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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 255 255 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 30 30 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 26 26 Browse Search
H. Wager Halleck , A. M. , Lieut. of Engineers, U. S. Army ., Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactis of Battles &c., Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia. 24 24 Browse Search
Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.) 22 22 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 14 14 Browse Search
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 12 12 Browse Search
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. 12 12 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 9 9 Browse Search
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard) 6 6 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: August 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
g associations. "There is no place," &c. "Hampton, the shire- town of Elizabeth City County, is distant sixteen miles from Norfolk. The site was visited by Captain John Smith and others in 1607. Burk, one of the historians of Virginia, says: "While engaged in seeking for a place for the first settlement, they met five natives, who invited them to their town, Kecaughton, or Kechotan, where Hampton now stands." It became a town in 1705. It was in allusion to the outrages at Hampton in 1813 that Sir Sidney Beckwith, in a letter to the late talented General Robert B. Taylor, of this city, who commanded the army in Norfolk and vicinity at the time, made this striking and forcible remark: "Worthless is the laurel that is steeped in woman's tears." We say Death to the cowardly rascals that recently insulted and drove away the hospitable inhabitants, desecrated the churches and graveyards--"the tombs and monumental caves of death"--and plundered the once peaceful dwellings. Our