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Identifier: chroniclesofamer23lome (find matches)
Title: The chronicles of America series
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Lomer, Gerhard Richard, 1882- Jefferys, Charles W. (Charles William), 1869-1951 Huntington, Ellsworth, 1876-1947. Red man's continent Richman, Irving Berdine, 1861-1938. Spanish conquerors Wood, William Charles Henry, 1864-1947. Elizabethan sea-dogs Munro, William Bennett, 1875-1957. Crusaders of New France Johnston, Mary, 1870-1936. Pioneers of the old South Andrews, Charles McLean, 1863-1943. Fathers of New England Goodwin, Maud Wilder, 1856-1935. Dutch and English on the Hudson Fisher, Sydney George, 1856-1927. Quaker colonies Andrews, Charles McLean, 1863-1943. Colonial folkways Wrong, George McKinnon, 1860-1948. Conquest of New France Becker, Carl Lotus, 1873-1945. Eve of the revolution Wrong, George McKinnon, 1860-1948. Washington and his comrades in arms Farrand, Max, 1869-1945. Fathers of the Constitution Ford, Henry Jones, 1851-1925. Washington and his colleagues Johnson, Allen, 1870-1931. Jefferson and his colleagues Corwin, Edward Samuel, 1878-1963. John Marshall and the Constitution Paine, Ralph Delahaye, 1871-1925. Fight for a free sea Skinner, Constance Lindsay, 1882-1939. Pioneers of the old southwest Ogg, Frederic Austin, 1878-1951. Old Northwest Ogg, Frederic Austin, 1878-1951. Reign of Andrew Jackson Hulbert, Archer Butler, 1873-1933. Paths of inland commerce Skinner, Constance Lindsay, 1882-1939. Adventures of Oregon Bolton, Herbert Eugene, 1870-1953. Spanish borderlands Stephenson, Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright), 1867-1935. Texas and the Mexican war White, Stewart Edward, 1873-1946. Forty-niners Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923. Passing of the frontier Dodd, William Edward, 1869-1940. Cotton kingdom Macy, Jesse, 1842-1919. Anti-slavery crusade Stephenson, Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright), 1867-1935. Abraham Lincoln and the Union Stephenson, Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright), 1867-1935. Day of the Confederacy Wood, William Charles Henry, 1864-1947. Captains of the Civil War Fleming, Walter L. (Walter Lynwood), 1874-1932. Sequel of Appomattox Slosson, Edward Emery, 1865-1929. American spirit in education Perry, Bliss, 1860-1954. American spirit in literature Orth, Samuel Peter, 1873-1922. Our foreigners Paine, Ralph Delahaye, 1871-1925. Old merchant marine Thompson, Holland, 1873-1940. Age of invention Moody, John. Railroad builders Hendrick, Burton Jesse, 1870-1949. Age of big business Orth, Samuel Peter, 1873-1922. Armies of labor Moody, John. Masters of capital Thompson, Holland, 1873-1940. New South Orth, Samuel Peter, 1873-1922. Boss and the machine Ford, Henry Jones, 1851-1925. Cleveland era Buck, Solon J. (Solon Justus), 1884-1962. Agrarian crusade Fish, Carl Russell, 1876-1932. Path of empire Howland, Harold. Theodore Roosevelt and his times Seymour, Charles, 1885-1963. Woodrow Wilson and the World War Skelton, Oscar D. Canadian dominion Shepherd, William R. (William Robert), 1871-1934. Hispanic nations of the New World
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succeed in yourdesires. This letter reveals Father Hidalgos fi-nesse. While Ramon entertained St. Denis and dis-patched messengers to the authorities in MexicoCity asking what he should do with him, St. Denisimproved his time by winning the heart of Ramonsgranddaughter, Manuela Sanchez, who later wentwith him to Natchitoches and there reigned foryears as the Grand Dame of the post, becominggodmother, as the baptismal records show, of mostof the children of the place. A new French menace had arisen. The Viceroyof Mexico hastily decided to found new missions inTexas and to protect them this time by strong gar-risons. St. Denis, having by his marriage and hiscleverness ingratiated himself with the Spaniards,was engaged at five hundred dollars to guide theTexas expedition, which was commanded by Cap-tain Domingo Ramon, his wifes cousin. It looksmore like a family affair than an international TEE BELFRY OF SAN GABRIEL MISSION,CALIFORNIA Drawing from a photograph. .dqjngoJodq c moil ^niwBiQ
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?. Aszderaea _ L.amh, ^ TEXAS 225 row. Meanwhile Hidalgo had given the Viceroya satisfactory explanation of his random mis-sives and had received permission to go to Texaswith the expedition. The colony crossed the RioGrande in April, 1716. It consisted of sixty-fivepersons, including soldiers, nine friars, and sixwomen, a thousand head of cattle, sheep, andgoats, and the equipment for missions, farms,and garrison. At the head of the missionarieswent two of Spains most distinguished men inAmerica, Father Espinosa, the well-known his-torian, and Father Margil, whose great servicesin the American wilds will probably result in hiscanonization by the Papal Court. The Asinaiswelcomed the Spaniards and helped them to erectfour missions and a garrison near the Neches andAngelina rivers. Shortly afterward a mission wasbuilt at Los Adaes (now Robeline) Louisiana, with-in fifteen miles of St. Deniss post of Natchitoches.The success of the French traders with thepowerful tribes, the coming of Jo

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