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• The Star of the West, or, National Men and National Measures (first edition; Boston: J. French and Co.; New York: Miller, Orton and Mulligan, 1856), by Anna Ella Carroll (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Star of the West, or, National Men and National Measures (second edition; Boston: J. French and Co.; New York: Miller, Orton and Mulligan, 1857), by Anna Ella Carroll (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Journey in North America, Described in Familiar Letters to Amelia Opie (Norwich: Printed for Private Circulation, by Josiah Fletcher, 1841), by Joseph John Gurney (page images in Germany)
• Way-Side Glimpses, North and South (New York: Rudd and Carleton, 1860), by Lillian Foster (page images at MOA)
• Mr. Buchanan's Administration on the Eve of the Rebellion (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1866), by James Buchanan
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• Long Road to Harpers Ferry: The Rise of the First American Left (London: Pluto Press, c2018), by Mark A. Lause (Epub at OAPEN)
• Journal of a Residence and Tour in the United States (1835), by E. S. Abdy (illustrated HTML at jmisc.net)
• Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers (1851), by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (Gutenberg text)
• Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers (Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo and Co., 1851), by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (page images at loc.gov)
• John A. Quitman (Harper & brothers, 1860), by J. F. H. Claiborne, John Chester Buttre, John Anthony Quitman, and Harper & Brothers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guarding the frontier; a study of frontier defense from 1815 to 1825 (The University of Minnesota press, 1935), by Edgar Bruce Wesley (page images at HathiTrust)
• The coming of the civil war (C. Scribner's sons, 1942), by Avery Odelle Craven (page images at HathiTrust)
• Casket of reminiscences. (Negro Universities Press, 1968), by Henry S. Foote (page images at HathiTrust)
• From Jefferson to Lincoln (H. Holt and Company; [etc., etc., 1913), by William MacDonald (page images at HathiTrust)
• Colonel Alexander K. McClure's recollections of half a century ... (The Salem Press Company, 1902), by Alexander K. McClure (page images at HathiTrust)
• The middle period, 1817-1858 (C. Scribner's sons, 1901), by John William Burgess (page images at HathiTrust)
• The reign of Andrew Jackson : a chronicle of the frontier in politics (Yale university press; [etc., etx.], 1919), by Frederic Austin Ogg (page images at HathiTrust)
• The idea of progress in America, 1815-1860, (Columbia university press;, 1944), by Arthur Alphonse Ekirch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The reign of Andrew Jackson : a chronicle of the frontier in politics (Yale university press ; [etc., etc, 1919), by Frederic Austin Ogg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Westward extension, 1841-1850 (Harper & brothers, 1906), by George Pierce Garrison (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Columbus. Amerikanische Miscellen. (Verlegt vom Herausgeber und in Commission bei Herold., 1825), by Karl Nicolaus Röding (page images at HathiTrust)
• American annual register. (G. and C. Carvill [etc.], 1826) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The crisis of 1830-1842 in Canadian-American relations (Yale University Press ;, 1941), by Albert B. Corey (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Old Northwest as the keystone of the arch of American federal union : a study in commerce and politics. (The Principia Press, Inc., 1938), by A. L. Kohlmeier (page images at HathiTrust)
• The year of decision, 1846. (Houghton Mifflin, 1950), by Bernard De Voto (page images at HathiTrust)
• The star of the west. (Miller, Orton & co., 1857), by Anna Ella Carroll (page images at HathiTrust)
• Defence of Maj. Gen. Caleb Burbank, and the argument of the complainants, before the general court-martial, whereof Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Goodwin was president, held at Worcester, on the 8th day of Sept. 1818, against charges preferred against him, by Col. Prentice Cushing and others. (Printed by William Manning., 1819), by Caleb Burbank, Prentice Cushing, and Massachusetts. Militia. Court-martial (Burbank : 1818) (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the United States; from the compromise of 1850 to the final restoration of home rule at the south in 1877. (The Macmillan company;, 1910), by James Ford Rhodes (page images at HathiTrust)
• The idea of progress in America, 1815-1860. (AMS Press, 1969), by Arthur Alphonse Ekirch (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Way-side glimpses, North and South. (Negro Universities Press, 1969), by Lillian Foster (page images at HathiTrust)
• The middle period, 1817-1858 (Scribner, 1897), by John William Burgess (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical sketches of the United States, from the peace of 1815 to 1830. (S. Converse, 1830), by Samuel Perkins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diplomatic relations of Texas and the United States, 1839-1843 (s.n., 1912), by Thomas Maitland Marshall (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Life of Andrew Jackson. (Houghton, Osgood and co., 1879), by James Parton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The life of Horace Greeley. (J.E. Potter & Co., 1874), by Lurton Dunham Ingersoll (page images at HathiTrust)
• Casket of reminiscences (Chronicle Publishing Company, 1874), by Henry S. Foote (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guarding the frontier; a study of frontier defense from 1815 to 1825 (The University of Minnesota press, 1935), by Edgar Bruce Wesley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lecture delivered before the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts... March 20, 1855 (Printed by J. Murphy & Co., 1855), by John Tyler and Baltimore Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life of Stephen A. Douglas : to which are added his speeches and reports. ([s.n.], 1890), by Henry M. Flint (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mr. Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion. (D. Appleton and Company, 1866), by James Buchanan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Division and reunion, 1829-1889 (Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893), by Woodrow Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Late American history: containing a full account of the courage, conduct, and success of John C. Fremont. (A. S. Barnes & co., 1856), by Emma Willard (page images at HathiTrust)
• American annual register (William Jackson ..., 1833), by Joseph Blunt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Salmon Portland Chase (Houghton Mifflin and company, 1899), by Albert Bushnell Hart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Characteristics of the times, strong incentives to intellectual effort : an address, delivered before the Franklin & Adelphi Societies of Howard College at their anniversary, held at Marion, Alabama, July 24, 1850 ([Franklin & Adelphi Societies], 1850), by T. G. Keen (page images at HathiTrust)
• The middle period, 1817-1858 (C. Scribner's sons, 1904), by John William Burgess (page images at HathiTrust)
• Farewell address to the people of the United States, delivered March 4, 1837. (Hamilton, 1856), by United States. President (1829-1837 : Jackson) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The star of the west (Miller, Orton & co., 1857), by Anna Ella Carroll (page images at HathiTrust)
• Late American history: containing a full account of the courage, conduct, and success of John C. Fremont (A. S. Barnes & co., 1856), by Emma Willard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Mr. Hall of Vermont, on the fortification bill : delivered in the House of Representatives, May 24, 1836. (s.n.], 1836), by Hiland Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Mr. Hardin of Kentucky, on Mr. Adam's resolutions concerning the loss of the fortification bill of the last session : delivered in the House of Representatives, January 28, 1836. (National Intellingencer Office, 1836), by Benjamin Hardin, John Quincy Adams, and D.C.) National Intelligencer Office (Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
• American annual register of public events ... containing a view of the history, politics, and literature of the year, with biographical notices of eminent persons (G. & C. Carvill;, 1826) (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the United States; from the compromise of 1850 to the final restoration of home rule at the south in 1877. (The Macmillan company;, 1909), by James Ford Rhodes (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Frontier in politics (Yale University Press, 1919), by Nathaniel W. Stephenson, Frederic Austin Ogg, and Allen Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters of J. Downing : Major, Downing-ville militia, second brigade : to his old friend Mr. Dwight, of the New-York daily advertiser. (Harper, 1834), by Charles Augustus Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• American annual register of public events (Fessenden and Company ;, 1832), by Joseph Blunt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mr. Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion (Ayer Company, Publishers, 1990), by James Buchanan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Abraham Lincoln og hans samtid (Skandinavens boghandel, 1889), by O. M. Peterson (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the Polk administration (G.P. Putnam, 1850), by Lucien B. Chase (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thirty years' view, or, A history of the working of the American government for thirty years from 1820 to 1850 chiefly taken from the Congress debates, the private papers of General Jackson and the speeches of ex-Senator Benton, with his actual view of men and affairs : with historical notes and illustrations and some notices of eminent deceased contemporaries (D. Appleton, 1856), by Thomas Hart Benton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Who began the frontier troubles? who broke the treaty? to the Hon. members of the Senate and House of Representatives, in Congress. (Mackenzie's Gazette, 1840) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Personal memoirs of a residence of thirty years with the Indian tribes on the American frontiers with brief notices of passing events, facts and opinions, A.D. 1812 to A.D. 1842 (Lippincott, Grambo, 1851), by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the working of the American government for thirty years from 1820 to 1850 (D. Appleton, 1875), by Thomas Hart Benton (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the working of the American government for thirty years from 1820 to 1850 (D. Appleton, 1854), by Thomas Hart Benton (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the working of the American government for thirty years from 1820 to 1850 (D. Appleton, 1857), by Thomas Hart Benton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The anti-slavery crusade a chronicle of the gathering storm (Yale University Press ;, 1919), by Jesse Macy (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Personal memoirs of a residence of thirty years with the Indian tribes on the American frontiers : with brief notices of passing events, facts, and opinions, A.D. 1812 to A.D. 1842 (Lippincott, Grambo, 1900), by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Division and reunion, 1829-1889 (Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896), by Woodrow Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Andrew Jackson as a public man : what he was, what chances he had, and what he did with them (Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1896), by William Graham Sumner (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the United States from the compromise of 1850 to the final restoration of home rule at the south in 1877. (Macmillan, 1912), by James Ford Rhodes (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The American annual register, or, View of the history, politics, and literature of each year in an octavo volume containing about eight hundred pages published by E. & G.W. Blunt, New-York : conditions, the work will be published annually in one volume of about eight hundred pages handsomely printed on fine paper, price,five dollars. (Blunt, 1830), by G. W. Blunt, Edmund Blunt, James Madison Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress), and E. & G.W. Blunt (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thomas Hart Benton. (Houghton, Mifflin, 1899), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Andrew Jackson (Houghton Mifflin Co., 1909), by William Graham Sumner (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Pacific railroad as a sectional issue in the 1850's (University of California, Library Photographic Service, 1950), by Patrick W. Riddleberger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The sword of the Lord in the land, and proud boasting our besetting sin as a nation : two sermons preached in Christ Church and St. John's, Savannah, on the 2d and 3d Sundays in Lent, in connection with the awful catastrophe on board the Princeton (Savannah [Ga.] : W.T. Williams, 1844., 1844), by Stephen Elliott, J. Durelle Boles, William T. Williams, J. Durelle Boles Collection of Southern Imprints, Ga.) St. John's Episcopal Church (Savannah, and Ga.) Christ Church (Savannah (page images at HathiTrust)
• Andrew Jackson as a public man ; what he was, what chances he had, and what he did with them. (Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1883), by William Graham Sumner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson : embellished with numerous engravings from designs by William Croome (Wm. Jas. Hamersley ;, 1851), by John Frost and William Croome (page images at HathiTrust)
• Division and reunion, 1829-1889 (Longmans, Green, and Co., 1894), by Woodrow Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the life, administration and times of Martin Van Buren, eighth president of the United States : seven years' Seminole War, and period of great financial convulsions (Fairbanks and Palmer, 1887), by John Robert Irelan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The middle period, 1817-1858 (Scribner, 1902), by John William Burgess (page images at HathiTrust)
• Personal memoirs of a residence of thirty years with the Indian tribes on the American frontiers (AMS Press, 1978), by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (page images at HathiTrust)
• Travels in North America during the years 1834, 1835 & 1836 : including a summer residence with the Pawnee Tribe of Indians and a visit to Cuba and the Azore Islands (Harper & Bros., 1839), by Charles Augustus Murray (page images at HathiTrust)
• The reign of Andrew Jackson; a chronicle of the frontier in politics (Yale university press; [etc., etc.], 1921), by Frederic Austin Ogg (page images at HathiTrust)
• An oration, delivered on the fourth of July, 1848, before the Cincinnati Society, and '76 Association (1848), by John L. Manning, James Simons, Miller & Browne, '76 Association, and South-Carolina State Society of Cincinnati (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Middle Period, 1817-1858, by John William Burgess (Gutenberg ebook)

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