Brief Biographies from American History, for the Fifth and Sixth Grades: Required by the Syllabus for Elementary Schools of New York State Education Department

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C.E. Merrill Company, 1907 - 299 psl.

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I
7
II
13
III
20
IV
31
V
37
VI
41
VII
46
VIII
51
XXV
142
XXVI
149
XXVII
156
XXVIII
169
XXIX
176
XXX
181
XXXI
186
XXXII
193

IX
58
X
62
XI
70
XII
76
XIII
80
XIV
84
XV
89
XVI
94
XVII
100
XVIII
105
XIX
109
XX
114
XXI
118
XXII
122
XXIII
126
XXIV
136
XXXIII
200
XXXIV
204
XXXV
212
XXXVI
216
XXXVII
240
XXXVIII
247
XXXIX
253
XL
257
XLI
267
XLII
277
XLIII
282
XLIV
290
XLV
292
XLVI
297
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