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Territories, system of, 168, 169

Texas, 168

Thomas, J. B., 174

Tocqueville, A. C. H. C. de, 153, 275, 303, 343

Toledo, Ohio, 231

Toleration, 355

Town meeting, 62

Towns, legislating into existence, 125; locating, Massachusetts, 76; New England and Virginia, 41; new settlements in New England, 55; South Carolina, 96; typical form of establishing in New England, 74; Virginia, 85, 86

Trader's frontier, 12; effects following, 12; rapidity of advance, 12, 13

Trading posts, 14

Transportation, 148; Great Lakes, 150

Tryon, William, 106

Tuscarora War, 94, 95

Ulstermen, 103

Unification of the West, 215

United States, collection of nations, 158; development since 1890, 311; federal aspect, 159; fundamental forces, 311; original contribution to society, 281-282; wealth, 312

U. S. Steel Corporation, 152-153, 247, 265, 313

Universities, duties, 292; function, 287; influence of university men, 285; need of freedom, 287; pressure of democracies on, 283; State and, 286; see also State universities

Upland South, 164; religious spirit, 164, 165

Van Buren, Martin, 254, 326

Van Rensselaer manor, 81

Vandalia, 229

Verendryes, the, 180

Vermont, 69, 72, 77, 78, 111, 122, 136

Vermonters in Wisconsin and Michigan, 228

Vicksburg, 201

Vigilance committees, 212

Vinton, S. F., 141, 229

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