History - American

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, February 1852, presents a scholarly article that treats the later, public…

Thirteen Chapters of American History represented by the Edward Moran series of Thirteen Historical Marine Paintings

Theodore Sutro

The work is a richly illustrated historical study that pairs Edward Moran’s monumental series of thirteen…

Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States

Claudia Brush Kidwell

Claudia B. Kidwell’s scholarly paper, “Women’s Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States,” is a…

Patrick Henry

Moses Coit Tyler

The work is a scholarly biography of Patrick Henry, the fiery Virginian orator of the Revolutionary era,…

General Washington's spies on Long Island and in New York

Morton Pennypacker

This volume is a scholarly compilation that explores the covert network of General George Washington’s…

Woman's Life in Colonial Days

Carl Holliday

Carl Holliday’s Woman’s Life in Colonial Days is a scholarly survey that seeks to reshape popular ideas about…

The clipper ship era an epitome of famous American and British clipper ships, their owners, builders, commanders, and crews, 1843-1869

Arthur H. Clark

Arthur H. Clark’s work is a scholarly survey of the clipper‑ship age, spanning 1843‑1869, when the race for…

Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4

Thomas Jefferson

This volume gathers a series of Thomas Jefferson’s private letters and memoranda, drawn from the “Memoir,…

The government class book Designed for the instruction of youth in the principles of constitutional government and the rights and duties of citizens.

Andrew W. Young

The work is a nineteenth‑century civics textbook, explicitly written to fill the gap the author saw in…

Peculiarities of American Cities

Willard W. Glazier

Willard W. Glazier’s Peculiarities of American Cities is a sweeping survey of the United States and Canada’s…

U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 1 (of 5) The Pusan Perimeter

Montross, Lynn; Canzona, Nicholas A.; United States. Marine Corps

The book is a scholarly monograph that records the United States Marine Corps’ first major combat operations…

The heart of the railroad problem The history of railway discrimination in the United States, the chief efforts at control and the remedies proposed, with hints from other countries

Frank Parsons

Frank Parsons’ “The Heart of the Railroad Problem” is a scholarly investigation into the long‑standing…

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

Henry Adams

The work is a scholarly chronicle of the United States during James Madison’s second term, written by Henry…

The pioneers of Unadilla village, 1784-1840: and, Reminiscences of village life and of Panama and California from 1840 to 1850

Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting); Halsey, Gaius Leonard

The work is a richly detailed local history that intertwines the early settlement of Unadilla, New York, with…

Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present

Sir J. M. (James MacPherson) Le Moine

The work is a sprawling antiquarian guide that bills itself as a sequel to the 1876 “Quebec Past and…

The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence

Benson John Lossing

The work is a richly illustrated travelogue by Benson John Lossing that blends personal narrative with a…

Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed, Volume 1 (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings

Wiliam Cabell Bruce

The work is a scholarly biography that draws almost entirely from Franklin’s own papers, letters, and the two…

Our Arctic province: Alaska and the Seal Islands

Henry Wood Elliott

The work is a sprawling survey of Alaska’s geography, natural history, and human societies as seen through…

A manual on the origin and development of Washington

H. Paul Caemmerer

This work is a government‑issued manual that treats the history and planning of the United States capital as…

Speeches of Benjamin Harrison, Twenty-third President of the United States

Benjamin Harrison

This volume gathers the public utterances of Benjamin Harrison, the twenty‑third President of the United…

The Wisconsin Magazine of History, Volume 1, 1917-1918

Various

The Wisconsin Magazine of History, Volume 1 (1917‑1918) is a scholarly periodical devoted to the early…

The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886 Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, January, 1886

Various

A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History

John G. Nicolay

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4

American Anti-Slavery Society

The Anti‑Slavery Examiner is a nineteenth‑century periodical compiled by the American Anti‑Slavery Society,…