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                                   THE
                           FOOTPRINTS OF TIME:

                             AND A COMPLETE
                                ANALYSIS
                             OF OUR AMERICAN
                          SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT,

                                 WITH A
                CONCISE HISTORY OF THE ORIGINAL COLONIES
               AND OF THE UNITED STATES, IN CHRONOLOGICAL
                       ORDER: FACTS AND STATISTICS
                              FROM OFFICIAL
                                SOURCES.

                          BY CHARLES BANCROFT.

                         R. T. ROOT, PUBLISHER,
                            BURLINGTON, IOWA.
                                  1875.

         Entered according to Act of Co