THE 



AMERICAN 



ANNUAL CYCLOPAEDIA 



AND 



REGISTER OF IMPORTANT EVENTS 



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OP THE TEAR 



1868. 





EMBRACING POLITICAL, CIVIL, MILITARY, AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS; PUBLIC DOCU- 

 MENTS; BIOGRAPHY, STATISTICS, COMMERCE, FINANCE, LITERATURE, 

 SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, AND MECHANICAL INDUSTRY. 



VOLUME VIII. 



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NEW YOEK: 

 D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 



90, 92 AND 94 GRAND STREET. 

 1869. 



