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Title: History of the United States, Volume 4
Author: E. Benjamin Andrews
Release Date: September 19, 2007 [EBook #22676]
Language: English
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[Transcriber's notes]
Here are the definitions of some unfamiliar (to me) terms.
abatis
Barricade of trees with sharpened branches directed toward an enemy.
acclivities
Upward slope.
carpet-baggers
Politicians who move to a place for an opportunity to promote their career.
comity
Courtesy; civility.
Comity of nations: respect of one country for the laws and institutions of another.
Law: courts of one jurisdiction give effect to the decisions of another.
Lethe of death
River in Hades; drinking it caused forgetfulness .
mare clausum
Navigable body of water under the jurisdiction of one nation and closed to all others. Latin: mare, sea + clausum, closed.
modus vivendi
Manner of living; way of life. Temporary agreement between contending parties pending a final settlement.
Ney
Michel Ney--Duke of Elchingen, 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader; marshal of France 1805–15.
parole
A written promise by a prisoner of war, that if released he will not take up arms against his captors.
redintegration
Restoration of a lost or injured part. Evocation of a state of mind by the recurrence of the elements making up the original experience.
scalawag
A native white Southerner who collaborated with the occupying forces during Civil War Reconstruction for personal gain.
spiles
Post used as a foundation; a pile. Wooden plug; bung. Spigot used in taking sap from a tree.
windrows
Row of leaves or snow heaped up by the wind; row of cut hay or grain left to dry in a field before being bundled.
[End transcriber's notes]
Drawn by Will H. Low.
The World's Fair at Chicago.
Central Portion of MacMonnies Fountain--Effect of Electric Light.
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
FROM THE EARLIEST DISCOVERY OF AMERICA TO THE PRESENT TIME
BY
E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS
CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA
FORMERLY PRESIDENT OF BROWN UNIVERSITY
With 650 Illustrations and Maps
VOLUME IV.
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1912
COPYRIGHT, 1894 AND 1903, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
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