A Brief History of the United States
Excerpt
It is not too much to assert that most of our countrymen acquire
at school
all the knowledge they possess of the past history of their
country. In
view of this fact it is most desirable that a history of the United
States
for elementary schools should present not only the essential
features of
our country’s progress which all should learn, but also many
things of
secondary consequence which it is well for every young American to
know.