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Title page "The Illustrated American Biography; Containing Correct Portraits of The Principal Actors in American History"
1853
L00.086
Volume I, like the other five volumes, contains 100 portraits and brief biographical sketches of individuals who played an active part in American history.
Cover "America's Triumph at Panama"
1913
L00.087
The path between the seas - the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans - was ultimately completed by American workers in 1914.
Title page Graham Bread Recipe from "The New Hydropathic Cook-Book"
1855
L01.002
Sylvester Graham believed that a vegetable diet and eating bread made from coarsely ground "graham flour" would prevent or cure alcoholism.
Title page "A Son Of The Forest. The Experience Of William Apes, A Native Of The Forest"
1831
L01.004
William Apes wrote "A Son of the Forest," the first published autobiography by a Native American, in 1828.
Cover "The Boy Captive of Old Deerfield" excerpts
1939
L01.028
Originally published in 1904, this is the 1939 edition of the popular children's story of Stephen Williams and his capture in the February 1704 raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts.
Volume 1 - Title page "A Half Century of Conflict"- Vol. I
1892-1982
L01.117
This excerpt from Francis Parkman's (1826-1893) classic account of the 1704 raid on Deerfield shows not only Parkman's vivid writing style but reflects the prejudices of the day against the French and Indians.
Title page "Soldiers in King Philip's War..."
1906
L01.118
A 1906 account of the "Falls Fight," a massacre in 1676 by English settlers of Indians at the village of Peskeompscut, presents it as a heroic and necessary act and a suitable end to King Philip's War.
Title page Puritan Village patterns from "Historical Atlas of Massachusetts"
1991
L01.119
The layout of towns tells us a lot about the culture and society they belong to. The Puritan town sought to give its residents as equal a set of land as possible, using a model created in England and modified for the New World.
Title page "Ten Years of Massachusetts"
1888
L01.121
Massachusetts led the country in reforming conditions for working women and children by passing a large number of labor laws in the 1870s.
Volume 2 - Title page "The Census of Massachusetts: 1875, Vol. II"
1877
L01.122
Nearly fifty percent of the children of Massachusetts aged 10-15 worked full-time in 1875.

 

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