Our catch-all category for all things about how we came to become Americans, what our fore-fathers did when they got here, and the lives lived by future generations of Americans.
![Invisible Empire. The Story Of The Ku Klux Klan, 1866-1871. [Inscribed and Signed by Author]....](/images/noimage-req.png)
A history of the Ku Klux Klan presented in narrative form by Tennessee author, Stanley F. Horn. Starting in 1866, Horn describes its birth in... Read More about Invisible Empire. The Story Of The Ku Klux Klan, 1866-1871. [Inscribed and Signed by Author
![Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches and Writings. [Signed Limited Edition]. Roy P. Basler,...](/pictures/thumb/3727881_1.jpg?v=1545174814)
Compilation of letters and speeches sent or delivered by Abraham Lincoln during his political life beginning with an 1832 political announcement to the citizens of... Read More about Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches and Writings. [Signed Limited Edition
Salesman’s sample book, dummy, or canvassing book heavily illustrated with 64 halftones for a memorial biography of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley: Our Martyred President…Memorial..... Read More about Our Martyred President…Memorial Life of William McKinley… [Salesman’s Sample Book
Appealing assembly of three salesman’s sample, dummy, or canvassing books all focusing on San Francisco’s disastrous 1906 earthquake and fire. The three titles—The San Francisco..... Read More about The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire [and] San Francisco’s Great Disaster [and]...
Field: ““This treatise, written by the celebrated advocate of the abolition of slavery, is a glowing arraignment of the government of the United States for..... Read More about The Exiles Of Florida; or, the Crimes committed by Our Government against the Maroons, who fled...
[Title continues:] From the Notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other Gentlemen of the Expedition Party Compiled by Edwin James, Botanist and Geologist... Read More about Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains under the Command of Major...
A handsome edition of Hamilton’s 1744 journey narrative, and with scenes from his travels, illustrated in facsimile with leaves from his journal. DAB: “His report..... Read More about Hamilton’s Itinerarium. Being a Narrative of a Journey from Annapolis, Maryland, Through...
“In his newest book, Delaware’s Forgotten River, C. A. Weslager lauds the little streams of America, which he claims exerted a greater influence than better..... Read More about Delaware’s Forgotten River. The Story of the Christina
![The English on the Delaware 1610–1682. [Signed by the Author]. C A. Weslager](/pictures/thumb/3727134_1.jpg?v=1534362477)
“This volume brings into full perspective the sequence of historic events in the Delaware Valley, and shows how King James’s buffer zone had far-reaching influence..... Read More about The English on the Delaware 1610–1682. [Signed by the Author
![The Nanticoke Indians Past and Present. [Signed by the Author]. C A. Weslager](/pictures/thumb/3727131_1.jpg?v=1534362476)
The history of the Nanticoke Indians from the 19th century to modern times with scholarly insight into their interactions with non-indigenous populations throughout the centuries... Read More about The Nanticoke Indians Past and Present. [Signed by the Author
From the publisher: “For nine decades a steady stream of vehicles flowed out the doors of a small factory on the north edge of St..... Read More about From Horsecars to Steamliners. An Illustrated History of the St. Louis Car Company
The beginnings of Delaware penology; the establishment of penal institutions, agitation for prison reform, the evolution of jails, methods of punishment and more. A granular... Read More about The Penitentiary Movement in Delaware 1776 to 1829
![Aloha Hawaii. [Hawaii Postal Envelope with Panoramic and Other Views from Photographs]. Hawaii...](/pictures/thumb/3726760_1.jpg?v=1534362465)
A tourist item, functioning as both a means to communicate, and mail a brief message from Hawaii (in this case in 1909), and as a.... Read More about Aloha Hawaii. [Hawaii Postal Envelope with Panoramic and Other Views from Photographs
OCLC records a fair amount of material from this historical preservationist society, but this modest item appears unlisted. The text, in small type, lists the... Read More about The Oregon Trail Memorial Association, Inc
![Gen. U.S. Grant and Family at Mt. McGregor, [Saratoga Springs] N.Y. June 19, 1885 [Cabinet...](/pictures/thumb/3726739_1.jpg?v=1534362453)
Taken less then a month before Grant’s death, this cabinet card shows former president Ulysses S. Grant, seated on porch at center. he is surrounded..... Read More about Gen. U.S. Grant and Family at Mt. McGregor, [Saratoga Springs] N.Y. June 19, 1885 [Cabinet...
The Boston & Worcester Rail Road Line was the first passenger train in New England, offering full service in 1835. Here, in 1859, on this... Read More about Great Western Route. 1859. Boston & Worcester & Western Rail Road Line
![Abraham Lincoln] “A Crime Without a Name.” April 14, 1865. Eugene Munday](/pictures/thumb/3726712_1.jpg?v=1534362447)
Undoubtedly composed and printed within days of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, this sorrowful tribute takes its name from the April 15, 1865 newspaper headline... Read More about Abraham Lincoln] “A Crime Without a Name.” April 14, 1865
In 1865, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts exhibited American expatriate painter Benjamin West’s monumental oil on canvas Christ Rejected (1814).¹ Taking advantage of its..... Read More about John Sartain:] Description of West’s Great Picture, Christ Rejected, Now on Exhibition at the...
On July 27, 1862, during the American Civil War and enroute to Panama, passengers slumbered aboard the Pacific Pacific mail steamship S.S. “Golden Gate” when..... Read More about Burning of the Steamship “Golden Gate” July 27, 1862. On her Voyage from San Francisco having...
A re-imagination of an 1854 maritime disaster by lithographer N. Currier of New York: The paddle steamer SS Arctic, owned by the Collins Line of... Read More about Loss of the U.S.M. Steam Ship Arctic, Off Cape Race Wednesday September 27, 1854…
![C.1880s Albumen Photograph of Cadets at Cayuga Lake Military Academy, Aurora, New York]. Cayuga...](/pictures/thumb/3726652_1.jpg?v=1534362434)
Photograph of a group of military cadets in uniform at Cayuga Lake Military Academy in Aurora, New York. A drum head or shield in the... Read More about C.1880s Albumen Photograph of Cadets at Cayuga Lake Military Academy, Aurora, New York
Snapshot photograph of Native American Bacon Rind (c.1860–1932), Osage tribal leader and keeper of traditional customs and costume. The photo depicts Bacon Rind in native..... Read More about Photograph of Native American and Osage Chief Bacon Rind, i.e, Wah-she-hah or...
![Three Real Photo Postcards of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, ca. 1910s.]. Nolte Photographer](/pictures/thumb/3726632_1.jpg?v=1534362431)
Three images, all lettered in the negative: An image of a civic celebration in downtown Lewistown, Pennsylvania. A large Welcome banner can be seen. Lettered..... Read More about Three Real Photo Postcards of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, ca. 1910s
![Americans at Guantanamo:] The Radio Restaurant Rodrigo Rey Doce Propietor [sic] ... Welcome V.S....](/pictures/thumb/3726630_1.jpg?v=1543421160)
An unusual imprint, and an unusual broadside, which serves as both menu and advertisement for Rodrigo Rey Doce’s restaurant, named “The Radio” and offering “Good..... Read More about Americans at Guantanamo:] The Radio Restaurant Rodrigo Rey Doce Propietor [sic] ... Welcome V.S....
![Occupations and Trades:] Constitution and By-Laws of Philanthropic Lodge, No. 15, Independent...](/pictures/thumb/3726619_1.jpg?v=1548263354)
Ephemeral and unrecorded mid-19th century mark publication of the By-Laws and Constitution of a benevolent Pennsylvania fraternal organization. A most interesting section within is between..... Read More about Occupations and Trades:] Constitution and By-Laws of Philanthropic Lodge, No. 15, Independent...
