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Title: The beginner's American history
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Montgomery, D. H. (David Henry), 1837-1928
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Publisher: Boston, Ginn & Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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The Muir Glacier, Alaska. iana in 1803, and ending with Alaska in 1867, they makejust seven in all. There is a story of a giant who was sotall that at one long step he could go more than twentymiles ; but Brother Jonathan can beat that, for in theseven steps he has taken since the Revolution he has gone 1 Brother Jonathan : a name given in fun to the peojiie of the United States,just as John Bull is to the people of England. One explanation of the origin of the name is this: General Washington had avery high opinion of the good sense and sound judgment of Governor JonathanIrumbull of Connecticut. At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, when noone seemed to know where to get a supply of powder, General Washington said tohis officers, We must consult Brother Jonathan on this subject. Afterwards whenany serious difficulty arose it became a common saying in the army that We mustconsult Brother Jonathan, and in time the name came to stand for the Americanpeople.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I97 over three thousand miles. He stands now with one footon the coast of the Atlantic and with the other on that ofthe Pacific. 242. Summary. — In January, 1848, gold was discoveredat Captain Sutters saw-mill at Coloma, California. Soonafter that, Mexico let us have California and New Mexico,and they were added to the United States. Thousands ofpeople, from all parts of the country, hurried to Californiato dig gold, and so that state grew more rapidly in popula-tion than any other new part of the United States ever hadin the same length of time. Before Captain Sutter died weadded the Gadsden Purchase and Alaska. Who was Captain Sutter ? Where did he live ? Tell how he lived. What didhe begin to build at Coloma ? Tell what Marshall found there, and what was saidabout it. Tell how Marshall took the shining dust to Captain Sutter, and what thecaptain did. What made them both certain that the dust was gold ? Was thecaptain pleased with the discovery ? What did he think

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