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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 — John Shaqi

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

It is usual for historians to indicate the sources of their information;
but as we have refused no means of enriching these annals, using for
that purpose whatever materials our multiform reading could supply, from
the Ramayana, the great Sanscrit epic, impressed on wax, down to the
last published child’s primer, printed on patented wooden paper, we
could not name all our authorities without giving a catalogue
inconvenient for our publishers, and too long for the abridged lives of
our readers. We cannot, however, refrain from acknowledging our
obligations to John Smith, Esq., for original information, novel ideas,
and new turns of thought around old notions, running through every page
of this history; to Mr. Jones, for valuable public documents; and to Mr.
Brown, the well-known sexton of Grace Church, New York, who in the
course of his lifelong diggings, has exhumed several pieces of
Americans, whom we have reconstructed and preserved in our historical
cases.

As to the illustrations which flash upon and light up our pages, they
will speak for themselves; if they do not, any word of ours would be,
_Vox et preterea nihil_.




                              BOOK FIRST.

                              DISCOVERIES.
                          B. C. TO 1607 A. D.

   “Through the ages one increasing purpose runs,
   And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.”
                                            TENNYSON.

          “Here are old trees, tall oaks and gnarled pines
          That stream with gray, green mosses; here the ground
          Was never touched by spade, and flowers spring up
          Unsown and die ungathered. It is sweet
          To linger here among the flitting birds
          And leaping squirrels, wandering brooks, and winds
          That shake the leaves and scatter as they pass
          A fragrance from the cedars thickly set
          With pale blue berries. In their peaceful shades,
          Peaceful, unpruned, immeasurably old,
          My thoughts go up the long, dim path of years
          Back to the earliest days.”
                                                 BRYANT.

            “That would be wooed and not unsought be won.”
                                                SHAKESPEARE.

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                               CHAPTER I.

       OF AMERICA BEFORE ITS DISCOVERY IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.

                            B. C.-1000 A. 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

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