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The Catholic World, Vol. 01, April to September, 1865 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine

Various

The Catholic World, Vol. 01 (April‑September 1865) is a monthly eclectic magazine that assembles a variety of…

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 3

United States. Work Projects Administration

This volume is the third part of the Arkansas section of the Federal Writers’ Project’s “Slave Narratives: A…

New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 Report of the New York State Commission

DeLancey M. Ellis

The work is a formal report of the New York State Commission to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904,…

The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America

Adney, Tappan; Chapelle, Howard Irving

The work is a scholarly monograph issued as number 230 of the United States National Museum Bulletin series,…

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 5

United States. Work Projects Administration

This volume is the second part of the United States Work Projects Administration’s “Slave Narratives” series,…

The Life of Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross (Vol. 2 of 2)

William E. Barton

The work is a biographical study of Clara Barton, the pioneering nurse who founded the American Red Cross,…

Memoirs of General Lafayette With an Account of His Visit to America and His Reception By the People of the United States; From His Arrival, August 15th, to the Celebration at Yorktown, October 19th, 1824.

Samuel L. Knapp

Samuel L. Knapp’s “Memoirs of General Lafayette” is a nineteenth‑century compilation that chronicles the…

Demobilization: Our Industrial and Military Demobilization After the Armistice, 1918-1920

Crowell, Benedict; Wilson, Robert Forrest

Society in America, Volume 1 (of 2)

Harriet Martineau

Harriet Martineau’s Society in America is a travel‑memoir that doubles as a sociological survey of the United…

Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 2: 1866-1875

Albert Bigelow Paine

Albert Bigelow Paine’s “Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume I, Part 2: 1866‑1875” is a scholarly portrait of the…

My life on the plains: or, personal experiences with Indians

George A. Custer

George A. Custer’s “My Life on the Plains” is a first‑person account that blends military memoir, geographic…

"Abe" Lincoln's Anecdotes and Stories A Collection of the Best Stories Told by Lincoln Which Made Him Famous as America's Best Story Teller

The volume is a compilation of anecdotes and stories that Lincoln himself told, assembled to illustrate why…

Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851

Various

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Volume IV, No. 19 (December 1851) presents itself as a comprehensive cultural…

American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime

Ulrich Bonnell Phillips

American Negro Slavery is a scholarly survey that traces the origins, economics, and institutional control of…

Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02

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

The work is a comprehensive, chronologically organized history of Abraham Lincoln’s political rise set…

Life and times of Frederick Douglass: His early life as a slave, his escape from bondage, and his complete history

Frederick Douglass

The work is Frederick Douglass’s own extensive autobiography, a first‑person chronicle that moves from his…

West Point An Intimate Picture of the National Military Academy and of the Life of the Cadet

Robert C. Richardson

Robert C. Richardson’s West Point is a nonfiction work that blends institutional history with personal…

Illustrated history of the United States mint with a complete description of American coinage, from the earliest period to the present time

Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago

John S. C. Abbott

The work is a nineteenth‑century biographical tribute to Benjamin Franklin, positioned as the twelfth volume…

The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest

W. H. Sparks

The work is a sprawling memoir of fifty years’ observation, written at the request of three Southern…

Slavery: Letters and Speeches

Horace Mann

Horace Mann’s Slavery: Letters and Speeches is a polemical collection that frames the abolitionist cause as a…

My Diary: North and South (vol. 1 of 2)

Sir William Howard Russell

This work is a first‑hand travel diary by Sir William Howard Russell, the veteran correspondent who witnessed…

Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical, Selected with Care from All His Published Productions, and Comprising Whatever Is Most Entertaining and Valuable to the General Reader

Benjamin Franklin

This volume gathers the most celebrated essays, letters, and miscellaneous writings of Benjamin Franklin, the…

The Story of the Philippines Natural Riches, Industrial Resources, Statistics of Productions, Commerce and Population; The Laws, Habits, Customs, Scenery and Conditions of the Cuba of the East Indies and the Thousand Islands of the Archipelagoes of India and Hawaii, With Episodes of Their Early History; The Eldorado of the Orient; Personal Character Sketches of and Interviews with Admiral Dewey, General Merritt, General Aguinaldo and the Archbishop of Manila; History and Romance, Tragedies and Traditions of our Pacific Possessions; Events of the War in the West with Spain, and the Conquest of Cuba and Porto Rico

Murat Halstead

Murat Halstead’s work is a sprawling, first‑person chronicle that blends travelogue, reportage, and political…