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84. reception by Massasoit, 84. builds a cabin at Seekonk, 85. leaves Seekonk, 85. greeted by the Indians, 85. Canonicus lets him have land, 85. settles Providence, 85. grants religious liberty to all settlers, 85. summary of, 86. Winthrop, Governor John, settles Boston, 73. Wool-comber (note), 1. World, knowledge of, before Columbus discovered America, 4. ADVERTISEMENTS. MONTGOMERY'S LEADING FACTS OF American History. Within the first fifteen months after issue, the publishers were obliged to go to press with the ... 295,000th copy ... It was almost immediately adopted for exclusive use in the State of Indiana, and by such cities as Chicago, Ill., Philadelphia, Pa., Boston, Mass., Providence, R.I., Hartford, Conn., Columbus and Cleveland, O., Burlington, Vt., Nashua, N.H., Lynn, Mass., and numberless others. IT IS CERTAINLY THE BEST. LEADING FACTS OF HISTORY SERIES. By D. H. MONTGOMERY. THE LEADING FACTS OF AMERICAN HISTORY. With numerous Illustrations, Maps, and Tables. Mailing Price, $1.10; Introduction Price, $1.00. THE LEADING FACTS OF ENGLISH HISTORY. (Revised Edition.) With numerous Maps and Tables. Mailing Price, $1.25; Introduction Price, $1.12. THE LEADING FACTS OF FRENCH HISTORY. With numerous Maps and Tables. Mailing Price, $1.25; Introduction Price, $1.12. BEGINNER'S AMERICAN HISTORY. With numerous Maps and Illustrations. Mailing Price, $.70; Introduction Price, $.60. GINN & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. _The Leading Facts of American History_. By D. H. MONTGOMERY, author of _The Leading Facts of History Series_. 12mo. Half morocco. xii + 359 pages, besides colored maps and full-page illustrations, with an Appendix of 67 pages. Mailing price, $1.15; for introduction, $1.00. Few text-books have met with such immediate recognition as this. Though published late in the summer of 1890, it was, within a few months, adopted by such cities as Philadelphia, Chicago, Providence, R.I., Burlington, Vt., Lynn, Mass., by counties, and by numberless institutions. It seems to be regarded by the best judges as, on the whole, the best school history of the United States yet published. It was written and not simply compiled. The author did not take it for granted that a history of our country must be a perfunctory work made up from previous histories and merely iterating an old set of facts, ideas, and stories. The book is a panorama of the leading e
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