"It is doubtful if a candid person, entirely unacquainted with the facts, who should read English history with an account of the seven years' war of the Revolution, and then read our American history of the same events, could believe that they related to the same events. The same may be said in reference to the historians of the Franco-German war or of our war of the Rebellion."
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Belva Ann Lockwood
Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood (October 24, 1830 β May 19, 1917) was an American attorney, politician, educator, and author. She was active in working for women's rights, including women's suffrage.
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