A

HISTORY

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;

FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE CONTINENT

BY CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS,

TO THE PRESENT TIME:

EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE ABORIGINAL TRIBES, THEIR ORIGIN, POPU
LATION, EMPLOYMENTS, ARTS, DRESS, RELIGION, GOVERNMENT, &c.

TOGETHER WITH SKETCHES OF THE

DISCOVERIES AND SETTLEMENTS MADE BY DIFFERENT NATIONS,

THE PROGRESS OF THE COLONIES-THEIR WARS-THE REVOLUTION WHICH LED
TO THEIR INDEPENDENCE; AND THE SUCCESSIVE ADMINISTRATIONS OF
WASHINGTON, ADAMS, JEFFERSON, MADISON, MONROE, J. Q. ADAMS,
JACKSON, VAN BUREN, HARRISON AND TYLER, THE WHOLE INTER-
SPERSED WITH NOTICES AT THE DIFFERENT ERAS OF THE PRO-
GRESS OF MANNERS, RELIGION-TRADE AND COMMERCE--
AGRICULTURE-ARTS AND MANUFACTURES-POPULA-
TION AND EDUCATION.

PHILADELPHIA:

W. GROVES & CO., 65 SOUTH THIRD STREET.

1848.

OHIO STATE