Download or read book Life in America One Hundred Years Ago Classic Reprint written by Gaillard Hunt and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Life in America One Hundred Years Ago Henry Carroll The Octagon House View of New York Bay from the Battery, 1822 .From a Booking-list Boston Exchange Coffee-house Waterloo Inn. The First Stage from Baltimore to Washington The Capitol in 1814 The White House in 1814. South Front. Afternoon Dress Walking-dress Promenade Dress Evening Dress Wall Street, Corner of Bjioad Street, Showing Custom-house, First Presbyterian and Trinity Churches City Hotel, Broadway, New York, 1812 . A View of Charleston View of City Hall, Park Theater, and Chatham Street, 1822 Joel Barlow Noah Webster The City Prison, or Bridewell, West Side City Hall The Debtors Prison, Subsequently the Hall of Records Edward Livingston, Author of the Criminal Code for Louisiana Mrs. James Madison James Madison Frontispiece Faci ng p. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book LIFE IN AMER 100 YEARS AGO written by Gaillard 1862-1924 Hunt and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Life in America one hundred years ago written by Gaillard Hunt and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Our First Hundred Years written by Charles Edwards Lester and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-08 with total page 1042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Our First Hundred Years: The Life of the Republic of the United States of America, Illustrated in Its Four Great Periods: Colonization, Consolidation, Development, Achievement The hlmming of the great striped-leaved Agave, or Century-plant, at Messrs. Frost Co.'s, Rochester, N. Y., is quite a noteworthy event in the history of American horticulture. This plant is supposed to be about eighty years old, having been purchased of Prince C0, Flushing, L. I., in 1809. It was then about ten years old, and has escaped all the mishaps that usually fall to the lot of such tender plants until reaching a sufficient size and age to bloom. Quite a number of the common Century-plant (agave Americana) have bloomed in the Northern States within the past half century, but this, we believe, is the first instance where the striped-leaved variety has done so consequently, it is quite a novelty. The ower stem made its appearance early last spring, and has continued to grow until it reached its pre sent height, about eighteen feet. The owers are now rapidly opening, and the plant has the appearance of an immense chandelier. An idea of the general appearance of the plant may be had from the left-hand figure in the accompanying engraving. The centre figure shows the plant on a larger scale, with a small portion of the stem, with two clusters of the owers. On the right, four of the owers and ower-buds are shown about one-half their natural size. In two, the stamens and pistil have not appeared, and in the centre figure they are fully developed, while in the fourth they are decaying. The Agaves are riot what we would call beautiful plants; for they are too coarse and rugged in appearance, but there is a stateliness about them, especially when in bloom, that commands our admiration. Even the name of the genus (agave) is derived from a Greek word, which signifies something wonder ful or admirable - Hearth and Home, September 4, 1869. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book Americans All written by Benjamin A. Heydrick and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Americans All: Stories of American Life of to-Day In the years before the war, when we had more time for light pursuits, a favorite sport of reviewers was to hunt for the Great American Novel. They gave tongue here and there, and pursued the quarry with great excitement in various dirce tions, now north, now south, now west, and the inevitable disappointment at the end of the chase never deterred them from starting off on a fresh scent next day. But in spite of all the frenzied pursuit, the game sought, the Great American Novel, was never captured. Will it ever be captured? The thing they sought was a book that would be so broad, so typical, so true that it would stand as the adequate expres sion in fiction of American life. Did these tireless hunters ever stop to ask themselves, what is the Great French Novel? What is the Great English Novel? And if neither of these nations has produced a single book which embodies their national life, why should we expect that our life, so much more diverse in its elements, so multifarious in its aspects, could ever be summed up within the covers of a single book? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Life in America Or the Wigwam and the Cabin Classic Reprint written by William Gilmore Simms and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Life in America, or the Wigwam and the Cabin The revolutionary war had but a little while been concluded. The British had left the country; but peace did not imply re pose. The community was still in that state of ferment which was natural enough to passions, not yet at rest, which had been brought into exercise and action during the protracted seven years' struggle through which the nation had just passed. The state was overrun by idlers, adventurers, profil gates, and criminals. Disbanded soldiers, half-starved and reckless, occupied the highways, -outlaws, emerging from their hiding-places, skulked about the settlements with an equal sentiment of hate and fear in their hearts - 7patriots were clamouring for justice upon the tories, and sometimes anticipating its course by judgments of their own; while the tories, those against whom the proofs were too strong for de nial or evasion, buckled on their armour for a renewal of the struggle. Such being the condition of the country, it may easily be supposed that life and property lacked many of their necessary securities. Men generally travelled with weapons which were displayed on the smallest provocation; and few who could provide themselves with an escort ventured to travel any distance without one. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Forty Years of American Life Classic Reprint written by Thomas Low Nichols and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Forty Years of American Life The first edition of "Forty Years of American Life" was published in 1864, in two octavo volumes. The civil war began in the Spring of 1861, and in the Autumn of the same year I came to England. I did not like the war; and having abandoned the practice of my profession for the more congenial pursuits of literature, I took refuge in England, like so many others in like circumstances. It was useless then, in America, to write about any thing but the war; and somewhat dangerous for a Northern man to write what did not suit the Government. The freedom of the press was, for the time, suspended. If a newspaper doubted that the South could be conquered in ninety days, it was excluded from the mails. If it questioned the right or the policy of invading the South and restoring amity and unity by ravage and plunder, it was seized by the police. If the editor persisted in his delusion that the press was free, he was sent down to Fort Lafayette, on an island in New York Bay, lodged in a casemate and fed on the rations of a common soldier, until the Government forgot who he was and for what he had been imprisoned. The liberty of speech even was precarious. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Benjamin Franklin a Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago Classic Reprint written by John S. C. Abbott and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-02 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Benjamin Franklin, a Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation, One Hundred Years Ago Next to George Washington, we must write, upon the Catalogue of American Patriots, the name of Benjamin Franklin. He had so many virtues that there is no need of exaggerating them so few imperfections that they need not be concealed. The writer has endeavored to give a perfectly accurate view of his character, and of that great struggle, in which he took so conspicuous a part, which secured the Independence of the United States. Probably there can no where be found, within the same limits, so vivid a picture of Life in America, one hundred years ago, as the career of Franklin presents. This volume is the twelfth of the Library Series of Pioneers and Patriots. The series presents a graphic history of our country from its discovery. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Promise of American Life Classic Reprint written by Herbert David Croly and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Promise of American Life Of an essential constituent In our national ideal. The past should mean less to a European than it does to an American, and the future should mean more. To be sure, American life cannot with impunity be wrenched vio lently from its moorings any more than the life of a European country can; but our American past, compared to that of any European country, has a character all its own. Its peculiarity consists, not merely in its brevity, but in the fact that from the beginning it has been informed by an idea. From the beginning Americans have been anticipating and projecting a better future. From the beginning the Land of Democracy has been figured as the Land of Promise. Thus the American' s loyalty to the national tradition rather affirms than denies the imaginative projection of a better future. An America which was not the Land of Promise, which was not informed by a prophetic outlook and a more or less constructive ideal, would not be the America be queathed to us by our forefathers. In cherishing the Promise of a better national future the Americfiis' fulfilling rathner than imperiling the substafrée of the national tradition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Some Three Hundred Years Ago written by Edith Gilman Brewster and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some Three Hundred Years Ago by Edith Gilman Brewster is about the heroic acts of children during a time when Native Americans and English settlers fought and traded. Excerpt: "This new world they tell me of, my boy, must be a wonderful place. Those Puritan leaders, Bradford and Standish three years ago, in 1620, took their followers to New England to worship as they pleased. And now the Laconia Company, of which our own Governor, John Mason, is a member, has been given a grant of land there." "What can he do with it, father?" Roger asked. "They say, lad, the furs of those forests and the fish of those waters would make a big business for England."
Download or read book Fifty Years in Chains written by Charles Ball and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fifty Years in Chains: Or the Life of an American Slave IN the following pages, the reader will find embodied the principal incidents that have occurred in the life of a Slave, in the United States of America. The narrative is taken from the mouth of the adventurer himself; and if the copy does not retain the identical words of the original, the sense and import, at least, are faithfully preserved. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Life and Society in America Classic Reprint written by Samuel Phillips Day and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-13 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Life and Society in America Were forced to take their labour to a market where it was more in demand, better remunerated, and likely to produce such independence, competence, and comfort, as it were vain to hope for in the Old Country. Forty years since the exodus from Ireland had only commenced. Subsequently. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book One Hundred Years of Business Life 1794 1894 Classic Reprint written by W. H. Schieffelin And Company and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from One Hundred Years of Business Life, 1794-1894 Republicans of the Mountain now reigned supreme. In the face of these atrocities, there was a host of the democracy in the United States, who, disregarding this Reign of Terror, deemed it abhorrent to republican principles for our government to placate England instead of making an alliance with the sanguinary Re public of France. But France was productive mainly of fine ideas and indiscriminate murders, while with England a profitable trade was possi ble, if only she could be made to suppress her resentment toward us for having defeated her. It was to her own advantage as well as to ours, that an unrestricted commerce should be encouraged between the two countries. This was the purpose of Jay's mission to England, and he accomplished it; and though at first great indignation was aroused against him and the treaty, sober common sense prevailed, and the force of events proved the treaty of 1794 to be the opening of a great era in the commerce of the United States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book George Washington Or Life in America One Hundred Years Ago written by John S C 1805-1877 Abbott and published by Franklin Classics Trade Press. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Our First Columbian written by Mary W. Brender and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Our First Columbian: Four Hundred Years Ago First, to interest you in the early history of our country, and other people who have been a blessing to the world. Trying to understand intelligent people's minds enlightens our own minds, and leads to nobler life. Just now everybody is more especially interested in the discovery of America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book GEORGE WASHINGTON OR LIFE IN A written by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
