Identifier: historyofallnati18wrig (find matches)
Title: A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908
Subjects: World history
Publisher: (Philadelphia, New York : Lea Brothers & company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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of ten per cent, and colonialgoods up to twenty per cent. Industry received an astonishing development, commerce wasmore lively than ever, and the taxes provided an increasing revenue.In the year 1821 Maassen was already able to advance to a further
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