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The American Missionary
Various
This periodical archive serves as a window into the organized religious and educational activism of the late nineteenth century, documenting the efforts of the American Missionary Association during a period of significant social transition.
The American Missionary
Various
This collection offers a candid, firsthand window into the social and spiritual priorities of late 19th-century American religious life. It serves as an unvarnished record of an era’s institutional ambitions and its complex, often contradictory, cultural attitudes.
Annals and Reminiscences of Jamaica Plain
Harriet Manning Whitcomb
A portrait of a changing New England village, this chronicle traces the heritage of Jamaica Plain from its colonial roots to its transformation into a nineteenth-century suburb of Boston.
Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery
Filson Young
A navigator finds himself adrift in a sea of his own making, balancing the discovery of a new world against the crumbling authority of his colonial rule.
In Camp with L Company, Second Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry
George W. Petty
The Spanish-American War often retreats behind the shadow of larger twentieth-century conflicts, but for the men of Company L, it was a sudden, life-altering call to service that redefined their youth and tested their endurance.
Newcom Tavern
Anonymous
A sturdy log structure born from the Ohio wilderness, this historic tavern serves as an enduring sentinel of Dayton’s earliest frontier days.
Stephen H. Branch's Alligator, Vol. 1 no. 18, August 21, 1858
Unknown
This defiant, singular publication serves as both a blistering courtroom diary and a frantic dispatch from the front lines of mid-nineteenth-century New York’s cutthroat political and media landscape. It captures the chaotic intersection of public scandal, judicial overreach, and the raw, unvarnished power…
The unique story book
Anonymous
This collection of anecdotal sketches captures the human spirit of the American Civil War through brief, vivid encounters. It preserves the small, extraordinary moments often eclipsed by the grand movements of armies and politics.
The Wardens of Cape Cod
Henry Beston
The outer shore of Cape Cod is a place of elemental violence, where the North Atlantic thunders against a graveyard of shifting sands and broken hulls. This account captures the lives of the men who stand watch against that darkness, revealing the grueling reality of a service defined by peril, isolation, and…
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Henry Fisk Carlton
A desperate George Washington gambles the survival of the American Revolution on a daring, secret mission across an ice-choked river to strike a sleeping enemy.
Address to the People of the United States, together with the Proceedings and Resolutions of the Pro-Slavery Convention of Missouri, Held at Lexington, July 1855
Unknown
This document offers a raw, unvarnished look at the political anxieties and militant rhetoric that fueled the lead-up to the American Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas border. It captures the frantic, high-stakes efforts of a proslavery faction to defend their social and economic order against the encroachment of…
Slavery's Passed Away and Other Songs
Various
These songs capture the transition from bondage to emancipation through the perspectives of performers and songwriters in the late nineteenth century. They serve as a historical record of how the end of slavery was mythologized and remembered in American popular culture.
The American Missionary
Various
This periodical serves as a formal record of late 19th-century American religious expansion, detailing the strategic efforts of the American Missionary Association to establish churches and schools among the Freedmen, Chinese immigrants, and Native Americans.
The Western Cowboy and Arabians in the Rockies
Trinidad Bean & Elevator Company
The rugged life of the Colorado range finds an unexpected partner in the refined Arabian horse. This account explores a unique experiment in crossbreeding and ranching that forever altered the heritage of the American West.
Colored Branches of the Louisville Free Public Library
Louisville Free Public Library
This volume records a pioneering decade of civic achievement, documenting the establishment and daily operations of the first public library system in America created specifically to serve Black readers.
Education of the Negroes Since 1860
J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar Monroe) Curry
This historical survey chronicles the organized efforts to provide schooling for formerly enslaved people in the American South following the Civil War. It documents the transition from private missionary initiatives to state-supported public education.
From Dixie to Canada: Romances and Realities of the Underground Railroad
H. U. (Homer Uri) Johnson
The Underground Railroad was not a physical machine, but a hidden, human network of courage and ingenuity. This account preserves the memories of those who risked everything to guide fugitives from bondage toward the freedom of Canada.
Historical Record of the Seventieth, or, the Surrey Regiment of Foot: Containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1848
Richard Cannon
This formal chronicle documents the operational life of the 70th Regiment of Foot, tracing its decades of colonial service and the quiet endurance of soldiers stationed in distant territories during the nineteenth century.
The American Missionary
Various
Faith, education, and social reform intersect in this historical record of late nineteenth-century American missions. It documents a sprawling network of Congregationalist outreach efforts aimed at marginalized populations across the United States.
The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion
George P. (George Perkins) Bissell
A nine-month enlistment carries a northern regiment into the sweltering bayous of Louisiana, where raw recruits face disease, grueling marches, and bloody combat before returning home with their ranks forever thinned.
A Sketch of the History of Oneonta
Dudley M. Campbell
This modest historical sketch captures the transformation of a rugged wilderness settlement into a bustling nineteenth-century village through the eyes of its own inhabitants. It serves as a meticulous ledger of a community’s growth.
The American Missionary
Various
These pages document the late-nineteenth-century efforts of an influential religious organization as it expanded its network of schools, churches, and mission stations across the American South and the Western frontier.
Myths and Legends of Our Own Land
Charles M. (Charles Montgomery) Skinner
Legends and ghosts haunt the American landscape, weaving the supernatural into the foundational history of the Revolutionary era. These stories transform the geography of the Delaware Valley and beyond into a theatre of spectral intervention.
The Story of Nathan Hale
Henry Fisk Carlton
The story of a young schoolteacher turned patriot spy, this dramatization captures the quiet courage of a man who faces certain death to secure his country's freedom.
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.
The American Missionary
Various
This archive provides an unfiltered look into the administrative machinery and ideological convictions of late nineteenth-century American home missionary work. It documents the operations of an organization dedicated to managing schools, churches, and social outreach across the American South, the frontier, and…
The Girl Scouts: Their History and Practice
Girl Scouts of the United States of America
The "Be Prepared" motto serves as both a practical guide and a moral compass for young women navigating the early twentieth-century landscape of service and self-reliance.
The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621
Azel Ames
This historical study reconstructs the logistical reality of the 1620 voyage, arguing that the Pilgrims’ landing at Cape Cod was not an accident, but the result of a deliberate political conspiracy.
Reconstruction in Louisiana after 1868
Ella Lonn
A fractured state struggles through the turbulent years of post-war reconstruction under the heavy hand of political ambition and corruption.
Work of the Colored Law and Order League, Baltimore, Md
James H. N. Waring
Stirred to action by the devastation of the Atlanta riot, a dedicated group of Black citizens in Baltimore banded together to purge their neighborhoods of predatory saloons and protect their children's future.
A Letter From the Fire: Being an Account of the Great Chicago Fire
Thomas Dove Foster
Written on All Hallowe'en in 1871, a young immigrant's firsthand account captures the terrifying beauty and total devastation of the Great Chicago Fire as it reduces a booming metropolis to ashes.
Ports of Entry: Missionary Herald
Home Missions Council (U.S.)
At the threshold of America, a vast network of missionaries meets the tide of global immigration with practical aid, spiritual comfort, and an urgent call for Protestant unity.
Reminiscences of the Chattanooga campaign: A paper read at the reunion of Company B, Fortieth Ohio volunteer infantry, at Xenia, O., August 22, 1894
Isaac C. Doan
A veteran looks back across decades at the smoke, hunger, and fierce camaraderie of the American Civil War's brutal Chattanooga campaign.
The American Missionary
Various
An urgent mid-19th-century monthly chronicle details extensive missionary campaigns, educational endeavors, and financial accounts across the American South, Western territories, and overseas communities.
The American Missionary
Various
Fifty years of institutional faith, financial accounting, and field reports converge in a single mid-winter survey of American home missions at the edge of the twentieth century.
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.
The Voyage of the Oregon from San Francisco to Santiago in 1898
Cross, R., active 1898
Steaming from the Pacific to the Caribbean under the guidance of a fearless captain, a legendary battleship races to join the Spanish-American War before it is too late.
Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, on H. R. 11943, to Amend Title 60, Chapter 3, of the Revised Statutes of the United States Relating to Copyrights: May 2, 1906
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Patents
When a congressional committee convenes in 1906 to debate copyright law, composers, publishers, and music librarians clash over whether renting sheet music destroys an American art form.
Sketch of Dunbarton, New Hampshire
Ella Mills
High upon a New Hampshire hill, a quiet agricultural town chronicles its generations of farmers, soldiers, scholars, and churchgoers who left an enduring mark far beyond their local borders.
The Jeffersonians, 1801-1829
Unknown
When bitter political factions brought the young American republic to the brink of civil war, calm leadership and unexpected territorial expansion charted a turbulent new course for the nation.
The Pan-Angles: A Consideration of the Federation of the Seven English-Speaking Nations
Sinclair Kennedy
The world’s English-speaking nations stand at a crossroads where they must either unite in a formal federation or risk being overwhelmed by the rising power of competing global empires. This urgent call for a unified political structure argues that shared language and democratic tradition are the essential…
Chattanooga or Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge from Moccasin Point
Wood, Bradford Ripley, Jr.
This firsthand account of the 1863 battles for Chattanooga offers a rare, high-altitude perspective on the pivotal Union victory that secured the gateway to the Deep South.
The American Missionary
Various
A 19th-century missionary society's quarterly report details its efforts to educate and evangelize marginalized communities across America.
The postal service of the United States in connection with the local history of Buffalo
Nathan Kelsey Hall
The transformation of a wilderness outpost into a bustling commercial center unfolds through the lens of a developing mail system. This account tracks the vital threads of communication that bound a frontier settlement to the wider world.
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.