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Title: Key-Notes of American Liberty
Comprising the most important speeches, proclamations, and
acts of Congress, from the foundation of the government
to the presen

Author: Various

Editor: E. B. Treat

Release Date: May 15, 2009 [EBook #28831]

Language: English

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KEY-NOTES

OF

AMERICAN LIBERTY;

COMPRISING

THE MOST IMPORTANT SPEECHES, PROCLAMATIONS, AND
ACTS OF CONGRESS, FROM THE FOUNDATION
OF THE GOVERNMENT TO THE
PRESENT TIME.

WITH A

HISTORY OF THE FLAG,

BY A DISTINGUISHED HISTORIAN.

Illustrated.

NEW YORK:

E.B. TREAT & CO.

654 BROADWAY.

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E.B. TREAT.

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PREFACE.

This book appeals to the patriotic sentiments of all classes of readers.
In its pages will be found those words of burning eloquence which
lighted the fires of the American Revolution, stirring the hearts of our
fathers to do battle for our independence; the words of wisdom which
brought our ship of state safely through the storms of strife into the
calms of peace, and all of the most important speeches