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Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: History of the United States of America (1801-1817): Volume 9: During the Second Administration of James Madison 3 (Paperback)

Henry Adams (1838-1918) journalist novelist and historian was the great-grandson of John Adams and grandson of John Quincy Adams both presidents of the United States. A professor of medieval history at Harvard whose areas of research were wide-ranging... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: Minnesota and the Far West (Paperback)

Laurence Oliphant (1829-88) was a much-travelled British diplomat and writer. In the mid-nineteenth century between two stints in the Caucasus he spent several years in North America helped Lord Elgin negotiate a trade treaty between Canada and the US... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: Canada Nova Scotia New Brunswick and the Other British Provinces in North America: With a Plan of National Colonization (Paperback)

The Cornish-born traveller and writer James Silk Buckingham (1786-1855) campaigned energetically for social reform while a Member of Parliament during the 1830s. He later spent four years in North America and in 1839 travelled on to Canada to... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: History of the United States of America (1801-1817): Volume 8: During the Second Administration of James Madison 2 (Paperback)

Henry Adams (1838-1918) journalist novelist and historian was the great-grandson of John Adams and grandson of John Quincy Adams both presidents of the United States. A professor of medieval history at Harvard whose areas of research were wide-ranging... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: History of the United States of America (1801-1817): Volume 6: During the First Administration of James Madison 2 (Paperback)

Henry Adams (1838-1918) journalist novelist and historian was the great-grandson of John Adams and grandson of John Quincy Adams both presidents of the United States. A professor of medieval history at Harvard whose areas of research were wide-ranging... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: American Scenes and Christian Slavery: A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States (Paperback)

First published in 1849 American Scenes and Christian Slavery is a description in epistolary format of American life nature culture and its slave trade during the nineteenth century as observed by a British abolitionist Ebenezer Davies during his... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: A Journal of Travel Into the Arkansa Territory During the Year 1819 (Paperback)

Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859) an English-born scientist and Fellow of the Linnean Society is well-known for his botanical and zoological discoveries in North America. By the time this book was first published in 1821 he had spent ten years travelling and... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: Border and Bastille: By the Author of Guy Livingstone (Paperback)

Published in 1863 English novelist George Alfred Lawrence s first foray into travel-writing recounts a failed attempt to join the Confederate Army of Virginia. Lawrence (1827-76) who abandoned a law career when his first novel (1853) sold became known... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: The Oregon Trail (Paperback)

The American historian Francis Parkman (1823-93) published extensively on colonial North America focusing particularly on the territorial rivalry between France and England. This famous travel diary was written early in his career and originally... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: The City of the Saints and Across the Rocky Mountains to California (Paperback)

The British explorer Sir Richard F. Burton (1821-90) was a colourful and often controversial character. A talented linguist and keen ethnologist he first gained celebrity for his adventurous 1853 trip to Mecca conducted under the disguise of a pilgrim.... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: A Year s Residence in the United States of America (Paperback)

William Cobbett (1763-1835) was an English farmer and political reformer. He is best known for his Rural Rides (1830) also reissued in this series which documents the life of nineteenth-century British agricultural workers and calls for social change.... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: History of the United States of America (1801-1817): Volume 4: During the Second Administration of Thomas Jefferson 2 (Paperback)

Henry Adams (1838-1918) journalist novelist and historian was the great-grandson of John Adams and grandson of John Quincy Adams both presidents of the United States. A professor of medieval history at Harvard whose areas of research were wide-ranging... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: History of the United States of America (1801-1817): Volume 7: During the Second Administration of James Madison 1 (Paperback)

Henry Adams (1838-1918) journalist novelist and historian was the great-grandson of John Adams and grandson of John Quincy Adams both presidents of the United States. A professor of medieval history at Harvard whose areas of research were wide-ranging... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson 9 Volume Set (Other)

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third United States President (1801-9) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. An advocate of republicanism he envisioned America as an Empire of Liberty that would strive to promote freedom... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: A Hunter s Experiences in the Southern States of America (Paperback)

Captain Flack known for his columns in The Field published this record of the his experiences of hunting shooting and fishing in the Southern states of America in 1866. Starting with an introduction about the wilderness of the American forests and life... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: History of the United States of America (1801-1817): Volume 1: During the First Administration of Thomas Jefferson 1 (Paperback)

Henry Adams (1838-1918) journalist novelist and historian was the great-grandson of John Adams and grandson of John Quincy Adams both presidents of the United States. A professor of medieval history at Harvard whose areas of research were wide-ranging... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: Travels in the United States Etc. During 1849 and 1850 3 Volume Set (Other)

Published in 1851 Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley s account of her travels through the Americas during the mid nineteenth century represents an early example of the travel writing genre. The United States was becoming an increasingly popular tourist... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: Roughing It in the Bush 2 Volume Paperback Set: Or Life in Canada (Other)

First published in 1852 and in its third edition by 1854 this description of pioneer immigrant life in Canada by Susanna Moodie (1803-85) is unsentimental and frank. In contrast to similar works which often seem to be advertisements aimed at potential... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: History of the United States of America (1801-1817): Volume 5: During the First Administration of James Madison 1 (Paperback)

Henry Adams (1838-1918) journalist novelist and historian was the great-grandson of John Adams and grandson of John Quincy Adams both presidents of the United States. A professor of medieval history at Harvard whose areas of research were wide-ranging... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: History of the United States of America (1801-1817): Volume 3: During the Second Administration of Thomas Jefferson 1 (Paperback)

Henry Adams (1838-1918) journalist novelist and historian was the great-grandson of John Adams and grandson of John Quincy Adams both presidents of the United States. A professor of medieval history at Harvard whose areas of research were wide-ranging... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: History of the United States of America (1801-1817): Volume 2: During the First Administration of Thomas Jefferson 2 (Paperback)

Henry Adams (1838-1918) journalist novelist and historian was the great-grandson of John Adams and grandson of John Quincy Adams both presidents of the United States. A professor of medieval history at Harvard whose areas of research were wide-ranging... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North American History: The Great Republic (Paperback)

Sir Lepel Henry Griffin (1838-1908) was a British administrator and diplomat in the Indian Civil Service. Beginning in Lahore in 1860 his career in India spanned nearly thirty years until he resigned in 1889 and began a new life in commerce and... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North Ame Memoirs of an American Lady: With Sketches of Manners and Scenes in America as They Existed Previous to the Revolution (Paperback)

Originally published in 1808 this work had long been out of print before being revived in this 1876 edition which is enhanced by a biography of the author by her godson. A poet letter-writer and essayist Anne Grant (1755-1838) lived in America between... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North Ame Three Visits to America (Paperback)

The Victorian printer Emily Faithfull (1835-95) published Three Visits in 1884. The work is an account of her American lecture tours that took place in 1872-3 1882-3 and 1884. Faithfull a controversial and independently minded figure campaigned for the... more

Guide to the manuscript collections in the Duke University Library prepared by Nannie M. Tilley and Noma Lee Goodwin with the assistance of the North Carolina Historical Records Survey Project

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Cambridge Library Collection - Zoology: Wanderings in South America the North-West of the United States and the Antilles in the Years 1812 1816 1820 and 1824: With Original Instructions for the

Although in the original preface to this work the British naturalist Charles Waterton (1782-1865) modestly says his book has little merit his account is a rich description of his experiences in South America and the Caribbean. Waterton managed his... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture: Journal Kept by David Douglas During His Travels in North America 1823-1827: Together with a Particular Description of Thirty-Three Species of A

David Douglas (1799-1834) the influential Scottish botanist and plant collector trained as a gardener before attending Perth College and Glasgow University. His genius for botany flourished and his talents came to the attention of the Royal... more

Cambridge Library Collection - North Ame An Expedition to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah: Including a Description of Its Geography Natural History an (Paperback)

Howard Stansbury (1806-63) trained as a civil engineer and became a major in the United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers. He oversaw a number of construction projects and later had geographical features and plant and animal species named... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science: Travels in North America 2 Volume Set: With Geological Observations on the United States Canada and Nova Scotia (Other)

Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875) was one of the most renowned geologists of the nineteenth century. His Principles of Geology (also reissued in this series) laid the foundations of evolutionary biology and greatly influenced Darwin. Lyell s most important... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge: Grace Book a: Containing the Proctors Accounts and Other Records of the University of Cambridge for the Years 1454-1488 (Paperback)

Grace books were the volumes in which scribes recorded decisions of the administration of the University of Cambridge during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Many of the graces concern the conferral of degrees on individuals but others refer to... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge: Unreformed Cambridge: A Study of Certain Aspects of the University in the Eighteenth Century (Paperback)

This vintage book by the distinguished historian D.A. Winstanley describes Cambridge University in the eighteenth century a period supposedly characterised by lazy drunken students academics preoccupied with their own advancement and institutionalised... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge: Annals of Cambridge 5 Volume Set (Other)

Charles Henry Cooper charted over half a millennium of life at Cambridge in the five volumes of the Annals of Cambridge. Cooper practised as a solicitor in Cambridge and was town clerk from 1849 until his death in 1866. He was a keen historian and... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies: Present State of the Spanish Colonies 2 Volume Set: Including a Particular Report of Hispañola or the Spanish Part of Santo Domingo (Other)

William Walton (?1783-1857) was British agent at Santo Domingo (Haiti) over which the British had briefly fought with the French before it proclaimed its independence in 1804. Returning to England in 1809 he began to write on Spanish and South American... more

Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies: Selections from the Works of the Baron de Humboldt Relating to the Climate Inhabitants Productions and Mines of Mexico (Paperback)

Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was one of the most respected scientists of his time; Darwin called him the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived . From 1799 Humboldt spent five years exploring the Americas reporting his findings in thirty... more

Journal of Sessions and Votes [Manuscript] / North Carolina. Provincial Congress Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection (1774) (1774) [Leather Bound]

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North America and Africa: Their Past Present and Future / Foard John F. (John Frederick)African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) Dlc Joseph Meredith Toner (1877) [Leather Bound]

Leatherbound edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1877 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations Index if any are... more

Southern Hatred of the American Government the People of the North and Free Institutions / Garrison William Lloyd Comp Ya Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress Dlc (1862) (1862) [Leather Bound]

Leatherbound edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1862 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations Index if any are... more

American Principles. A Review of Works of Fisher Ames / [Adams John Quincy]John Bailey Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) Dlc Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library (1809) [Leather Bound]

Leatherbound edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1809 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint. Illustrations Index if any are... more