J.W.BARBER

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLICI PRARY 301948

ASTON, LANOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS

R

THRILLING INCIDENTS

IN

AMERICAN HISTORY;

BEING A SELECTION OF THE

Most Important and Interesting Events

WHICH HAVE TRANSPIRED

SINCE THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA TO THE
PRESENT TIME.

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COMPILED FROM THE MOST APPROVED AUTHORITIES,

BY J. W. BARBER.

NEW EDITION, ENLARGED.

PHILADELPHIA:

G. G. EVANS, PUBLISHER,

No. 439 CHESTNUT STREET.

1860.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by

G. G. EVANS,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of

Pennsylvania.