Battles of the United States, by sea and land: embracing those of the revolutionary and Indian wars, the war of 1812, and the Mexican war: with important official documents
Title pages, preface, and content for the 2v. issue bound at the end of division 5.
LCHS has vols. 1 and 2 only.
Summary
Volume I - Covers the Revolutionary War from Lexington to Yorktown surrender
Volume II - Begins with the defeat of General Harman by native Americans in the Ohio Territory in 1790 and concludes with General Scott's campaign in 1847 in the Mexican War.
The life of Rev. Michael Schlatter; with a full account of his travels and labors among the Germans in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia; including his services as chaplain in the French and Indian War, and in the war of the revolution. 1716 to 1790
"A true history of the real condition of the destitute congregations in Pennsylvania, by Michael Schlatter" (a translation of Getrouw verhaal van den waren toestant der meest herderloze gemeentens in Pennsylvanien ... Amsterdam, 1751): p. 87-234.
Reverend Michael Schlatter was a minister of the German Reformed church who came to America to serve German immigrants. He was pastor in churches in Germantown and Philadelphia, and he also made missionary tours among the German Reformed settlers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and New York State.
Speech of Hon. James H. Hammond, of South Carolina, on the admission of Kansas, under the Lecompton Constitution : delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 4, 1858
James Henry Hammond (November 15, 1807 - November 13, 1864) was an attorney, politician and planter from South Carolina. He served as a United States Representative from 1835 to 1836, the 60th Governor of South Carolina from 1842 to 1844, and United States Senator from 1857 to 1860. He was considered one of the major spokesmen in favor of slavery in the years before the American Civil War.He popularized the phrase that "Cotton is King" in his March 4, 1858, speech to the US Senate. [from Wikipedia]
Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, on the President's message on the Lecompton Constitution, delivered in the Senate, February 3d and 4th, 1858
Speech of Hon. William S. Groesbeck, of Ohio, against the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton constitution : delivered in the House of Representatives, March 31, 1858
This is an article in the periodical "The United States Magazine and Democratic Review." It was written following Henry Muhlenberg's death in 1844. Henry A. Muhlenberg was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1782. He was an ordained Lutheran minister and served as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Reading, Pennsylvania, from 1803 to 1829. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and was appointed to be the first Minister to the Austrian Empire. He was defeated in an election for Governor of Pennsylvania.Muhlenberg was a member of a powerful dynasty of Muhlenbergs and they also are discussed at length in this article.
Der kleine Catechismus des seligen Dr. Martin Luthers. Nebst den gewöhnlichen Morgen- Tisch- und Abend-Gebeten. Welchem die Ordnung des Heils, in einem Liede, in kurzen Sätzen, in Frag und Antwort, und in einer Tabelle; wie auch eine Zergliederung des Catechismus, das Würtembergische kurze Kinder-Examen, die Confirmation und Beichte beygefüget; und etliche Lieder, Freylinghausens Ordnung des Heils, das Güldene A, B, C, der Kinder und die sieben Busz-Psalmen angehängt sind. Zum Gebrauch der Jungen und Alten
Eine Chronik oder Geschicht-Buchlein von der sogennanten Mennonisten Gemeinde : zum Dienst und Lehre für alle Liebhaber der Wahrheit, durch die Gnade und Segen Gottes ; aus Geschichten, Vorfällen, Begebenheiten oder Exempeln, und aus heiliger Schrift zusammengezogen
eine Sammlung aller Evangelien, Episteln und anderer Schriften, welche in den ersten vier Jahrhunderten Jesu Christo, seinen Aposteln und deren Gefährten zugeschrieben wurden, und in dem eigentlichen Neuen Testament nicht enthalten sind. Aus den ursprünglichen Manuskripten übersetzt und in einen Band zusammen getragen. Nebst einem Anhang.
