The act of 1862 provides for the setting apart of other lands in lieu of such as were covered by the act, but had been before its passage sold and disposed of by the United States, excepting such as had been released to the State of Iowa under the joint resolution of 1861.
— from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term by Grover Cleveland

The language of the Democratic platform signified that Texas had been once annexed to the United States, as a part of Louisiana, by the Treaty of 1803 with France, and had been sacrificed by the Treaty of 1819 with Spain, and that Oregon had been once occupied by the United States, either under the Treaty of 1803, or under that of 1819, or by the right of the prior discovery of the Columbia River and the establishment of a settlement upon its banks.
— from The Middle Period, 1817-1858 by John William Burgess

Did we really live on desert islands, cut off so wholly from each other by the unplumbed, salt, estranging sea?
— from The Brimming Cup by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

On board the "United States," everything was now ready for action, and the men were waiting eagerly until the real battle should begin, for they were confident of making a good fight.
— from The Boys of 1812 and Other Naval Heroes by James Russell Soley

If they are a legal tender for antecedent private debts, they are also a legal tender for such debts owing by the United States, except in the cases mentioned.
— from Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud

It was all owned by the United States except the small portions granted to the Missions.
— from Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon by Frederick V. Holman

I reflected that I must hurry on with my novel; that I don’t know French, and so should only be taking up someone else’s place in the box; that I have very little money, and so on.
— from Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov