Butler, Samuel, 1765-1827
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An American selection of lessons in reading and speaking . Calculated to improve the minds and refine the taste of youth. And also to instruct them in the geography, history, and politics of the United States. To which are prefixed, rules in elocution, and directions for expressing the principal passions of the mind. Being the third part of A grammatical institute of the English language. To which is added, an appendix, containing several new dialogues. By Noah Webster, Jun. Esquire, author of "Dissertations on the English language," "Collection of essays and fugitive writings," &c.
Webster, Noah 1758-1843.Date: 1797- E-books
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Bannaker's Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky, and North Carolina almanack and ephemeris, for the year of our Lord 1796 ..
Banneker, Benjamin 1731-1806.Date: 1795- E-books
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Geography made easy being an abridgment of the American universal geography. ... To which is added, an improved chronological table of remarkable events, from the creation to the present time. Illustrated with a map of the world, and a map of North America. Calculated particularly for the use and improvement of schools and academies in the United States of America. By Jedidiah Morse, D.D. Minister of the congregation in Charlestown, Massachusetts-- Author of the American universal geography, and the American gazetteer. Published according to act of Congress. [Four lines of quotations].
Morse, Jedidiah 1761-1826.Date: 1798- E-books
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A grammar of the Greek language originally composed for the College-School, at Gloucester: in which it has been the editor's design to reject what, in the most improved editions of Cambden [i.e., Camden], is redundant: to supply what is deficient: to reduce to order wha is intricate and confused: and to consign to an appendix what is not requisite to be got by heart.
Camden, William 1551-1623.Date: 1800- E-books
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Elements of geography containing a concise and comprehensive view of that useful science, as divided into, 1. astronomical 2. physical or natural 3. political geography. On a new plan. Adapted to the capacities of children and youth; and designed, from its cheapness, for reading and classical book in common schools, and as a useful winter evening's entertainment for young people in private families. Illustrated with a beautiful map of the United States, and a beautiful chart of the whole world. By Jedidiah Morse, D.D. Minister of the congregation in Charlestown, Massachusetts. [Three lines from Backus].
Morse, Jedidiah 1761-1826.Date: 1796