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... to the Act of Congress , in the year one thou- sand eight hundred and thirty - one , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania . CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE . B.C. 4004 Creation of the world . KE11337.
... to the Act of Congress , in the year one thou- sand eight hundred and thirty - one , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania . CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE . B.C. 4004 Creation of the world . KE11337.
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... Eastern and Western ; the former being governed by Valens , the latter by Valentinian . 410 Rome taken and plundered by Alaric king of the Visi- goths . 426 The Romans leave Britain . 447 Attila king of the Huns , surnamed the Scourge ...
... Eastern and Western ; the former being governed by Valens , the latter by Valentinian . 410 Rome taken and plundered by Alaric king of the Visi- goths . 426 The Romans leave Britain . 447 Attila king of the Huns , surnamed the Scourge ...
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... taken by the crusaders . 1188 Third crusade , and siege of Acre . 1453 May 28 , Mahomet II . takes Constantinople , and puts an end to the Eastern empire . 1 KINGS OF ENGLAND SINCE THE CONQUEST . William the Con- xvi.
... taken by the crusaders . 1188 Third crusade , and siege of Acre . 1453 May 28 , Mahomet II . takes Constantinople , and puts an end to the Eastern empire . 1 KINGS OF ENGLAND SINCE THE CONQUEST . William the Con- xvi.
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... eastern ex- tremity . Near this lake was the memorable defeat of the Romans by Hannibal , B. C. 217 , A. U. C. 537 . South of Fæsulæ in Sena , now Siena ; West of which is Volaterræ , now Volterra ; and South - east is Clusium on the ...
... eastern ex- tremity . Near this lake was the memorable defeat of the Romans by Hannibal , B. C. 217 , A. U. C. 537 . South of Fæsulæ in Sena , now Siena ; West of which is Volaterræ , now Volterra ; and South - east is Clusium on the ...
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... Eastern promontory of Pelorum was the city of Tyndaris , which preserves its name , and Mylæ , now Milazzo , between which place and a station called Naulochus , the fleet of Sextus Pompeus was defeated by that of the Triumvir Octavius ...
... Eastern promontory of Pelorum was the city of Tyndaris , which preserves its name , and Mylæ , now Milazzo , between which place and a station called Naulochus , the fleet of Sextus Pompeus was defeated by that of the Triumvir Octavius ...
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