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Excerpt from The History and Topography the United States of North America, Brought Down From the Earliest Period, Vol. 1: Comprising Political and Biographical History, Geography, Geology, Mineralogy, Zoology, and Botany; Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce; Laws, Manners, Customs, and Religion
The very large circulation which has been obtained for the two former editions of Hinton's History of the United States, seems to preclude the necessity of any statement in favor of this great work. Mr. Hinton. Has. Discharged his duty as an Historian with remarkable candor, ability, and faithfulness but it was impossible that a foreigner should not make occasional mistakes, and the supervision of Mr. Hinton's pages was therefore intrusted to the late Mr. Knapp, whose varied accomplishments and. Extensive eruditi'on qualified him for the task. The English edition, from which the work was originally reprinted, came down only to 1825, and the second edition of the American work was brought down to the accession of John Tyler to the Presidency in 1841. The administrations of Presidents Tyler and Polk were marked by extraordinary events; and the change in the Tarifi, the Bank question, the Ashburton Treaty, the Annexation of Texas, the Mexican War, and its astonishing'results to the United States, seem to demand a record, and justify an addition to this valuable History. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
