THE

HISTORY OF AMERICA,

BY WILLIAM ROBERTSON, D. D.

PRINCIPAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, HISTORIOGRAPHER

TO HIS MAJESTY FOR SCOTLAND, AND MEMBER OF THE

ROYAL ACADEMY OF HISTORY AT MADRID.

SECOND AMERICAN,

FROM THE TENTH LONDON EDITION;

IN WHICH IS INCLUDED

THE POSTHUMOUS VOLUME,

CONTAINING

THE HISTORY OF VIRGINIA, TO THE YEAR 1688,

AND OF

NEW-ENGLAND, TO THE YEAR 1652.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE,

WITH

A CORRECT FAC SIMILE OF THE SIGNATURES.

IN TWO VOLUMES.-VOL. I.

PHILADELPHIA:

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1822.

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HISTORY OF AMERICA,

BY WILLIAM ROBERTSON, D. D.

PRINCIPAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, HISTORIOGRAPHER TO HIS MAJESTY FOR SCOTLAND, AND MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF HISTORY AT MADRID.

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