An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . * obtained by the yacht America, in a trial of speed, created agreat sensation in both hemispheres, and aroused the attention of theEnglish to our decided superiority in the art of shipbuilding, if notin that of seamanship. An American, Mr. Hobbs, also gaine-d greatcelebrity by exhibiting a lock which, for the purpose of securingproperty, was found decidedly superior to every othe
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . * obtained by the yacht America, in a trial of speed, created agreat sensation in both hemispheres, and aroused the attention of theEnglish to our decided superiority in the art of shipbuilding, if notin that of seamanship. An American, Mr. Hobbs, also gaine-d greatcelebrity by exhibiting a lock which, for the purpose of securingproperty, was found decidedly superior to every other. Let us now recur to the contemplated invasion of Cuba. Not-withstanding the proclamation of the President, an expedition forthe purpose just mentioned left New Orleans on the 25th of April,1850, and on the 22d of the succeeding month. It consisted offrom five to seven hundred men, under the command of GeneralNarcissus Lopez, an exiled Cuban of some note, and considerable. 62i ADMINISTEATION OF FILLMORE.
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