History - American

John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address is a single‑volume record of a presidential speech delivered in January…

The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier

Charles E. Flandrau

The work is a dual‑purpose volume that blends a concise, fact‑filled survey of Minnesota’s development with a…

The Note-Book of an Attaché: Seven Months in the War Zone

Eric Fisher Wood

The Note‑Book of an Attaché is a first‑hand wartime memoir that blends personal diary entries with a…

Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 Resumed and Completed, by the Discovery of its Origin in Itasca Lake, in 1832

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

The work is a scholarly travel narrative that assembles the author’s own journals with the notes of his…

A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison

James E. Seaver

This work is a biographical narrative of Mary Jemison, a white woman captured by the Seneca in the…

Joel Chandler Harris' life of Henry W. Grady including his writings and speeches

A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3

George Elliott Howard

America's Munitions 1917-1918

Benedict; United States. War Department Crowell

America’s Munitions 1917‑1918 is an official War Department report compiled by Assistant Secretary of War…

The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation. Volume 1

Charles Roger

The work is a nineteenth‑century historical survey that sets out to trace Canada’s evolution from its…

A Unique Story of a Marvellous Career: Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum

Joel Benton

This work is a nineteenth‑century biography of Phineas Taylor Barnum, written by Joel Benton.

The end of the trail: The far west from New Mexico to British Columbia

E. Alexander Powell

The work is a sweeping travel‑essay that blends historical overview with first‑hand observation of the “Last…

Campfire and battlefield: an illustrated history of the campaigns and conflicts of the great Civil War

Johnson, Rossiter; Connor, Selden; Gordon, John Brown; Howard, Henry W. B. (Henry Ward Beecher); Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis); Morgan, John Tyler; Ridpath, John Clark

Campfire and Battlefield is an illustrated history that traces the political, economic, and military forces…

A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County, Volume II.

Stephen M. Ostrander

Stephen M. Ostrander’s A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County, Volume II is a comprehensive…

Confederate Military History - Volume 5 (of 12) A Library of Confederate States History

Ellison Capers

The work is a detailed historical account of South Carolina’s march toward armed secession, forming part of…

A century of science in America: with special reference to the American Journal of Science, 1818-1918

This volume is a commemorative survey of the first hundred years of the American Journal of Science, founded…

History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 6

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Roberts, B. H. (Brigham Henry); Smith, Joseph, Jr.

The Ladies of the White House; Or, in the Home of the Presidents Being a Complete History of the Social and Domestic Lives of the Presidents from Washington to the Present Time—1789–1881

Laura C. Holloway

The work is a nineteenth‑century biographical compendium that sets out to fill a gap in American…

Army Life in a Black Regiment

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Thomas Wentworth Higginson’s Army Life in a Black Regiment is a first‑hand account of the Union’s pioneering…

This Country of Ours

H. E. Marshall

This work is a sweeping survey of American history, organized as a series of numbered “stories” that trace…

The Philadelphia Magazines and their Contributors 1741-1850

Albert Henry Smyth

Albert Henry Smyth’s work is a scholarly survey of Philadelphia’s periodical press from its first monthly in…

Fifth Avenue

Arthur Bartlett Maurice

Arthur Bartlett Maurice’s Fifth Avenue is a meticulously compiled chronicle of New York’s most celebrated…

History of the United States of America, Volume 3 (of 9): During the second administration of Thomas Jefferson

Henry Adams

This volume, the third of Henry Adams’s nine‑part “History of the United States of America,” turns its focus…

The Battle of April 19, 1775 in Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Arlington, Cambridge, Somerville and Charlestown, Massachusetts

Frank Warren Coburn

Frank Warren Coburn’s work is a scholarly survey of the opening day of the American Revolution, extending far…

American Military Insignia, 1800-1851

Campbell, J. Duncan,

American Military Insignia, 1800‑1851 is a scholarly catalog that documents every known piece of United…