The Busy Man's Hand-Book

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CHAPTER XXVIII

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CHAPTER XXVIII

From the Return of Bonaparte from Elba, to the general Peace. IN March, 1815, whilst the plenipotentiaries and the allied sovereigns were…

CHAPTER XXVIII: Canada

In 1837, the Canadian Rebellion broke out, and aroused the sympathies of the American people. McKenzie, in Canada West, and Papineau, in…

CHAPTER XXVIII: Mexico

In 1879, another war took place between the British in India and Afghanistan, and ended by the Ameer consenting to place himself under…

CHAPTER XXVIII: Stanley

The Russian government took the opportunity of the war between Germany and France to declare in 1871 that it would no longer observe the…

CHAPTER XXVIII: Behring

For ten years after our purchase of Alaska from Russia, 1867, no encroachment was made on our seal fisheries in Behring Sea. Then with the…

CHAPTER XXVIII: Bolivia

L Bolivia having confiscated certain property belonging to a Chilian company, Chili despatched troops into the territory where the property…

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