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The War Steamer "Merrimac" Raised and Converted Into a Battering Ram
The "Merrimac" as a Rebel Battering Ram. The accompanying engraving of the Herrunac is from...
LIVING IN SPAIN
Preface: The following article is from an American periodical called "The American Farmer" from 1826...
PHILOSOPHY IN AN EGGSHELL
A correspondent recently asked you the reason why sugar strikes fire when two lumps are...
Notice of the Letters of Robert Morris
The volume containing Mr. Morris's public letters is, we believe, a gratuitous addition to the...

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Daniel Shays

was an American soldier, revolutionary, and farmer. Daniel was famous for being one of the...

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton