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A tribute to the United States of America
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A New Map of the United States of North America with the British Dominions on the Continent &c. By Samuel Dunn, Mathematician; Improved from the Surveys of Capt. Carver
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Kashnor notes, "Shows the country NorthWest to Lake Winnipeg, including the territory of present day Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, with the United States boundary." Cartouche: Trade goods. Table upper right listing United States and British possessions.. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Miles, leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving. Other Features: Cartouche.
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Mitchell's reference & distance map of the United States / by J.H. Young
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Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., order to Secretary of State William H. Seward :
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Authorizing and directing the secretary of state to affix the seal of the United States to the "proclamation of the Treaty for the cession of Russian Possessions in North America to the United States," referring to the treaty finalizing the U.S. purchase of Alaska from Russia, which had been signed March 30, 1867; formal transfer of the territory occurred on October 18, 1867.
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By the president of the United States of America. Suffer the
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Image of a lighthouse on a rocky promontory with ships sailing nearby and image of a ship at sea at the top of a blank letter of safe conduct certificate granting the ship the ability to pass without "hindrance, seizure, or molestation;" embossed United States seal at bottom left; signed by President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of State James Madison.
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The presidents of the United States
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Image of a series of portraits of the presidents of the United States from 1789 to 1857, each captioned with their state and the years of their presidency: James Monroe, James Madison, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William H. Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, James Buchanan, Millard Fillmore, and Franklin Pierce.
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United Nations Association of the United States of America
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A two page letter to Otis Chandler from Paul Jabber, Ph.D, Survey Coordinator, and Leonard Vernon, President, of the United Nations Association of the United States of America.
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