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The charm of romance surrounds the discovery, exploration, and settlement of Vermont. The early records
of the state offer an exceptional field for the study of
social groups placed in altogether primitive and almost
isolated conditions ; while in political organization this
commonwealth illustrates the development of a truly
organic unity. The state was for fourteen years an
independent republic, prosperous and well administered.
This book is an attempt to portray the conditions of
life in this state since its discovery by white men, and
to indicate what the essential features of its social, economic, and political development have been. It is an
attempt, furthermore, to do this in such a way as to
furnish those who are placed under legal requirement
to give instruction in the history of the state an opportunity to comply with the spirit as well as with the letter
of the law.
Instruction in state history rests on a perfectly sound
pedagogical and historical basis. It only demands that
the same facilities be afforded in the way of texts, bibliographical aids, and statistical data, as are demanded in
any other field of historical work, and that the most
approved methods of study ...
A History of Vermont, With the State Constitution, Geological and Geographical Notes,chronology, Statistical Tables, Maps, and Illustrations
