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The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy

Various

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No. 5, published in November 1862, is a nineteenth‑century periodical that…

The County Regiment A Sketch of the Second Regiment of Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery, Originally the Nineteenth Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War

Dudley Landon Vaill

The work is a regimental history that traces the formation, organization, and early service of Connecticut’s…

Poems of American History

This volume is a comprehensive anthology that gathers together poems written about the United States’ past,…

The Life of John Marshall, Volume 1: Frontiersman, soldier, lawmaker, 1755-1788

Albert J. Beveridge

This volume is a scholarly biography of John Marshall, the future Chief Justice of the United States,…

Andersonville diary: Escape, and List of the Dead, with Name, Co., Regiment, Date of Death and No. of Grave in Cemetery

John L. Ransom

John L. Ransom’s work is a hybrid of personal diary, war memoir, and reference guide.

Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather: A Reply

Charles Wentworth Upham

The work is a scholarly rebuttal by Charles Wentworth Upham, written in the late nineteenth century, that…

An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America

J. P. MacLean

An ambitious scholarly work, this volume seeks to fill a gap in American historiography by tracing the…

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917

Various

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2 (1917) is a scholarly periodical that assembles a wide range of…

A short history of Pittsburgh : 1758-1908

Samuel Harden Church

Samuel Harden Church’s A Short History of Pittsburgh offers a concise, scholarly overview of the city from…

The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V

The History of Woman Suffrage is a six‑volume documentary record of the American and, to a lesser extent,…

Farnham's Travels in the Great Western Prairies, etc., part 2, October 21-December 4, 1839 and De Smet's Oregon Missions and Travels over the Rocky Mountains, 1845-1846

Farnham, Thomas Jefferson; Smet, Pierre-Jean de

The work is a mid‑nineteenth‑century travelogue that combines two distinct but related narratives: Thomas…

Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army — Complete

Philip Henry Sheridan

The work is the full memoir of Philip Henry Sheridan, a Union general whose life spanned the Irish immigrant…

History of the United States of America, Volume 4 (of 9): During the second administration of Thomas Jefferson

Henry Adams

Henry Adams’s fourth volume in his nine‑part History of the United States of America turns its focus to the…

Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886

Various

Donahoe’s Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1 (January 1886) is a nineteenth‑century periodical that opens with a…

An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism With reference to the duty of American females

Catharine Esther Beecher

Catharine Esther Beecher’s “An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism With reference to the duty of American…

The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him

Francis F. Browne

This volume is a biographical compilation that gathers the recollections of people who actually knew Abraham…

History of the United States of America, Volume 8 (of 9): During the second administration of James Madison

Henry Adams

This volume, the eighth of Henry Adams’s nine‑part “History of the United States of America,” concentrates on…

The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915

Various

The Menorah Journal, Volume 1 (1915) is a collective publication that serves as the official organ of the…

The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate

Eliza Poor Donner Houghton

Eliza Poor Donner Houghton’s work is a first‑person memoir that intertwines personal recollection with a…

Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk

Sauk chief Black Hawk

This work is an autobiographical account dictated by Black Hawk, the Sauk chief who lived from 1767 to 1838,…

Edison: His Life and Inventions

Dyer, Frank Lewis; Martin, Thomas Commerford

The book is a biographical study of Thomas Alva Edison, written by his longtime associates Frank Lewis Dyer…

The Planters of Colonial Virginia

Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker

The work is a scholarly survey of Virginia’s colonial economy, written by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker in the…

The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 2 of 2)

Dean C. Worcester

The work is a scholarly survey of Philippine education from the late Spanish era through the early American…

The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897, vol. 4 (of 4)

John Randolph Spears

John Randolph Spears’s fourth volume of The History of Our Navy is a sprawling reference work that chronicles…