User:Gwillhickers/History books in the Public Domain
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Historical sources in the Public Domain
[edit]American Revolution
[edit]Adams
[edit] Henry Adams, History of the United States of America during the first administration of Thomas Jefferson, in three volumes
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Fitzpatrick & Ford
[edit] Fitzpatrick & Ford, Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, In 34 volumes
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Franklin & Bigelow
[edit]Benjamin Franklin & John Bigelow (ed), The complete works of Benjamin Franklin, in ten volumes & Autobiography
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Irving
[edit]Washington Irving, Biography of George Washington, in five volumes
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Sparks
[edit]Jared Sparks, Correspondence of the American Revolution, in three volumes
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Jared Sparks, The Diplomatic correspondence of the American Revolution, in twelve volumes
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Wharton
[edit]Francis Wharton, The Revolutionary diplomatic correspondence of the United States, in six volumes
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The six-volume set entitled The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States, from House Miscellaneous Document No. 603 of the U.S. Serial Set, was compiled by Dr. Francis Wharton and promulgated on August 13, 1888, by both houses of Congress. The preface to volume 1 explains the usefulness of these documents for comprehending:
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Misc works
[edit]- Alexander, Ray (1849). Officers of the Continental army who served to the end of the war ... Washington : J. and G.S. Gideon.
- Brown, Everett Somerville (1920). The constitutional history of the Louisiana Purchase, 1803-1812. Berkeley, University of California Press.
- Hermann, Binger (1898). The Louisiana Purchase, and our title west of the Rocky Mountains : with a review of annexation by the United States. Washington : Govt. Print. Off.
- Hosmer, James Kendall (1902). The history of the Louisiana purchase. New York, D. Appleton and Company.
- Hosmer, James Kendall (1913). Samuel Adams. Boston New York, Houghton Mifflin company.
- Howard, James Quay (1902). History of the Louisiana purchase. Chicago, Callaghan & Company.
- Rawle, William Brooke (1892). "A Loyalist's Account of Certain Occurrences in Philadelphia after Cornwallis's Surrender at Yorktown". The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 16 (1). University of Pennsylvania Press: 103–107. JSTOR 20083465.
American Civil War
[edit]Bulloch
[edit]James Dunwoody Bulloch, The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe, in two volumes
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Butler
[edit]Benjamin Butler, Private and official correspondence of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, during the period of the Civil War, in five volumers
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Evans
[edit] Clement Anselm Evans, Confederate military history, in twelve volumes
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Hunter
[edit]Robert Hunter, Sketches of war history, 1861-1865, in three volumes
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Johnson & Buel
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Abraham Lincoln
[edit]Nicolay & Hay
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- Morse, John Torrey (1893). Abraham Lincoln. Vol. I. Cambridge, [Mass.] : Printed at the Riverside Press.
- Morse, John Torrey (1893). Abraham Lincoln. Vol. II. Cambridge, [Mass.] : Printed at the Riverside Press.
Misc works
[edit]- Hosmer, James Kendall (1907). Outcome of the Civil war, 1863-1865. New York, London, Harper & Brothers.
- Hosmer, James Kendal (1913). The American Civil War. Vol. I. Harper & brothers.
- Hosmer, James Kendal (1913). The American Civil War. Vol. II. Harper & brothers.
- Swinton, William (1867). The Monitor and the Merrimac, from "The twelve decisive battles of the war,". [New York, Dick & Fitzgerald.
- Worden, John Lorimer; Greene, Samuel Dana; Ramsay, H. Ashton; Watson, Eugene Winslow (1912). The Monitor and the Merrimac. New York, Harper and brothers.
American Navy
[edit]Abbot
[edit]Willis John Abbot, selected works
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Allen
[edit] Gardner Weld Allen, selected works
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Barnes
[edit]James Barnes, Selected sources on the American Navy, War of 1812, etc, six works
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Barry
[edit]Works on Commodore John Barry
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Cooper
[edit]James Fenimore Cooper, Lives of distinguished American naval officers, in three volumes
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Decatur
[edit]Works on Commodore Stephen Decatur
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Farragut
[edit]Works on David G. Farragut
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Jones
[edit]Selected works on John Paul Jones
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Porter
[edit]David Dixon Porter, Works by or about Admiral Porter
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Roosevelt
[edit]Theodore Roosevelt, The naval war of 1812, in two volumes
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Welles
[edit]Gideon Wells, Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy under Lincoln and Johnson, in three volumes
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Single works
[edit]- Beck, Sammis, ed. (1932). The letter book of Esek Hopkins, commander-in-chief of the United States navy, 1775-1777. Providence, Printed for the Rhode Island historical society.
- Coggeshall, George (1861). History of the American privateers, and letters-of-marque, during our war with England in the years 1812, '13, and '14. New York, The Author.
- Field, Edward (1898). Esek Hopkins, commander-in-chief of the continental navy during the American revolution, 1775 to 1778. Providence, The Preston & Rounds co.
- Goldsborough, Charles Washington (1824). The United States' naval chronicle. Vol. I. Washington City : Printed by James Wilson.
- Hollis, Ira N. (1900). The Frigate Constitution; The Central Figure of the Navy Under Sail. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin. OCLC 2350400.
- Kimball, Horace (1831). American naval battles: being a complete history of the battles fought by the navy of the United States from its establishment in 1794 to the present time. Boston : J. J. Smith, jr.
- Kimball, Horace (1857). The naval battles of the United States in the different wars with foreign nations, from the commencement of the revolution to the present time: including privateering. Higgins and Bradley.
- Morris, Charles (1907). Heroes of the Navy in America. J.B. Lippincott. See also: Google book
- Peterson, Charles Jacobs (1858). The American Navy : being an authentic history of the United States Navy. Philadelphia, J. B. Smith & co.
British
[edit]Campbell & Yorke
[edit]Campbell & Yorke, Naval history of Great Britain, including the history and lives of the British admirals, in eight volumes
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Clowes
[edit]William Laird Clowes, History of the Royal Navy, in six volumes
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Doyle
[edit]James William Edmund Doyle, The Official Baronage of England, in three volumes
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Leslie & Reynolds
[edit]Charles Robert Leslie & Sir Joshua Reynolds, Life and times of Sir Joshua Reynolds, in four volumes
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- Clarke, John Stanier; McArthur, John (1815). The Naval Chronicle, for 1815: Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. Vol. XXXIII. Joyce Gold.