Contents Toward a Fuller Historical Record Characteristics and Settings of Orally Communicated History Identifying and Using Orally Communicated History Testing Oral Sources for Historical Validity Submerged Forms of Historical Truth Producing a Manuscript from Oral Sources Appendix A: The Legend of Calvin Logsdon Appendix B: Migratory Legends and Anecdotes
Heroes of three wars: Comprising a series of biographical sketches of the most distinguised soldiers of the War of the Revolution, the War with Mexico, and the War for the Union, who have contributed their valor to establish and perpetuate the Republic of the United States
Account of Arnold's campaign against Quebec : and of the hardships and sufferings of that band of heroes who traversed the wilderness of Maine from Cambridge to the St. Lawrence, in the autumn of 1775
Wealthy citizens of Lancaster County, Pa. : containing an alphabetical arrangement of persons worth $15,000 and upwards, their occupation, residence, and their estimated wealth appended to each name ; being useful to traders, merchants, bankers, and other classes of men of business
Presents a biography of James Buchanan's niece who was the White House hostess during her uncle's presidency, helped create the National Gallery of Art, and started the first pediatrics hospital.
A review of the political conflict in America, from the commencement of the anti-slavery agitation to the close of southern reconstruction; comprising also a resume of the career of Thaddeus Stevens: being a survey of the struggle of parties which destroyed the republic and virtually monarchized its government