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The British Empire in America: Containing the History of the Discovery, Settlement, Progress and Present State of All the British Colonies on the Continent and Islands of America (2 volumes; London: Printed for J. Nicholson et al., 1708), by Mr. Oldmixon, illust. by Herman Moll
- Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
The British Empire in America: Containing the History of the Discovery, Settlement, Progress and State of the British Colonies on the Continent and Islands of America (second edition, corrected and amended, 2 volumes; London: Printed for J. Brotherton et al., 1741), by Mr. Oldmixon, illust. by Herman Moll
- Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
The Colonial Policy of William III in America and the West Indies (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1922), by G. H. Guttridge (multiple formats at archive.org)
The Beginners of a Nation: A History of the Source and Rise of the Earliest English Settlements in America, With Special Reference to the Life and Character of the People (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1897), by Edward Eggleston (multiple formats at Indiana)
History of the United States of America, From the Discovery of the American Continent (10 volumes covering up to 1782, from 3 Little, Brown sets published 1854-1878), by George Bancroft (page images at MOA via jrshelby.com)
New France and New England (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, c1902), by John Fiske (multiple formats at archive.org)
Provincial America, 1690-1740 (New York: Harper and Brothers, c1905), by Evarts Boutell Greene
- multiple formats at Google; US access only
- multiple formats at archive.org
The Transit of Civilization from England to America in the Seventeenth Century (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1901), by Edward Eggleston (multiple formats at Indiana)
Inequality in Early America (Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, c1999), ed. by Carla Gardina Pestana and Sharon V. Salinger (multiple formats at Dartmouth Digital Publishing)
The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century (3 volumes; New York and London: Macmillan, 1904-1907), by Herbert L. Osgood
- Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume III: multiple formats at archive.org
The Life and Times of Sir William Johnson, Bart., by William L. Stone
- volume I: HTML at threerivershms.com
- volume II: HTML at threerivershms.com
The Quakers in the American Colonies (London: Macmillan, 1911), by Rufus M. Jones, Isaac Sharpless, and Amelia M. Gummere (multiple formats at archive.org)
The American Colonial Militia, by James B. Whisker (HTML with commentary at constitution.org)
Barnaby Lee / by John Bennett ; with illustrations by Clyde O. De Land. (New York : Century Co., 1902), by John Bennett (page images at HathiTrust)
Gowan's bibliotheca americana ... (New York, W. Gowans, 1845-69) (page images at HathiTrust)
History of the United States, from the discovery of the American continent. (Boston : Little, Brown, 1856-74), by George Bancroft (page images at HathiTrust)
Lives of the presidents of the United States; with biographical notices of the signers of the Declaration of Independence; sketches of the most remarkable events in the history of the country. By Robert W. Lincoln. (Brattleboro', Vt. : Brattleboro' Typographic Company, 1839), by Robert W. Lincoln (page images at HathiTrust)
Old times in the colonies / Charles Carleton Coffin. (New York : Harper, c1880), by Charles Carleton Coffin (page images at HathiTrust)
True stories from history and biography. (Boston : Houghton, Mifflin, [c1878]), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
A half-century of conflict. France and England in North America. Part sixth. By Francis Parkman. (Boston : Little, Brown, and company, [1897]), by Francis Parkman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Historia popular de los Estados Unidos. Esmerada versión española, por R.B. (Barcelona : Maucci, 1900), by Édouard Laboulaye (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Appeal from the judgements of Great Britain respecting the United States of America. (Philadelphia: Published by Mitchell, Ames, and White., 1819), by Robert Walsh (page images at HathiTrust)
Sketches from the romance of American history ... ([Jeffersonville, Ind., 1886]), by George L Curtiss (page images at HathiTrust)
A history of the colonies planted by the English on the continent of North America, from their settlement to the commencement of that war which terminated in their independence. By John Marshall. (Philadelphia, A. Small, 1824), by John Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
The rival claimants for North America. 1497-1755. By Justin Winsor. From Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, at the annual meeting, October 24, 1894. (Worcester, Mass., Press of C. Hamilton, 1895), by Justin Winsor (page images at HathiTrust)
Work and materials for American history. ([New York?, 189-?]), by George Henry] Moore (page images at HathiTrust)
Sermon preached before the Society of the Sons of the revolution and the Society of colonial wars in the District of Columbia in their joint church service held in commemoration of the birth of George Washington in St. John's church, Washington, D.C., on February 20. 1921. (Washington, Printed for the societies, 1921), by William Andrew Leonard (page images at HathiTrust)
Rule and misrule of the English in America; (New York, Harper & brothers, 1851), by Thomas Chandler Haliburton (page images at HathiTrust)
The colonies, 1492-1750, (New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co., 1910), by Reuben Gold Thwaites (page images at HathiTrust)
Stories of early American history, (New York, Chicago [etc.] C. Scribner's sons, [c1913]), by Wilbur Fisk Gordy (page images at HathiTrust)
Young folks' book of American explorers, by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. (New York, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898), by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (page images at HathiTrust)
Through colonial doorways. (Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott co., 1893), by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton (page images at HathiTrust)
Appeal from the judgements of Great Britain respecting the United States of America. (Philadelphia: Published by Mitchell, Ames, and White, William Brown, Printer, 1819), by Robert Walsh (page images at HathiTrust)
Heroes of early American history / Albert Lindsay Rowland. (Philadelphia : Franklin Publishing Company, c1918), by Albert Lindsay Rowland (page images at HathiTrust)
Notes on early American history, (Syracuse, N.Y., C. W. Bardeen, 1900), by Sophie J. Gowen (page images at HathiTrust)
Early American history for young Americans, by Henry Sabin ... and Elbridge H. Sabin. (Boston, New York [etc.] Educational Publishing Company, [1904]), by Henry Sabin (page images at HathiTrust)
American colonial history, for use in secondary schools, (New York, The Macmillan company, 1911), by Roscoe Lewis Ashley (page images at HathiTrust)
Providential epochs. By Frank M. Bristol, D. D. (Cincinnati, Cranston & Curts; New York, Hunt & Eaton, 1894), by Frank Milton Bristol (page images at HathiTrust)
Historical plays of colonial days for fifth year pupils, (New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co., 1912), by Louise Emery Tucker (page images at HathiTrust)
The conditions of life, habits, and customs, of the native Indians of America, and their treatment by the first settlers. (Providence, 1880), by Zachariah Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
Our colonial history, from the discovery to the revolution (for fifth grades) (Philadelphia, New York, Hinds, Noble & Eldgredge, [c1908]), by Oscar Gerson (page images at HathiTrust)
A general history of the United States of America; (Published by Farrand, Mallory, and co. Boston;, 1810), by Benjamin Trumbull (page images at HathiTrust)
Outlines of American colonial history, (Lawrence, Kan., Department of journalism press, 1917), by Frank Heywood Hodder (page images at HathiTrust)
Historical Society : the colonial newspaper press described by Colonel Stone : a communication from President Roberts : the Steuben monument : new members elected : the address. ([Utica, N.Y. : Oneida Historical Society at Utica?, 1890]) (page images at HathiTrust)
Makers of the American republic; a series of patriotic lectures. (New York, E. B. Treat & company, 1905), by David Gregg (page images at HathiTrust)
From the Old world to the New; how America was found and settled, (New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd., 1902), by Marguerite Stockman Dickson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A general history of the United States of America; (Boston, Published by Farrand Mallory, and co., 1810), by Benjamin Trumbull (page images at HathiTrust)
Historical scenes in the United States, or, A selection of important and interesting events in the history of the United States : illustrated by numerous engravings / [John W. Barber]. (New-Haven : Monsin, 1827), by John Warner Barber (page images at HathiTrust)
The colonists and the revolution, (New York, The Century co., 1912), by Charles Lester Barstow (page images at HathiTrust)
The Northwest under three flags, 1635-1796, (New York and London, Harper & brothers, 1900), by Charles Moore (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Rule and misrule of the English in America; by the author of "Sam Slick, the clock-maker"... etc. (New York, Harper & brothers, [pref. 1851]), by Thomas Chandler Haliburton (page images at HathiTrust)
The story of the Old world; a European background to The story of our country, (Boston, New York, Thompson Brown company (Johnson, Blagden & McTurnan), [c1911]), by Henry W. Elson (page images at HathiTrust)
The colonization of America; (Chicago, Boston, The Interstate publishing company, [1877]), by Arthur Gilman (page images at HathiTrust)
The romance of American colonization; how the foundation stones of our history were laid, by William Elliot Griffis ... Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill. (Boston, Chicago, W. A. Wilde & company, [c1898]), by William Elliot Griffis (page images at HathiTrust)
Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution. Grades 5A-5B. (New York city, Hinds, Noble & Eldredge, 1915), by Oscar Gerson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The founders of America ... ([New York, 1912]), by Winchester Fitch (page images at HathiTrust)
Letters from colonial children, by Eva March Tappan. (Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908), by Eva March Tappan (page images at HathiTrust)
History and civics, grade 5B, fifth year--second half, by Giles J. Swan ... (New York, Cincinnati [etc.] American Book Company, [1915]), by Giles John Swan (page images at HathiTrust)
The shot heard round the world; from Lexington to Yorktown; (Boston, The John Adams Lee publishing company, 1889), by Robert Sears (page images at HathiTrust)
The Century book of the American colonies; the story of the pilgrimage of a party of young people to the sites of the earliest American colonies, (New York, The Century co., [1900]), by Elbridge Streeter Brooks (page images at HathiTrust)
American colonial history: (Baltimore, Printed for the Society by J. Murphy & co., 1849), by Thomas Donaldson (page images at HathiTrust)
True stories of the American fathers, for the girls and boys all over the land. By Miss Rebecca M'Conkey. (New York, Nelson & Phillips; Cincinnati, Hitchcock & Walden, [c1874]), by Rebecca M'Conkey (page images at HathiTrust)
Colonial days, by Lucie D. Welsh; illustrated by Olive M. Long. (Boston, New York [etc.] Educational Publishing Company, [c1901]), by Lucie D. Welsh (page images at HathiTrust)
True stories from history and biography. By Nathaniel Hawthorne. (Boston, Houghton, Osgood, and Co., 1879), by Nathaniel Hawthorne (page images at HathiTrust)
Catalogue of the historical collection and objects of related interest at the Children's Museum / prepared by Agnes E. Bowen. ([Brooklyn, N.Y.] : Museums of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, [1909 or 1910]), by Brooklyn Children's Museum (page images at HathiTrust)
The original lists of persons of quality; emigrants; religious exiles; political rebels; serving men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American plantations 1600-1700. (New York, J. W. Bouton, 1874), by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust)
The original territory of the United States : a lecture delivered before the National Geographic Society, February 21, 1899 / by Hon. David J. Hill. (Washington, D.C. : Judd & Detweiler, 1899), by David Jayne Hill (page images at HathiTrust)
Annual register of officers and members of the Society of colonial wars: (New-York [The DeVinne press], 1894), by Society of colonial wars (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A general history of the United States of America; (New-York, Published by Williams & Whiting, 1810), by Benjamin Trumbull (page images at HathiTrust)
A hundred years of warfare, 1689-1789; how the nation was born, by Marguerite Stockman Dickson. (New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd., 1904), by Marguerite Dickson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
List of reports and representations of the Plantation councils, 1660-1674, the Lords of trade, 1675-1696, and the Board of trade, 1696-1782, in the public record office; (Washington [Govt. print. off.], 1915), by Charles McLean Andrews (page images at HathiTrust)
Lives of the Presidents of the United States, with biographical notices of the signers of the Declaration of Independence; sketches of the most remarkable events in the history of the country. (New York, E. Kearny, 1842), by Robert W. Lincoln (page images at HathiTrust)
The colonial era, by George Park Fisher. (New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1892), by George Park Fisher (page images at HathiTrust)
Camps and firesides of the revolution, (New York, The Macmillan company;, 1902), by Albert Bushnell Hart (page images at HathiTrust)
William Pitt as the patron of the American colonies. (Boston, 1896), by Carlos Slafter (page images at HathiTrust)
Camp and trail in early American history; (New York, The Macmillan company, 1915), by Marguerite Dickson (page images at HathiTrust)
Discoveries and pioneers of America. (New York, Derby & Jackson: Cincinnati, H. W. Derby, 1856), by H. F. Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
Lesson plans in fourth grade history, by M. Annie Grace, Emma C. Monroe and others. (Baltimore : Warwick & York, 1917), by M. Annie Grace (page images at HathiTrust)
Some colonial homesteads and their stories, (New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons, 1897), by Marion Harland (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Some colonial mansions and those who lived in them, with genealogies of the various families mentioned; (Philadelphia, H. T. Coates & company, 1898), by Thomas Allen Glenn (page images at HathiTrust)
Outline of lectures on American political and institutional history during the colonial and revolutionary periods, ([Philadelphia, Department of American History. University of Pennsylvania], 1898), by Herman Vandenburg Ames (page images at HathiTrust)
Register of the Massachusetts Society of Colonial Dames of America ... 1893-1905. (Boston, Printed for the Society, 1905), by Massachusetts Society of the Colonial Dames of America (page images at HathiTrust)
American biography: or, An historical account of those persons who have been distinguished in America, as adventurers, statesmen, philosophers, divines, warriors, authors, and other remarkable characters ... By Jeremy Belknap. (Printed at Boston, by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews. Faust's Statue. No. 45, Newbury Street., 1794-98), by Jeremy Belknap (page images at HathiTrust)
Tragic scenes in the history of Maryland and the old French war. With an account of various interesting contemporaneous events which occurred in the early settlement of America. By Joseph Banvard. (Boston, Gould & Lincoln; New York, Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman, 1856), by Joseph Banvard (page images at HathiTrust)
Pioneers of the New world and the old French war ... (Chicago, Boston, The Interstate publishing co, [c1887]), by Joseph Banvard (page images at HathiTrust)
A history of the French war, (New York, Dodd, Mead & company, [c1882]), by Rossiter Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
Histoire de la république des Etats-Unis depuis l'établissement des premières colonies jusqu'à l'élection du président Lincoln (1620-1860) par J.-F. Astié; précédée d'une préface par M. Ed. Laboulaye... (Paris, Grassart, 1865), by J.-F. Astié (page images at HathiTrust)
David Alden's daughter : and other stories of colonial times / by Jane G. Austin. (Boston ; New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Company ; Cambridge : The Riverside Press, 1893, c1892), by Jane G. Austin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North-America. (London : R. and J. Dodsley, 1760) (page images at HathiTrust)
The history of the rise, progress, and establishment, of the independence of the United States of America; including an account of the late war; and of the thirteen colonies, from their origin to that period. By William Gordon. (London, Printed for the author, and sold by Charles Dilly, 1788), by William Gordon (page images at HathiTrust)
The history of the rise, progress, and establishment of the independence of the United States of America : including an account of the late war; and of the thirteen colonies, from their origin to that period / By William Gordon. (New York : Printed by Hodge, Allen, and Campbell, and sold at their respective book-stores, 1789), by William Gordon (page images at HathiTrust)
Outline of lectures on American political and institutional history during the colonial and revolutionary periods, with references for collateral reading. By Herman Vandenburg Ames. ([Philadelphia] The Dept. of history, University of Pennsylvania; New York, Longmans, Green & co., 1908), by Herman Vandenburg Ames (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The cavalier dismounted : an essay on the origin of the founders of the thirteen colonies... / By William H. Whitmore. (Salem [Mass.] : G. M. Whipple & A. A. Smith, 1864), by William Henry Whitmore (page images at HathiTrust)
The pictorial history of the American revolution : with a sketch of the early history of the country. The Constitution of the United States, and a chronological index. (New York : R. Sears; Boston : Redding & co.; [etc., etc.], 1850), by Robert Sears (page images at HathiTrust)
A philosophical and political history of the British settlements and trade in North America / From the French of Abbé Raynal. (Edinburgh : Printed by C. Macfarquhar, 1776), by abbé Raynal (page images at HathiTrust)
A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North-America ... / By William Douglass, M. D. (Boston, New-England : printed; London, Re-printed for R. Baldwin, 1755), by William Douglass (page images at HathiTrust)
France and England in North America, Part VII, Vol 2: A Half-Century of Conflict, by Francis Parkman (Gutenberg ebook)
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies, by H. A. Guerber (Gutenberg ebook)
The Colonies, 1492-1750, by Reuben Gold Thwaites (Gutenberg ebook)
Historic Events of Colonial Days, by Rupert Sargent Holland (Gutenberg ebook)
The History of the Thirteen Colonies of North America 1497-1763, by Reginald W. Jeffery (Gutenberg ebook)
The Beginners of a Nation: A History of the Source and Rise of the Earliest English Settlements in America, with Special Reference to the Life and Character of the People, by Edward Eggleston (Gutenberg ebook)
France and England in North America, Part VII, Vol 1: A Half-Century of Conflict, by Francis Parkman (Gutenberg ebook)
Beginnings of the American People, by Carl L. Becker, ed. by William Edward Dodd (Gutenberg ebook)
England in America, 1580-1652, by Lyon Gardiner Tyler (Gutenberg ebook)
Remarks on the Letter addressed to two great men. In a letter to the author of that piece. : [Four lines in Latin from Horace] ([Boston] : London: pinted [sic] in the year MDCCLX. Boston: re-printed and sold by B. Mecom, at the new printing-office, near the town-house., [1761]), by William Burke and Charles Townshend (HTML at Evans TCP)
A copy of a letter from a gentleman in Virginia, to a merchant in Philadelphia. ([Philadelphia? : s.n., 1768]), by John Dickinson (HTML at Evans TCP)
A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North-America. ... By William Douglass, M.D. ; Vol. I [-Vol. II. Part I]. ; [One line from Cicero] (Boston, New-England: : Printed and sold by Rogers and Fowle in Queen-Street., MD,CC,XLIX. [1749-1752]), by William Douglass (HTML at Evans TCP)
A letter from a gentleman at Halifax, to his friend in Rhode-Island, containing remarks upon a pamphlet, entitled, The rights of colonies examined. (Newport [R.I.]: : Printed and sold by S. Hall., M.DCC.LXV. [1765]), by Martin Howard (HTML at Evans TCP)
A defence of the Letter from a gentleman at Halifax, to his friend in Rhode-Island. [Eleven lines from Foster] (Newport [R.I.]: : Printed and sold by Samuel Hall, on the Parade., M.DCC.LXV. [1765]), by Martin Howard (HTML at Evans TCP)
A narrative of the Indian wars in New-England, from the first planting thereof in the year 1607, to the year 1677. : Containing a relation of the occasion, rise and progress of the war with the Indians, in the southern, western, eastern and northern parts of said country. / By William Hubbard, A.M. Minister of Ipswich. ; [Five lines of Scripture texts] (Boston: : Printed and sold by John Boyle in Marlborough-Street., 1775), by William Hubbard (HTML at Evans TCP)
The present state of North-America. I. The discoveries, rights and possessions of Great-Britain. II. The discoveries, rights and possessions of France. III. The encroachments and depredations of the French upon His Majesty's territories in North-America, in times when peace subsisted in Europe between the two crowns, &c. &c. ([Boston] : London, printed 1755. Boston, New-England, re-printed and sold by D. Fowle in Ann-Street, and by Z. Fowle in Middle-Street., 1755), by Ellis Huske, John Huske, and John Huske (HTML at Evans TCP)
A concise and impartial history of the American Revolution. To which is prefixed, a general history of North and South America. : Together with an account of the discovery and settlement of North America, and a view of the progress, character, and political state of the colonies previous to the Revolution. : From the best authorities. / By John Lendrum. ; Published according to act of Congress. ; Vol. I[-II]. (Printed at Boston, : By I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, (proprietors of the work) Faust's Statue, no. 45, Newbury Street., 1795), by John Lendrum (HTML at Evans TCP)

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