A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . rt was neveracted on. The action of Congress in the matter had ceasedto have much interest for Vermonters, and it was notlikely to be favorable to New York. 10. Vermont Content.—Vermont now had largeareas of unoccupied and fertile land, and a well-organizedgovernment whose authority was unquestioned by her became to southern New England what the West after-wards became to
A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . rt was neveracted on. The action of Congress in the matter had ceasedto have much interest for Vermonters, and it was notlikely to be favorable to New York. 10. Vermont Content.—Vermont now had largeareas of unoccupied and fertile land, and a well-organizedgovernment whose authority was unquestioned by her became to southern New England what the West after-wards became to all New England. She made rapid stridesin population and in wealth. She was founding new towns Independent Sovereignty 205 and building highways and schools and churches. She pro-vided for the coining of money (coppers) and for a postalsystem with a Postmaster-General. In 1790 she had fivepostoffices: at Rutland, Bennington, Brattleboro, Windsorand Newbury. At the same time the United States hadseventy-five postoffices. The two systems made connectionat Albany, N. Y. Since the acknowledgment of her juris-diction by all the inhabitants of her territory in 1782, Ver-mont had been content with her
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