LECTURES

ON

MODERN HISTORY.

VOL. II.

LECTURES

ON

MODERN HISTORY,

FROM

THE IRRUPTION OF THE NORTHERN NATIONS

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THE CLOSE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

By WILLIAM SMYTH,

PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMERIDGE.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

FROM THE SECOND LONDON EDITION,

WITH A

PREFACE, LIST OF BOOKS ON AMERICAN HISTORY, &c.,

BY JARED SPARKS, LL. D.,

PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

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