A history of the United States, from the discovery of the American continent .. . llions in thekeeping of the widows son. END OF VOL. III. NOTICE. This volume completes the History of the Col-onization of the United States. In the arrange-ment of my subject, the great drama of theirIndependence opens with the attempts of Franceand England to carry the peace of Aix la Chapelleinto effect. Should the propriety of the point oftime selected for the division be questioned, I willask, for the present, a suspension of judgment. If my labors thus far are accepted by mycountry, no higher reward can be


A history of the United States, from the discovery of the American continent .. . llions in thekeeping of the widows son. END OF VOL. III. NOTICE. This volume completes the History of the Col-onization of the United States. In the arrange-ment of my subject, the great drama of theirIndependence opens with the attempts of Franceand England to carry the peace of Aix la Chapelleinto effect. Should the propriety of the point oftime selected for the division be questioned, I willask, for the present, a suspension of judgment. If my labors thus far are accepted by mycountry, no higher reward can be hoped for,than to hear, from the favoring opinion of thepeople, the summons to go forward, and writethe History of the American Revolution, achievedby our fathers, not for themselves and their pos-terity only, but for the world. George Bancroft. Boston, November 20, 1840. i ^y R. Srowo 3ookb|ndir «)30 South 18th SL If. iTnariiB., scDxpt AJtAhistoryofuniteds03banc


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