Modern (19th C)

Lamp of Wisdom

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William H. Councill



William H. Councill, former slave and contemporary of Booker T. Washington was founder of Huntsville Normal School, now Alabama Agricultural…

Michigan Historical Collections, Volume 1

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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…

Letters from New Zealand 1857–1911

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Henry William Harper



"Being some Account of Life and Work in the Province of Canterbury, South Island." A set fo 26 letters covering the Author's perio…

Imperialism and World Politics, Part 2 of 4

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Parker Thomas Moon



Moon’s Iᴍᴘᴇʀɪᴀʟɪsᴍ ᴀɴᴅ Wᴏʀʟᴅ Pᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄs is perhaps the best-known work of the Columbia University professor and political scientist; It was pu…

Stories of the Royal Humane Society

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Frank Mundell



Established in 1774, the ‘Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned’ published information on how to save people from drowning,…

Poland: A Study of the Land, People and Literature

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George Brandes



"I had accepted an invitation to deliver three lectures in French in the town-hall of Warsaw." Thus begins the description of the …

Tejas, la primera desmembración de Méjico

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Carlos Pereyra



Reseñas históricas de la separación de la provincia de Tejas desde el punto de vista de un historiador y diplomá…

A True Picture of Emigration: or Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America

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Rebecca Burlend



Complete title: "A True Picture of Emigration: or Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America; being a full and impartial account o…

Battle of New Orleans: Its Real Meaning

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Reau Folk



Rather than being a synopsis of the Battle of New Orleans as a military victory, the book also touches upon the greater significance of the …

Postage stamps of war (1854-1914)

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Douglas B. Armstrong



A very brief introduction to postal stamps used and issued during times of war. The principal focus might be said to be placed upon the Grea…

John Bull's Vineyard: Australian Sketches

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Hubert de Castella and Hubert De Castella



An account of the origins of the wine industry in Victoria, Australia. Born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, Hubert de Castella was one of a numbe…

Speeches of Prince Bismarck, Part 1

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Otto von Bismarck and 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…

La frailocracia filipina

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Marcelo H. Del Pilar Y Gatmaitán



Con estas consideraciones que invitaban a reflexionar sobre el status quo en la colonia española de Filipinas, el autor analiza el ab…

Sketch of the Great Fires in Wisconsin

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Frank Tilton



The Peshtigo fire in Northeastern Wisconsin is the deadliest wildfire in recorded history, claiming somewhere between 1200 and 2500 lives. E…

War Prison Diary

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Michael Dougherty



The diary kept by Michael Dougherty, a Union private in the American Civil War, while imprisoned in various Confederate prison camps. Doughe…

España y América

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Antonio Sánchez Moguel



Conjunto magestral de obras literarias e históricas de personajes hispanoparlantes de ambos lados del Atlántico. El autor exam…

Chronicles of Canada Volume 25 - The 'Patriotes' of '37: A Chronicle of the Low…

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Alfred D. DeCelles and Alfred D. Decelles



The Rebellions of 1837–1838 were two armed uprisings that took place in Lower Canada (now Quebec and Labrador) and Upper Canada (now Ontario…

History of the Early Settlement of Bowmanville and Vicinity

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John T. Coleman



"Early settlers of Bowmanville, Darlington, Clarke, and surrounding country, with sketches of the habits and customs of the aborigines,…

The King's Son, Or, a Memoir of Billy Bray

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Frederick William Bourne



Billy Bray, was an unconventional Cornish preacher. He was born in 1794 in the village of Twelveheads, Cornwall, England. After leaving sch…

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 15

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Charles F. Horne



A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…

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