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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

through the Century.—The first American printed Volume;
          and how fast and long it ran.—Earliest Original Book of
          Poems; by a Woman, with a touching Specimen
          therefrom.—An Account of the leading Writers on
          Theology, Political Science, Government, Natural
          Science, Natural History, of Novels, etc.—The American
          Joss; its Worshippers, and their Treatment.


 VI.    DEMOCRACY IN POWER; OR, JEFFERSON’S ADMINISTRATION.
          1801–1809.                                                 373

        Few Removals by Mr. Jefferson from the Ungilt Official
          Chairs.—Mr. Smith gets into the Navy.—Who started long
          Messages to Congress; and the Difficulty of finding an
          End to them.—War with Tripoli; and the Complexion with
          which the Bey ended it.—Decatur and his Mediterranean
          Travels.—Ohio in 1802.—The early Danger it ran of being
          all cut up into City Lots.—How the Exodus of its
          Population was the Genesis of its Growth.—Of Westering
          Caravans.—Bonaparte sells Louisiana, and what a Sell it
          was.—How we were saved an extra Volume of Supreme Court
          Decisions.—The Murder of Alexander Hamilton.—A
          Ghost-Story about Aaron Burr.—The public Estimate of his
          Character unchanged by Biographical varnishing.—A South
          Carolina Conceit.—The Play of Lear in Tripoli.—Peculiar
          Mussulman Habits; the Author of Don Quixote.—Michigan
          escapes the Cuppings of Eastern States.—Her lymphatic
          Temperament.—Lake Michigan as a Breakwater against
          Chicago.—Burr tried for Treason, “not proven” guilty,
          and surrendered—to himself.—Of Bonaparte and other
          Usurpers.—The Oldest dislike the Youngest.—History of
          the Attempts of George III. and Bonaparte to blockade
          without Ships.—Once a Bull always a Bull.—Search of
          American Ships for Seamen.—The Unwisdom of
          Half-apologies.—The American Embargo and its Popularity
          with Unmarried Girls.


 VII.   THE UNITED STATES AT SEA; OR, MADISON’S CRUISE. 1809–1817.   382

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