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G.O.M.
The Grand Old Man, the sobriquet of Mr. Gladstone.
Gabelle.
A tax on salt, imposed at various periods of French history. Towards the latter part of the eighteenth century it was a most burdensome impost and its incidence was most irregular. It was abolished in 1791.
Gachupin.
The name given in Central and South America to Spaniards and Spanish partizans during the war of independence.
Gadesden Purchase.
A purchase from Mexico by the United States for ten million dollars of a large tract of land now included in Arizona and New Mexico. The purchase was negotiated by James Gadesden, while United States’ Minister to Mexico in 1853.