Life and public services of Winfield Scott, General-in-Chief of the Army of the United StatesComprising his early life, his services in the War of 1812 ..and ..in the Mexican War .. . e adventures of hardy pioneers;the keen watchfulness, the subtle surprise, the ruthless attack, andprompt retaliation—all these, having had an important influenceupon the formation of the American character, are to be faithfullyrecorded; while the progressive developments of the citizens ofeach individual State, from the rough forest life of the earlier dayto the polished condition of the present, will exhibit a
Life and public services of Winfield Scott, General-in-Chief of the Army of the United StatesComprising his early life, his services in the War of 1812 ..and ..in the Mexican War .. . e adventures of hardy pioneers;the keen watchfulness, the subtle surprise, the ruthless attack, andprompt retaliation—all these, having had an important influenceupon the formation of the American character, are to be faithfullyrecorded; while the progressive developments of the citizens ofeach individual State, from the rough forest life of the earlier dayto the polished condition of the present, will exhibit a picture ofnational expansion as instructing as it is interesting. The public may depend upon one thing, that these books arenot to be mere hurried, superficial, catch-penny affairs; but care-fully prepared, accurate, and reliable histories, in which mattersof interest and importance, scattered through many bulky volumes,will be brought, as far as regards each State, into one, and theentire history of each individual State, from its origin to the pre-sent time, given in a clear and continuous narrative. LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO & Co. No. 14 Noi-th Fourth Street, Philadelphia. r.
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