Modern (19th C)
Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin
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Lyman Copeland Draper
The Wisconsin Historical Society was founded in 1846, even before Wisconsin achieved U.S. statehood. The Secretary, Lyman Draper, began in …
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…
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…
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…