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Cover of Proceedings of the New York Historical Association [1906]

Proceedings of the New York Historical Association [1906]

New York State Historical Association. Meeting

The 1906 volume of the Proceedings of the New York Historical Association is a formal record of the Society’s…

Cover of Woodworking Tools 1600-1900

Woodworking Tools 1600-1900

Peter C. Welsh

This work is a scholarly survey of American woodworking hand tools from the seventeenth through the early…

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Barnum

M. R. Werner

The work is a scholarly biography of Phineas Taylor Barnum, the 19th‑century showman whose life spanned from…

Cover of The Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542.
 Excerpted from the Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1892-1893, Part 1.

The Coronado Expedition, 1540-1542. Excerpted from the Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1892-1893, Part 1.

George Parker Winship

The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence

The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence

A. T. Mahan

Alfred Thayer Mahan’s The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence is a scholarly…

Cover of The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. IX, 1910

The journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, Vol. IX, 1910

Various

The volume is the ninth issue of the American‑Irish Historical Society’s journal, published in 1910, and it…

The History of Dartmouth College

The History of Dartmouth College

Baxter Perry Smith

The work is a comprehensive institutional history of Dartmouth College, compiled by Baxter P.

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Historic Towns of the Western States

The work is the concluding volume of a multi‑part series that surveys the historic towns of the United…

The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886

The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886

Various

The volume is a nineteenth‑century regional periodical that blends travelogue, local history, and natural…

Cover of The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. 1: Acadia, 1610-1613

The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. 1: Acadia, 1610-1613

The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. 1: Acadia, 1610‑1613 is a scholarly compilation that gathers…

Cover of History of Atchison County, Kansas

History of Atchison County, Kansas

Sheffield Ingalls

Sheffield Ingalls’s History of Atchison County, Kansas is a comprehensive, chronologically arranged record of…

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The Yellowstone National Park: Historical and Descriptive

Hiram Martin Chittenden

The work is a comprehensive historical and descriptive survey of Yellowstone National Park, written by Hiram…

Cover of American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date: embodying a history of all the political parties, with their views and records on all important questions. Great speeches on all great issues, and tabulated history and chronological events.

American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date: embodying a history of all the political parties, with their views and records on all important questions. Great speeches on all great issues, and tabulated history and chronological events.

Cooper, Thomas V. (Thomas Valentine); Fenton, Hector T.

The work is a sweeping reference that sets out, from the colonial era onward, a systematic account of every…

Cover of Ten Years in Washington
 or, Inside Life and Scenes in Our National Capital as a Woman Sees Them ... to Which Is Added a Full Account of the Life and Death of President James A. Garfield

Ten Years in Washington or, Inside Life and Scenes in Our National Capital as a Woman Sees Them ... to Which Is Added a Full Account of the Life and Death of President James A. Garfield

Mary Clemmer

Mary Clemmer’s Ten Years in Washington is a sprawling, illustrated memoir that blends personal observation…

Cover of History of the United States of America, Volume 1 (of 9): During the first administration of Thomas Jefferson

History of the United States of America, Volume 1 (of 9): During the first administration of Thomas Jefferson

Henry Adams

This volume, the first of Henry Adams’s nine‑part survey of the United States, concentrates on the…

Cover of Forty-Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1930-1931, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1933.

Forty-Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1930-1931, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1933.

The Forty‑Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology is a government‑issued compilation of…

Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918 A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times

Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918 A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times

Various

Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918 is a contemporary news‑magazine produced by the New York Times…

Cover of Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 4 (of 8)
 French Explorations and Settlements in North America and Those of the Portuguese, Dutch, and Swedes 1500-1700

Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 4 (of 8) French Explorations and Settlements in North America and Those of the Portuguese, Dutch, and Swedes 1500-1700

History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II

History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II

The second volume of History of Woman Suffrage continues the exhaustive chronicle begun in the first book,…

Cover of Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology
 to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891

Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891

The Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, issued by the Government Printing Office in 1891, is a…

Cover of United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to George W. Bush

United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to George W. Bush

United States. Presidents

The volume is a straightforward compilation of the United States’ presidential inaugural addresses, beginning…

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All in a Life-time

Morgenthau, Henry; Strother, French

All in a Life‑time is the autobiographical memoir of Henry Morgenthau, a future United States diplomat whose…

Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)

Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)

The book is a collection of letters written between 1862 and 1868 by a handful of New‑England volunteers who…

Cover of Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 5 (of 8)
 The English and French in North America 1689-1763

Narrative and Critical History of America, Vol. 5 (of 8) The English and French in North America 1689-1763