Modern (19th C)
Hokitika, New Zealand
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Various
A pamphlet version of four papers on the beginnings of the town and borough of Hokitika on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand…
James B. Eads
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Louis How
Captain James Buchanan Eads (May 23, 1820 – March 8, 1887) was a world-renowned American civil engineer and inventor, holding more than 50 p…
A Month on the Norfolk Broads
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Walter Rye
Back in the late 1880s, Walter Rye and a number of friends accompanied by an American couple (who were researching the history of their Norf…
History Of Missouri
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Emily Steinestel Macnamara
A simplified history of the state of Missouri, from ancient Prehistoric times to the late 19th century, written chiefly in words of one syll…
Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin
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Lyman Copeland Draper
A 1903 reprint of a volume published in 1856, edited by Lyman Draper. Contents recorded include: three memoirs of early 19th century Wiscons…
Michigan Historical Collections
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Historical Society Of Michigan
The Michigan Historical Society solicited accounts by Michigan pioneers about the early settlement of various locations, or early developmen…
The Myths of the North American Indians
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Lewis Spence
At its core, the book presents an effort to synthesize and explain the diverse and profound ways in which Native American cultures have expr…
Artículos Varios
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José Milla Y Vidaurre
Relaciones de eventos históricos acontecidos en Centro América durante la época colonial y hasta 1900. - Summary by Mar…
Orion Clemens
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Fred W. Lorch
Orion Clemens (July 17, 1825 – December 11, 1897) was the first and only Secretary of the Nevada Territory. His younger brother Samuel Langh…
Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Read by Ted Lienhart
Lyman Copeland Draper
The Wisconsin Historical Society was founded in 1846, even before Wisconsin achieved U.S. statehood. The Secretary, Lyman Draper, began in …
A Great Sea Mystery: The True Story of the "Mary Celeste"
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John Gilbert Lockhart
On December 4, 1872, The American merchant brigantine ship "Mary Celeste" was found adrift and deserted, under partial sail, with …
An Inaugural Dissertation on Pulmonary Consumption
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Edward Delafield
At a time when diseases termed "consumption" were among the leading cause of death in the county, physicians such as Edward Delafi…
A Century of Dishonor
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Helen Hunt Jackson
In this work, a predecessor to "Ramona", HH describes the systematic process of segregation, dispossession, and relocation that Na…
An Appeal to the Religion, Justice, and Humanity of the Inhabitants of the Brit…
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William Wilberforce
An impassioned plea by Wilberforce about putting an end to slavery in the West Indies based on his view of the institution as a national dis…
An Historical Research Respecting the Opinions of the Founders of the Republic
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George Livermore
Collects the speeches, writings, public statements and legislative acts of the Founding Fathers and Framers of the United States against sla…
Speeches of Prince Bismarck
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Otto Von Bismarck
A collection of Bismarck’s speeches translated by art historian Edmund von Mach and published in 1914 as part of THE GERMAN CLASSICS—an exte…
Pictorial History of the War for the Union
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Ann Stephens
Pictorial History of the War for the Union, Volume 1, is an indispensable read for any Civil War buff. Written during the Civil War, Ann Ste…
Libro Sin Nombre
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José Milla Y Vidaurre
Milla muestra el vigor y la lozanía de su talento e imaginación en esta colección de artículos que hablan a la v…
The Penobscot Man
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Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
The Penobscot Man is a collection of true stories about the river drivers, guides, and woodsmen of Maine’s Penobscot River. Fannie Hardy Eck…
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
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Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
Because the US Constitution gives the power of relating to (and control over) Indian tribes, Congress requires updates every year, and those…