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The Winning of the West, Volume Three - The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790

The Winning of the West, Volume Three - The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790


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Title: The Winning of the West, Volume Three The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790

Author: Theodore Roosevelt

Release Date: April 7, 2004 [EBook #11943]

Language: English

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PRESIDENTIAL EDITION

THE WINNING OF THE WEST

BY

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

VOLUME THREE

THE FOUNDING OF THE TRANS-ALLEGHANY COMMONWEALTHS

1784-1790

WITH MAP


THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED, WITH HIS PERMISSION

TO

FRANCIS PARKMAN

TO WHOM AMERICANS WHO FEEL A PRIDE IN THE PIONEER HISTORY OF THEIR COUNTRY ARE SO GREATLY INDEBTED

PREFACE TO THIRD VOLUME.

The material used herein is that mentioned in the preface to the first volume, save that I have also drawn freely on the Draper Manuscripts, in the Library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, at Madison. For the privilege of examining these valuable manuscripts I am indebted to the generous courtesy of the State Librarian, Mr. Reuben Gold Thwaites; I take this opportunity of extend

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