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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

The Colonial Colts in the large open Field of the
          Eighteenth Century.—The Effects of a Sniff of French
          Gunpowder.—Queen Anne’s War, 1702–1713; its Cost and
          Results in Europe and America.—Acadia changes its Name
          to Nova Scotia.—How the Colonies started a Newspaper in
          1704.—Philadelphia in a Sheet in 1719; and how
          comfortable it was.—The Franklin Bros. furnish Food too
          condensed even for Boston.—Benjamin quits the Hub; foots
          it without tiring to New York.—How he got through New
          Jersey without paying Toll.—Enters Philadelphia with Two
          Loaves, and sets up an Intellectual Bakery.—Banks built
          on the Sands of Credit.—Moving Accidents.—John Law’s
          Scheme to use the Mississippi Valley; how it grew; what
          it promised, and how it performed.—A French
          Pasquinade.—The Results of a Bank Panic in the
          Eighteenth Century.—The Effects on the Manufacture of
          Children.—Number of Colonists in 1713 and 1743.—The
          Condition of Delaware, New Hampshire, and Vermont.—The
          Training of Young America.—Yale College and its
          Mustard-like Growth.—The American Learned Oak.—The
          Connection between Slate-Pencil and Gum Chewing and
          Female Education.—What took Place between 1713 and
          1743.—A Negro Plot in New York.—Negroes thrown
          overboard, and the Bubbles that rose.—How large Historic
          Doors swing on small Hinges.—Examples from A to W.—What
          happened because Maria Theresa was a Female.—The English
          Georges; what Bulls they were, and made.—The
          Transatlantic Bullocks, and how they rushed into King
          George’s War in 1744, and what Mischief they did for
          Four Years.


 XII.   THE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE AMERICAN BELT. 1754 TO 1763         208

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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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