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Mr. Davison, from the Committee on War Claims, Submitted the Following Report. [to Accompany H. R. 5341.]
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Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ...
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 2868
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A History of Lake County, Illinois
Author: John J. HalseyPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 902
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New York in the Revolution as Colony and State
Author: New York (State). Comptroller's OfficePublisher:
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
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The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens
Author: Hazard StevensPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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Isaac Ingalls Stevens (March 25, 1818 - September 1, 1862) was the first governor of Washington Territory, a United States Congressman, and a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War until his death at the Battle of Chantilly.
Traditions and History of Anderson County
Author: Louise Ayer VandiverPublisher:
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Category : Anderson County (S.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 342
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The History of Orange County, New York
Author: Russel HeadleyPublisher:
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Category : Orange County (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1382
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Bridge Across the Hudson River
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign CommercePublisher:
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Category : Bridges
Languages : en
Pages : 10
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The Church in Rome in the First Century
Author: George EdmundsonPublisher:
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Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Americans in Sumatra
Author: James W. GouldPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9401188467
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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There is a common belief that until recently Americans have preferred isolation to interest in remote areas such as Southeast Asia. This thesis can be tested by examining the history of American relations with a place on the opposite side of the globe from the United States. Such a land is Sumatra. It is one of the largest islands in the world. Its I66,789 square mile area exceeds that of the third largest American state, California, and is larger than Italy. Lying halfway around the world from the United States, its I050 mile length is almost divided by the equator, which runs across it for 285 miles. Sumatra's strategic importance is two-fold. Firstly, it is the first island stepping stone from the Asiatic mainland into the Australasian archipelago. This was demonstrated in I942 when the United States stationed planes on Sumatra in an attempt to stem the Japanese advance southward. Secondly, it lies athwart the shortest sea routes from Eastern Asia to Europe and the Eastern United States. Sumatra's southern tip forms one side of the Straits of Sunda which guards the access to the Java, China and Philippine Seas. At the island's northern tip is the entrance to the Straits of Malacca, the shortest sea lane be tween the Near and Far East. The opening of the Suez Canal in I869 shifted the shortest route between the Far East and the Western World from the Sunda to the Malacca Straits.
