Category: History - American
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In the presence of this great assemblage, and of the chosen representatives of the people of these two great cities, of the Governor of the State of New York and of the Presiden...
3. Chapter 3In no previous period of the world's history could this Bridge have been built. Within the last hundred years the greater part of the knowledge necessary for its erection has be...
4. Chapter 4During all these years of trial, and false report, a great soul lay in the shadow of death, praying only to stay long enough for the completion of the work to which he had devot...
5. Chapter 5Such a popular achievement is one to be proud of. St. Petersburg could be commenced 180 years ago--almost to a day, on May 27th, 1703--and could afterward be built, by the will...
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6. Chapter 6When the Dutch traders raised their storehouse of logs on yonder untamed and desolate strand, perhaps as early as 1615; when the Walloons established their settlement on this si...