A Universal History of the United States of America: Embracing the Whole Period from the Earliest Discoveries, Down to the Present Time. In Three Parts |
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These scanned version of the 1829 and 1831 editions of this history book appear to have different authors, but the text is nearly 100% identical. The author of the 1828 and this 1829 version is listed as "A Citizen of the United States" which is a known pseudonym of Alexander Hill Everett (1792-1847). The author of the 1831 and all later editions is listed as "C. B. Taylor". I believe this constitutes proof that Everett used this pen name for his later publications. This pseudonym continued to be used long after his death in several later editions of the same book ending in 1880. I own copies of the 1828 edition and most of the later editions.
Wikipedia states he was a graduate of Harvard and personal assistant to John Quincy Adams and a Boston "man of letters" He was later ambassador to Spain and later China where he died. His brother was Secretary of State for Pres. Adams.
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Page 202 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
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Page 185 - MR. PRESIDENT : The great events on which my resignation depended having at length taken place, I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to Congress, and of presenting myself before them, to surrender into their hands the trust committed to me, and to claim the indulgence of retiring from the service of my country.
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| Title | A Universal History of the United States of America: Embracing the Whole Period from the Earliest Discoveries, Down to the Present Time. In Three Parts |
| Author | Citizen of the United States |
| Publisher | E. Strong, 1829 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2006 |
| Length | 472 pages |
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