. A history of the United States . ^r .«. M iy\ >^ ^^^^W^SSak- f^TOvleans T*4p o ¥ M )E X NOTE. The United States seized part of West Floridain 1810, and part in 1812. 92 from 87 Greenwich 82. R. D, SerTflss, EngV, K. V. FRENCH IN MEXICO; MAXIMILIAN. 339 sufficient to pay the interest on the investment. Alaska, asthe territory was named, has been discovered to be a landrich in mineral wealth and in valuable forests, while theclimate is by no means a cold or very disagreeable one, thoughsomewhat damp. It has already become a place of resort forsummer tourists on account of the wonderful scen
. A history of the United States . ^r .«. M iy\ >^ ^^^^W^SSak- f^TOvleans T*4p o ¥ M )E X NOTE. The United States seized part of West Floridain 1810, and part in 1812. 92 from 87 Greenwich 82. R. D, SerTflss, EngV, K. V. FRENCH IN MEXICO; MAXIMILIAN. 339 sufficient to pay the interest on the investment. Alaska, asthe territory was named, has been discovered to be a landrich in mineral wealth and in valuable forests, while theclimate is by no means a cold or very disagreeable one, thoughsomewhat damp. It has already become a place of resort forsummer tourists on account of the wonderful scenery, itsmountains and glaciers rivalling those of Switzerland. Asthe Aleutian Islands were included in the purchase, thewestern limit of the United States was carried to longitude173° east from Greenwich, making the possessions of the UnitedStates cover one hundred and twenty degrees of longitude. Nebraska, which had been organized as a territory underthe Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 (sect. 280), was admittedas a state in 1867, with the proviso that negro suffrage shouldbe allowed. 365. French in Mexico; Maximilian. (1861-1867.) — In 1861 France, England, and Spain jointly had interfere
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