C

THE

HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY:

OR,

POLITICAL PROGRESS,

HISTORICALLY ILLUSTRATED,

FROM THE EARLIEST TO THE LATEST PERIODS.

BY

NAHUM CAPEN, LL.D.,

AUTHOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; ITS DUTIES TO ITSELF
AND ITS RESPONSIBLE RELATIONS TO OTHER COUNTRIES," ETC., ETC.

WITH PORTRAITS OF DISTINGUISHED MEN.

VOL. I.

HÅRTFORD:

AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY.

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THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES

OF ALL PARTIES,

AND

TO THE LOVERS OF TRUTH AND FREEDOM

IN ALL COUNTRIES,

THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

BY

THE AUTHOR.