GINN AND COMPANY
BOSTON · NEW YORK · CHICAGO · LONDON
ATLANTA · DALLAS · COLUMBUS · SAN FRANCISCO
ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL
COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY
ALBERT F. BLAISDELL AND FRANCIS K. BALL
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The Athenæum Press
GINN AND COMPANY · PRO-
PRIETORS · BOSTON · U.S.A.
TO
Edwin Ginn
FINANCIER EDUCATOR
PHILANTHROPIST
PREFACE
This book is intended to be used as a supplementary historical reader for the sixth and seventh grades of our public schools, or for any other pupils from twelve to fifteen years of age. It is also designed for collateral reading in connection with the study of a formal text-book on American history.