THE

FOOTPRINTS OF TIME:

AND A COMPLETE

ANALYSIS

OF OUR AMERICAN

SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT,

WITH A

CONCISE HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF
CIVILIZATION; THE RELATION OF THE OLD WORLD

TO THE FREE INSTITUTIONS OF THE NEW;
THE ESTABLISHMENT AND GROWTH OF
THE ENGLISH COLONIES AND OF
THE UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA.

FACTS AND STATISTICS FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES.

By CHARLES BANCROFT.

R. T. ROOT PUBLISHER.
BURLINGTON, IOWA.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874
and 1875.

By R. T. ROOT, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.