History - American

The loyalists of America and their times: from 1620 to 1816, Vol. 2 of 2

Egerton Ryerson

A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3

George Elliott Howard

A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies Or, a faithful NARRATIVE OF THE Horrid and Unexampled Massacres, Butcheries, and all manner of Cruelties, that Hell and Malice could invent, committed by the Popish Spanish Party on the inhabitants of West-India, TOGETHER With the Devastations of several Kingdoms in America by Fire and Sword, for the space of Forty and Two Years, from the time of its first Discovery by them.

Bartolomé de las Casas

This work is a polemical chronicle written by Bartolomé de las Casas, a Dominican‑turned‑bishop who witnessed…

The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete

Abraham Lincoln

This volume gathers the writings, speeches, and correspondence of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the…

Stage-coach and Tavern Days

Alice Morse Earle

Stage‑coach and Tavern Days is a richly illustrated reference work that surveys the social and logistical…

Lands of the Slave and the Free; Or, Cuba, the United States, and Canada

Henry A. Murray

Henry A. Murray’s Lands of the Slave and the Free is a sprawling travelogue‑essay that weaves together…

Travels into North America, Volume 1 (of 3)

Pehr Kalm

This work is a first‑hand scientific travelogue of Professor Pehr Kalm’s three‑year expedition through the…

History of the World War: An authentic narrative of the world's greatest war

March, Francis A., Jr.; Beamish, Richard J.

History of the World War is a comprehensive, fact‑driven chronicle of the conflict from 1914 to 1918,…

Illustrations of the manners, customs, & condition of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 2) With letters and notes, written during eight years of travel and adventure among the wildest and most remarkable tribes now existing

George Catlin

This work is a sprawling travelogue and ethnographic record by George Catlin, written as a series of letters…

The Cherokee Nation of Indians. (1887 N 05 / 1883-1884 (pages 121-378))

Charles C. Royce

The work is a scholarly compilation by Charles C. Royce that documents every treaty and land cession…

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 1

United States. Work Projects Administration

Picture-Writing of the American Indians Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1888-89, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1893, pages 3-822

Garrick Mallery

The volume is the Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, a government‑issued record submitted to the…

The ships and sailors of old Salem: the record of a brilliant era of American achievement

Ralph Delahaye Paine

Ralph Delahaye Paine’s work is a historical compilation that chronicles the rise and decline of Salem’s…

Washington the Soldier

Henry B. Carrington

The work is a scholarly military study that treats George Washington primarily as a commander rather than a…

Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery — Complete

Filson Young

Filson Young’s work is a scholarly narrative that seeks to bridge the gap between the massive body of…

The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume 1 (of 3) To Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7.

Zebulon Montgomery Pike

The work is a meticulous account of Zebulon Montgomery Pike’s 1805‑1807 expeditions, presented in three…

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

Wiliam Cabell Bruce

The work is a scholarly biography that builds its portrait of Benjamin Franklin from the very words he left…

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume III, Florida Narratives

United States. Work Projects Administration

This volume is the third in the United States Work Projects Administration’s “Slave Narratives: A Folk…

Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2

Thomas Jefferson

This volume gathers a series of letters penned by Thomas Jefferson during his 1786 diplomatic mission to…

Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61

Abner Doubleday

The work is a first‑hand memoir by Abner Doubleday, a career army officer who was stationed at Fort Moultrie…

The history of our Navy from its origin to the present day, 1775-1897, vol. 1 (of 4)

John Randolph Spears

John Randolph Spears’s four‑volume work is a comprehensive chronicle of the United States Navy from its…

The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life

Francis Parkman

Francis Parkman’s The Oregon Trail is a first‑hand travel narrative that chronicles a spring‑time expedition…

The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia An Archeological and Historical Investigation of the Port Town for Stafford County and the Plantation of John Mercer, Including Data Supplied by Frank M. Setzler and Oscar H. Darter

C. Malcolm Watkins

The work is a scholarly monograph issued as volume 253 of the United States National Museum’s Bulletin…

The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV

The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV is a monumental documentary work that records the final decades of…