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The American Revolution

Pages 10-11 of Common Sense: Addressed to the Inhabitants of America, on the Following Interesting Subjects. I, Of the Origin and Design of Government in General, with Concise Remarks on the English Constitution. II, Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession. III, Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs. IV, Of the Present Ability of America, with Some Miscellaneous Reflections
Map entitled "Campaign of MDCCLXXVI" from The History of the Civil War in America. Vol. I. Comprehending the Campaigns of 1775, 1776, and 1777
Pages 12-13 of Memoirs of Major-General Heath: Containing Anecdotes, Details of Skirmishes, Battles and Other Military Events, During the American War
Pages 98-99 of the second volume of Memoirs of the American Revolution, So Far As It Related to the States of North and South Carolina, and Georgia
Title page and frontispiece of Proceedings of a Convention of Delegates from Several of the New-England States, Held at Boston, August 3-9, 1780, to Advise on Affairs Necessary to Promote the most Vigorous Prosecution of the War, and to Provide for a Generous Reception of our French Allies. Ed. from the Original Manuscript Record in the New York State Library, with an Introduction and Notes
Pages 144-145 of the second volume of Poems Written and Published During the American Revolutionary War, and Now Republished From the Original Manuscripts: Interspersed With Translations From the Ancients, and Other Pieces Not Heretofore in Print

Description and Travel

Map entitled "A Map of the State of Kentucky and the Tennessee Government..." from Travels on an Inland Voyage Through the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and Through the Territories of Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, and New-Orleans, Performed in the Years 1807 and 1808; Including a Tour of Nearly Six Thousand Miles ...
First page of the preface of Memoirs of an American Lady, with Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America, as They Existed Previous to the Revolution
Second page of the preface of Memoirs of an American Lady, with Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America, as They Existed Previous to the Revolution
Pages 70-71 of An Account of Expeditions to the Sources of the Mississippi, and Through the Western Parts of Louisiana, to the Sources of the Arkansaw, Kans, La Platte, and Pierre Jaun, Rivers; Performed by Order of the Government of the United States During the Years 1805, 1806, and 1807. And a Tour Through the Interior Parts of New Spain, when Conducted Through These Provinces, by Order of the Captain-General, in the Year 1807

Native Americans

Title page and frontispiece of The First Settlers of New-England: or, Conquest of the Pequods, Narragansets and Pokanokets. As Related by a Mother to her Children
First page of a published edition of the Treaty Between the United States of America & The United Nation of Chippewa, Ottowa, & Potawatamie Indians. Concluded Sept. 26, 1833. Ratified Feb. 2, 1835.
Paes LXXXII and LXXXIII of the Table of Contents of Treaties between the United States of America and the several Indian tribes, from 1778-1837 : with a copious table of contents. Compiled and printed by the direction, and under the supervision, of the commissioner of Indian affairs
Pages 20-21 of Report of a Visit to Some of the Tribes of Indians, Located West of the Mississippi River
Pages 180-181 of Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States; Collected and Prepared under the Direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs per Act of Congress of March 3d, 1847
Plate depicting a Menstrual Lodge on page 70 of volume 5 of Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States; Collected and Prepared under the Direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs per Act of Congress of March 3d, 1847
Pages 32-33 of A Collection of Ojebway and English Hymns, for the Use of the Native Indians

Religion

Pages viii and ix of Antidote to Deism. The Deist Unmasked; or, An Ample Refutation of All the Objections of Thomas Paine, Against the Christian Religion; as Contained in a Pamphlet, Intitled, The Age of Reason; Addressed to the Citizens of These States
Pages 10-11 of The Lord's Prayer
Pages 4-5 of Shesh Achurjya
Pages 30-31 of Little Kitty Brown and Her Bible Verses
Verso of title page (copyright statement) and first page of the text of the third edition of The Book of Mormon
Pages 160-161 of The Doctrines of Friends, or, Principles of the Christian Religion, as Held by the Society of Friends, Commonly Called Quakers

Food and Drink

Pages 12-13 of a mid-nineteenth century Farm Account and Recipe Book, containing clippings of recipes for food and medicinal treatments.
Pages 64-65 of Harriet Lester Autograph Album and Recipe Book
Copyright statement and "Introduction" of Indian Corn, How to Use It : Seventy Receipts for Making Various Kinds of Indian Bread, Puddings, Cakes, Muffins, Dessert Dishes, etc., etc.
Pages 634-635 of The Field and Garden Vegetables of America : Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varieties; with Directions for Propagation, Culture, and Use
Pagespread showing the month of May in The Temperance Almanac, of the Massachusetts Temperance Union, for the Year of our Lord 1842...

Abolition and the Civil War

Title page and frontispiece of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Pages 30-31 of Pictures and Stories from Uncle Tom's Cabin
Page 99, plate titled "Great Battle at Bull's Run, VA..." from Frank Leslie's Pictorial History of the American Civil War
Pages 128-129 of Three Months in the Southern States: April, June, 1863
Pages 32-33 of Incidents in Dixie: Being Ten Months' Experience of a Union Soldier in the Military Prisons of Richmond, N. Orleans and Salisbury
Page 1 of Three Lessons for This War, from an Ancient Chronicle. A Sermon, Preached Before the Presbyterian Churches of Unadilla, Stockbridge, and Plainfield, Michigan, on Sabbath, July 24, 1864, by Rev. Wm. J. Nutting, Pastor of Those Churches
Page 13 of Three Lessons for This War, from an Ancient Chronicle. A Sermon, Preached Before the Presbyterian Churches of Unadilla, Stockbridge, and Plainfield, Michigan, on Sabbath, July 24, 1864, by Rev. Wm. J. Nutting, Pastor of Those Churches
Pages 18-19 of volume 4 of Diary. Scenes and incidents appertaining to the war. Occurring at, or near South Union, Ky.
Page 28-29 of Observations in the North: Eight Months in Prision and on Parole
Page 49 of War Poetry of the South
Page 50 of War Poetry of the South