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The Women Who Came in the MayflowerThe Women Who Came in the Mayflower This little book is intended as a memorial to the women who came in The Mayflower, and their comrades who came later in The Ann and The Fortune, who maintained the high standards of home life in...
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The French in the Heart of AmericaThe French in the Heart of AmericaMost of what is here written was spoken many months ago in the Amphithtre Richelieu of the Sorbonne, in Paris, and some of it in Lille, Nancy, Dijon, Lyons, Grenoble, Montpellier, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Poitiers, Rennes, and Caen; and...
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The YosemiteThe Yosemite On the early history of Yosemite the writer is indebted to Prof. J. D. Whitney for quotations from his volume entitled Yosemite Guide-Book, and to Dr. Bunnell for extracts from his interesting volume entitled Discovery of the Yosemite. When I set out...
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Under the Prophet in Utah the National Menace of a Political PriestcraftUnder the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft This is the story of what has been called "the great American despotism." It is the story of the establishment of an absolute throne and dynasty by one American citizen over a...
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Annals and Reminiscences of Jamaica PlainAnnals and Reminiscences of Jamaica PlainThis sketch was prepared by request to be read before the Jamaica Plain Ladies' Tuesday Club. Subsequently a desire was expressed to have it put in a more permanent form and offered for sale at a Fair for the...
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Chimes of Mission Bells an historical sketch of California and her missionsChimes of Mission Bells; an historical sketch of California and her missions In presenting this modest volume to the public, I wish to call the attention of my readers to the following facts. Firstly, my humble work is a work of lovelove simple and...
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The American GoliahThe American GoliahHistory of the discovery on October 16, 1869, of an image of stone, the same being a perfectly formed and well developed man, descriptions of the petrification, with the opinions of scientific men thereon. This pamphlet is the only authorized account of...
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The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 The materials for the descriptions of the Negro and Doctors' Riots were gathered from the Archives of the Historical Society; those of the immediately succeeding ones, from the press of the times. For the scenes...
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Anne Bradstreet and Her TimeAnne Bradstreet and Her TimeGrave doubts at times arise in the critical mind as to whether America has had any famous women. We are reproached with the fact, that in spite of some two hundred years of existence, we have, as yet, developed no...
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Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 PERHAPS it is not necessary to say that the events mentioned in the letters are not imaginaryperhaps the letters themselves tell that! They are truthful accounts of experiences that came into my own life with the Army...
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Algonquin Legends of New EnglandAlgonquin Legends of New EnglandAmong the six chief divisions of the red Indians of North America the most widely extended is the Algonquin. This people ranged from Labrador to the far South, from Newfoundland to the Rocky Mountains, speaking forty dialects, as the Hon....
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The Log of the Empire StateThe Log of the Empire StateYour little hands are folded, Your tired breast is still. But your valiant heart beats on and on, And so forever will. In the lives of those who knew you, Each gentle beat will bring An echo sweet and...
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The Emancipation of MassachusettsThe Emancipation of Massachusetts I wrote this little volume more than thirty years ago, since when I have hardly opened it. Therefore I now read it almost as if it were written by another man, and I find to my relief that, on the...
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Once Upon a Time in ConnecticutOnce Upon a Time in ConnecticutIt is a pleasure to write a few words of introduction to this collection of stories dealing with the early history of Connecticut, a state that can justly point with pride to a past rich in features of life...
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School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present timeSchool History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present timeIn the publication of a fourteenth edition it seems proper that something should be said as to changes made in this work. At a session of the North Carolina Board of Education, held...
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History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the SierraHistory of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra The delirium preceding death by starvation, is full of strange phantasies. Visions of plenty, of comfort, of elegance, flit ever before the fast-dimming eyes. The final twilight of death is a brief semi-consciousness in...
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Oh, Money! Money! A NovelOh, Money! Money! A NovelThere was a thoughtful frown on the face of the man who was the possessor of twenty million dollars. He was a tall, spare man, with a fringe of reddish-brown hair encircling a bald spot. His blue eyes, fixed just...
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Reno — a Book of Short Stories and InformationReno — a Book of Short Stories and Information"When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it came to pass that she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her...
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A Sketch of the Causes, Operations and Results of the San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856A Sketch of the Causes, Operations and Results of the San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856 Stephen Palfrey Webb was born in Salem on March 20, 1804, the son of Capt. Stephen and Sarah (Putnam) Webb. He was graduated from Harvard in 1824, and...
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The Bird-Woman of the Lewis and Clark ExpeditionThe Bird-Woman of the Lewis and Clark ExpeditionBecause children invariably ask for "more" of the stories they find interesting, this little book of continuous narrative has been written. Every incident is found in the Lewis and Clark Journals, so that the child's frequent question,...
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