Artifacts
Description:
Large brown fabric bound book with black and gold embossed decoration and wording. On the Cover is an image of the capital with fifty stars and an egal. Reads: "The History of the United States". The spine has the same embossment and "Lossing's Complete History of the United States". The back cover is plain but has the book's light overall texture. Title Page reads: "Lossing's Complete History of the United States, (from discovery to present), by Benson J. Lassing, L.L.D., illustrated (engravings) Vol. I, New York: Gay Brothers & Company, 21 Warren Street , copyright 1896.
Date:
1896
Title:
Lossing's Complete History of the United States
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