History - American

Brief History of English and American Literature

Henry A. Beers

The work is a compact survey of English and American literary development, framed as an introductory guide…

Las Casas: "The Apostle of the Indies"

Alice J. Knight

Alice J. Knight’s work is a biographical narrative that places Bartolomé de las Casas within the broader…

American Book-Plates: A Guide to Their Study with Examples

Charles Dexter Allen

The book is a scholarly guide to American book‑plates, written by Charles Dexter Allen in 1894.

A New History of the United States The greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year

Charles Morris

This work presents a sweeping survey of American history, beginning with Columbus’s first sight of San…

Old Indian trails

Walter McClintock

Walter McClintock’s Old Indian Trails is a first‑person memoir that blends natural history, ethnography, and…

The comic history of the United States, from a period prior to the discovery of America to times long subsequent to the present

John D. Sherwood

The Story of the Mormons, from the Date of Their Origin to the Year 1901

William Alexander Linn

The work is a secular, fact‑based history of the Latter‑Day Saint movement, stretching from its earliest…

The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon

Newell Dwight Hillis

The work is a polemical collection of wartime sermons and pamphlets assembled by Newell Dwight Hillis, a…

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy

Various

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 3, is a nineteenth‑century periodical that blends literary commentary…

Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission

The work is an official record of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission, documenting the legislative,…

The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest

John Fiske

John Fiske’s “The Discovery of America” is a scholarly synthesis that intertwines two expansive themes: the…

The Colonization of North America, 1492-1783

Bolton, Herbert Eugene; Marshall, Thomas Maitland

The work is a scholarly survey of European colonization in North America from the first voyages of the…

Horton Genealogy or Chronicles of the Descendants of Barnabas Horton, of Southold, L. I., 1640.

Geo. F. Horton

The work is a genealogical chronicle devoted to the Horton family, tracing its American roots from the…

The Story of Commodore John Barry

Martin I. J. Griffin

The work is a nineteenth‑century biographical sketch of Commodore John Barry, presented as a “brief record”…

John Brown, Soldier of Fortune: A Critique

Hill Peebles Wilson

Wilson Peebles Hill’s John Brown, Soldier of Fortune: A Critique is a late‑19th‑century historical polemic…

Memoirs

Charles Godfrey Leland

The work is an autobiographical memoir by Charles Godfrey Leland, a 19th‑century American writer and scholar.

Paul Jones

Hutchins Hapgood

This work is a concise, scholarly biography of John Paul Jones, the 18th‑century naval commander whose life…

The pirates of the New England coast, 1630-1730

Dow, George Francis; Edmonds, John Henry

The work is a scholarly survey of New England piracy from the colony’s earliest days through the height of…

"Pennsylvania Dutch," and other essays

Phebe Earle Gibbons

Phebe Earle Gibbons’s “Pennsylvania Dutch, and other essays” is a nineteenth‑century ethnographic collection…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Independence, Declaration of" to "Indo-European Languages" Volume 14, Slice 4

Various

The entry begins as a scholarly overview of the United States’ Declaration of Independence, situating the act…

Report of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations on the Petition of the Honourable Thomas Walpole, Benjamin Franklin, John Sargent, and Samuel Wharton, Esquires, and their Associates 1772

Great Britain. Board of Trade

The work is a formal report of the British Board of Trade, presented in 1772 to the Crown on a petition…

The Extermination of the American Bison

William T. Hornaday

The work is a nineteenth‑century natural‑history essay by William T.

Monarchs of minstrelsy, from "Daddy" Rice to date

Edw. Le Roy Rice

The work is a scholarly catalogue of American minstrel performers, tracing the art from its early star…

Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01

Nicolay, John G. (John George); Hay, John

The work is a comprehensive, multi‑volume biography of Abraham Lincoln compiled by his close associates John…