“A small but precious volume.” Wm. M. Payne.
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McMaster, John Bach. History of the people of the United States, from the Revolution to the Civil war. v. 6, 1830–1842. **$2.50. Appleton.
Volume six of this history covers the years from 1830 to 1842. Dr. McMaster discusses affairs under the following headings: Our federal union, State rights maintained, Social conditions, The election of 1832, Nullification put down. The deposits and the panic of 1834, Politics at home and abroad, Activity of the abolitionists, Proceedings of Congress, Speculation and surplus, The end of Jackson’s term, The panic of 1837, Along our borders, A free press and the right of petition, Buckshot, Aroostook, and anti-rent war, The log-cabin, hard-cider campaign and The quarrel with Tyler.
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“With all its faults this history is undoubtedly the best that has been written of the twelve years. It is a storehouse of fact, and brings to light a mass of material which will be as useful to the historian as interesting to the general reader.”