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Page 186
... brought in liberal contributions . All the gold and silver , however , which the Spaniards had acquired since their entrance into Mexico , being now col- lected and melted down , amounted to no more than 600,000 pesos , exclusive of ...
... brought in liberal contributions . All the gold and silver , however , which the Spaniards had acquired since their entrance into Mexico , being now col- lected and melted down , amounted to no more than 600,000 pesos , exclusive of ...
Page 225
... brought to his recollection , either that particular quarter , the city itself , or the objects with which he was formerly acquainted . The houses of his near- est neighbors , which were fresh in his memory had assumed a new appearance ...
... brought to his recollection , either that particular quarter , the city itself , or the objects with which he was formerly acquainted . The houses of his near- est neighbors , which were fresh in his memory had assumed a new appearance ...
Page 348
... brought up to play on the English line . In this order he marched to the attack , advancing in his front about one thousand five hundred militia and Indians , who were shel- tered by bushes , from whence they kept up on the English an ...
... brought up to play on the English line . In this order he marched to the attack , advancing in his front about one thousand five hundred militia and Indians , who were shel- tered by bushes , from whence they kept up on the English an ...
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