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Indeed, dealing in land was the most notable economic fact in the early years of the American Nation.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “Indeed, dealing in land was the most notable economic fact in the early years of the American Nation.”
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Beveridge asserts that land transactions were a defining aspect of the early American economy.
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