Maine Becomes a State: The Movement to Separate Maine from Massachusetts, 1785-1820Maine Historical Society, 1970 - 425 Seiten The history of the complex political process which, in 1820, made Maine the Union's twenty-third state. |
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Background and Beginnings | 3 |
The Moderates Revive Separation | 26 |
III | 41 |
Urheberrecht | |
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