Seven Years against the
  Declaration.—The Gunpowdery Effect of the first Fourth, and the
  Fire-Crackers since touched off by it.—Independence originally
  handled without Gloves; now by Aldermen and very Common Councilmen
  with a half-dozen Pair apiece.—The Fourths up to 1850.—Tar-Barrel
  Eloquence.—Military and Civic Renown snatched on that Day.—What
  Eggs, containing Addling Heroes, pip on that Day.—How Swords
  embarrass Crooked Legs.—Militia Lines, and what Snarls they get
  into.—Dissolving Bursts of Golden Glories.—Effects of Sulphur
  administered to a Rural Population.—Cakes of Gingerbread, and how
  they stuck in the Teeth, Stomach, and Memory.—Lamentations over the
  Decay of the Old-time Fourths.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The comic history of the United States, from a period prior to the discovery of America to times long subsequent to the present

The comic history of the United States, from a period prior to the discovery of America to times long subsequent to the present

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