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The American Missionary
Various
This periodical serves as a vital historical record of the American Missionary Association’s efforts to expand education, religious practice, and social welfare in the post-Civil War era. It provides an unvarnished look at the organization’s reach from the rural South to the frontiers of Africa and the Chinese…
The History of Saint Augustine, Florida
William W. (William Whitwell) Dewhurst
St. Augustine stands as a bridge between the ancient colonial ambitions of Europe and the eventual expansion of the American republic, serving as a centuries-old witness to the shifting tides of power in the New World.
The Vote That Made the President
David Dudley Field
A single disputed electoral vote determines the presidency of the United States, forcing a constitutional crisis where political trickery overrides the clear will of the voters.
A briefe discription of New England and the severall townes therein: together with the present government thereof
Samuel Maverick
A seasoned observer details the rapid expansion of colonial settlements, offering a sharp, critical inventory of the towns, resources, and the increasingly independent government of mid-17th-century New England.
African Colonization by the Free Colored People of the United States, an Indispensable Auxiliary to African Missions.: A Lecture
David Christy
This 1854 lecture argues that the colonization of Liberia by free Black Americans is the only viable method for successfully establishing Christianity in Africa. It presents an urgent, historical, and deeply ideological case for emigration.
Chattanooga and Chickamauga: Reprint of Gen. H. V. Boynton's letters to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, August, 1888
Henry V. (Henry Van) Boynton
A vivid, corrective account of the 1863 campaign for Chattanooga, written by a veteran who challenges the prevailing narratives of tactical failure and retreat at Chickamauga.
Conestoga Wagons in Braddock's Campaign, 1755
Donald H. Berkebile
The humble Pennsylvania farm wagon, later known as the Conestoga, first proved its worth in the brutal, mud-choked terrain of the French and Indian War. Its journey from local field to military catastrophe reveals much about the logistical failures that defined a doomed colonial campaign.
Corruption in American politics and life
Robert C. (Robert Clarkson) Brooks
Political corruption is not merely a collection of individual crimes, but a complex feature of social machinery that demands a cool, analytical approach rather than simple moral outrage. This study dissects the anatomy of influence and the enduring tension between self-interest and the common good in American life.
Crystal River Saga: Lore of the Colorado Rockies
Theresa V. Francis
Come up a mile where the air is pure, where the skies are clear and blue. This guide explores the rugged history and enduring spirit of the Crystal River Valley in the Colorado Rockies.
Historical Sketches of Colonial Florida
Richard L. Campbell
This collection of essays documents the volatile history of West Florida, focusing on Pensacola as the strategic center of colonial ambition, cultural friction, and shifting imperial allegiances between Spain, France, and Britain.
In Tamal Land
Helen Bingham
A lyrical, historical guide to the rugged landscapes and pioneer legacies of Marin County, California, at the turn of the twentieth century. This volume serves as both a travelogue and a preservationist’s manifesto.
The American Missionary
Various
This monthly periodical documents the evangelical and educational outreach of the American Missionary Association in 1881. It serves as a bridge between the organization’s donors in the North and its workers in the field.
The City That Was: A Requiem of Old San Francisco
Will Irwin
The old, legendary San Francisco, once a vibrant, pleasure-loving gateway to the Pacific, vanished in the fires of 1906, leaving behind only memories of a city that can never be replicated.
The Famous Missions of California
William Henry Hudson
An account of courage, hardship, and ambition, tracing the eighteenth-century Franciscan push north into Alta California to build outposts that altered the Pacific coast.
The Manor House of Lacolle: A description and historical sketch of the Manoir of the Seigniory
W. D. (William Douw) Lighthall
This historical sketch examines the architectural and social legacy of a frontier manor, tracing the intersection of American inheritance law, Canadian land development, and the vestiges of the feudal seigniorial system.
Michigan's Copper Country in Early Photos
B. E. Tyler
This photographic collection captures the industrial transformation of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula at the turn of the twentieth century, documenting the rise and fall of the copper mining boom through the lens of early photographers.
Poems
S. C. (Samuel C.) Mercer
The past is a phantom, a flickering light that reveals the scars of the Civil War and the enduring, fragile hope of a reunited nation. These verses bridge the divide between a lost era and the present day.
Roster and Statistical Record of Company D, of the Eleventh Regiment Maine Infantry Volunteers: With a Sketch of Its Services in the War of the Rebellion
Albert Maxfield
The echoes of bugle blasts and rattling drums define this meticulous record of a Maine infantry company. It serves as a somber, durable bridge between the visceral reality of Civil War combat and the fading memory of a generation.
The Defence of Stonington (Connecticut) Against a British Squadron, August 9th to 12th, 1814
J. Hammond (James Hammond) Trumbull
The defense of Stonington remains a singular testament to civilian resolve, chronicling how a small, ill-equipped Connecticut village defied a powerful British squadron during the closing months of the War of 1812.
The Mentor: Uncle Sam, Vol. 7, Num. 11, Serial No. 183, July 15, 1919
Albert Bushnell Hart
This examination of the United States government offers a comprehensive, patriotic look at the federal structure as it functioned in the aftermath of the First World War. It explores the diverse, often paternal, roles played by the American state in the lives of its citizens.
Pictures of Southern Life, Social, Political, and Military
Russell, William Howard, Sir
This urgent, firsthand account captures the atmosphere of the American South on the precipice of the Civil War. It documents a society in the throes of radical political transformation and impending military conflict.
The A. E. F.: With General Pershing and the American Forces
Heywood Broun
This account offers a rare, ground-level perspective of the American Expeditionary Forces in France, capturing the mundane realities, quiet anxieties, and surreal moments of soldiers navigating a foreign land during the Great War.
The War of Independence
John Fiske
This concise historical narrative traces the American Revolution from its long-simmering origins in the colonial era to the post-war challenges of a fledgling, fragile nation.
Thoughts on the Religious Instruction of the Negroes of this Country
William S. (William Swan) Plumer
Providing a window into the nineteenth-century Southern ecclesiastical perspective, this treatise advocates for the systematic religious indoctrination of enslaved people as both a spiritual duty and a tool for social stability.
The American Missionary
Various
This collection of reports and addresses provides a raw, firsthand look at the post-Civil War efforts to establish education and religious life among marginalized populations across the United States.
The Making of a Country Parish: A Story
Harlow S. (Harlow Spencer) Mills
A minister discovers that his congregation is obsessed with distant mission fields while ignoring the spiritual and social needs of the rural families living just outside their own church doors.
The Road Past Kennesaw: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864
Richard M. McMurry
This account documents the pivotal 1864 campaign for Atlanta, revealing how a relentless series of maneuvers and railroad sieges ultimately shattered the Southern Confederacy’s ability to wage war.
Connecticut Wide-Awake Songster
Unknown
This collection of campaign anthems captures the urgent, rhythmic fervor of the 1860 presidential election, documenting a nation on the brink of profound transformation through the voices of those singing for change.
Eight days in New-Orleans in February, 1847
Albert James Pickett
A traveler’s vibrant, mid-19th-century window into a burgeoning American metropolis, capturing the frenetic energy, architectural grandeur, and social complexities of a city defined by the Mississippi River.
Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul: A Collection of Articles Written for and Published in the Daily Pioneer Press
Frank Moore
These gathered articles offer an intimate, granular history of a frontier town’s evolution, capturing the rough-hewn pulse of nineteenth-century St. Paul through the eyes of one who grew up within its newspaper offices.
Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota
John B. Reese
The story of the American frontier is often told as a triumph of individual will, yet the true foundation was laid by the quiet, collective endurance of those who arrived with little more than their faith.
The Crisis of Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-One in the Government of the United States.: Its Cause, and How It Should Be Met
Abel D. Streight
The American Union faces a precipice in 1861, and this polemic argues that only firm, unyielding federal enforcement of law—not compromise—can preserve the national experiment from total collapse.
The Green Mountain Boys
Philip H. (Philip Henry) Smith
HOOK Born in the turbulence of land disputes and territorial rivalry, this account tracks the defiant rise of a frontier people who fought both colonial powers and a new nation to claim their independence.
Ballads and Other Poems: Fourth Edition, Revised
George Lansing Raymond
This volume gathers the collected verse of an earnest American observer, weaving patriotic fervor for the revolutionary spirit with intimate, philosophical inquiries into the nature of human happiness and spiritual growth.
Conduct of Sir William Howe
Israel Mauduit
A military commander’s failure to secure a decisive victory in the American Revolution becomes a scathing case study in professional inertia and missed strategic opportunity. This inquiry dissects a general’s lethargy with cold, forensic precision.
Frontier Folk
George Booth
The American frontier is a vast, shifting mosaic of opportunists, drifters, and soldiers, where the only constant is the restless pursuit of a life unburdened by the constraints of Eastern civilization.
Some Stories of Old Ironsides
Holloway Halstead Frost
The Constitution, a frigate of unmatched beauty and lethal strength, defined the early American Navy. Her storied career turned the tide of international respect, transforming a young republic into a formidable maritime power.
The American Cyclops, the Hero of New Orleans, and Spoiler of Silver Spoons
J. Fairfax (James Fairfax) McLaughlin
The central figure of this biting political satire is Benjamin F. Butler, the Union general whose command of occupied New Orleans earned him lasting infamy among Southerners. Through scathing verse, the text transforms a wartime commander into a grotesque, mythological villain.
The Disaster Which Eclipsed History: The Johnstown Flood
R. K. (Richard Kyle) Fox
This account provides an unfiltered, journalistic dispatch from the immediate aftermath of the 1889 Johnstown Flood. It captures the sheer scale of the catastrophe—the destruction of an entire industrial valley—through the frantic, sensory-heavy lens of late 19th-century reportage.
The Nantucket Indians
R. A. (Robert Alexander) Douglas-Lithgow
Maushope the giant waded into the sea to hunt a child-stealing bird, accidentally discovering an island and creating Nantucket’s frequent fogs with his pipe smoke. This is how the history of the island’s original people begins.
Under the Prophet in Utah
Frank J. Cannon
A powerful religious hierarchy bargains its way into the American republic, trading solemn promises of reform for statehood—only to betray those pledges and establish a secretive political and financial tyranny over its devoted followers.
Canada
Beckles Willson
This work offers a sweeping narrative of Canada’s early centuries, tracing the nation’s evolution from the first French expeditions to the turbulent expansion of the nineteenth century. It is a chronicle of wilderness survival, imperial collision, and the forging of a distinct northern identity.
The American Red Cross Bulletin (Vol. IV, No. 3, July 1909)
American National Red Cross
This historical document offers a candid, firsthand account of the American Red Cross’s organizational development, relief logistics, and early twentieth-century public health initiatives during a period of rapid international expansion and domestic professionalization.
Curiosities of History: Boston, September Seventeenth, 1630-1880
William W. (William Willder) Wheildon
This collection of historical sketches offers a vivid, granular look at the growth of Boston from a colonial outpost to a thriving 19th-century city. By focusing on the "curiosities"—the overlooked details, local legends, and obscure records—it creates a textured portrait of a place defined as much by its rigid…
The Yankee mining squadron
Reginald Rowan Belknap
A massive, complex naval undertaking successfully closes the North Sea to German submarines. This account of the Northern Barrage provides a firsthand perspective on how a dedicated squadron laid tens of thousands of mines to alter the course of the Great War.
Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864: Devoted to Literature and National Policy
Various
This mid-nineteenth-century periodical serves as a vital historical lens, capturing the intellectual, political, and cultural anxieties of a nation fractured by the American Civil War.
Georgia: Its History, Condition and Resources
Samuel Adams Drake
Georgia stands as a primary subject, framed by its diverse geography, its tumultuous colonial and wartime past, and its late-nineteenth-century pivot toward industrial modernization. This survey offers a comprehensive, systematic account of the state’s resources, infrastructure, and social transition in the years…
The American Missionary
Various
A candid window into the structured idealism of late 19th-century American religious expansion, this publication chronicles the logistical, moral, and financial efforts of a prominent missionary society as it attempts to shape the character of a nation in flux.