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BOOK

Title:  
The American revolution: from the commencement to the disbanding of the American army ; given in the form of a daily journal, with the exact dates of all the important events ; also, a biographical sketch of all the most prominent generals
Creators:
Thacher, James, 1754-1844 | Barnitz, Mack R. | Orr, John William, 1815-1887 | Orr, Nathaniel | Chapin, John Reuben | Edmonds, Charles, 1823- | S. W. | Stacy, Margaret | Stacy, Leroy Gleason | Williams & Wiley | Baker & Andrew | E. & E | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
published by Mack R. Barnitz, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1859
Call #:  
DLAR 792
Extent:
xiv, [7]-486 pages, [32] leaves of plates : illustrations (some colored), frontispiece, portraits ; 24 cm



BOOK

Title:  
The life, public services, addresses and letters of Elias Boudinot, LL. D: president of the Continental congress
Creators:
Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 | Boudinot, J. J. (Jane J.) | Houghton, Mifflin and Company | Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.) | H.O. Houghton & Company | David Center for the American Revolution | Holyoke Public Library (Holyoke, Mass.)
Publication:
Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1896.
Notes:  
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call #:  
DLAR 2266
Extent:
2 volumes : portraits ; 23 cm



PAMPHLET

Title:  
An address delivered in 1802 in various towns in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York
Creators:
Gannett, Deborah Sampson, 1760-1827 | Tappan, Eugene. | Hill, Eleanor O. | Hill, Robert W. | Sharon Historical Society (Sharon, Mass.)
Publication:
Press of H.M. Hight, Boston, 1905.
Notes:  
Contains reprint of original t.p., Dedham, 1802.
Call #:  
973 Pam. no. 891
Extent:
xi, 20 pages, [1] leaf of plates : portrait ; 25 cm.



BOOK

Title:  
The voyage of the first Hessian army from Portsmouth to New York, 1776
Creators:
Pfister, A. | Seume, Johann Gottfried, 1763-1810 | Heartman, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1883-1953 | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
Printed for Chas. F. Heartman, New York, [1915]
Notes:  
"Number ..... of 110 copies printed. Also six printed on Japan Vellum." This copy not numbered. "A translation from the German of A. Pfister. It was published some fifty years ago in a German periodical."--Introd. note. "Extract from the diary of the German poet and adventurer, J.G. Seume, a Hessian soldier and participator on the voyage": pages 29-31.
Call #:  
DLAR 1734
Extent:
3 preliminary leaves, [9]-31 pages 19 cm.



BOOK

Title:  
Our beloved kin: a new history of King Philip's War
Creator:
Brooks, Lisa Tanya
Publication:
Yale University Press, New Haven, [c2018]
Notes:  
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-424) and index.
Call #:  
973.2 B79o
Extent:
xv, 431 pages : maps ; 25 cm.



BOOK

Title:  
The Duché letter to General George Washington
Creators:
Duché, Jacob, 1738-1798 | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | David Center for the American Revolution | Rhode Island Historical Society
Publication:
publisher not identified], Philadelphia], [1892]
Notes:  
Cover title. Caption title: Rev. Jacob Duché's letter to General George Washington. Reprint of the 1777 edition.
Call #:  
973.3 D85 c.1
Extent:
8 pages ; quarto.



BOOK

Title:  
The journal of James Melvin, private soldier in Arnold's expedition against Quebec in the year 1775
Creators:
Melvin, James, 1754?- | Melvin, Andrew Alonzo, 1849- | Bryant, Hubbard Winslow 1839-1917, | Wardwell Press | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
Hubbard W. Bryant, Portland, Me, MDCCCCII [1902]
Notes:  
"Edition limited to two hundred and fifty copies, numbered, of which this is number 167."
Call #:  
DLAR 5012
Extent:
90 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 22 cm



BOOK

Title:  
From Cambridge to Champlain, March 18 to May 5, 1776: a manuscript diary
Creators:
Romaine, Lawrence B., 1900-1967 | Lancaster, Bruce, 1896-1963 | Reynolds Printing Company (New Bedford, Mass.) | BS Co. Archives | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
privately printed and published by Lawrence B. Romaine, Weathercock House, Middleboro, Mass, 1957.
Notes:  
"250 copies ... No. 59".
Call #:  
DLAR 1737
Extent:
30 pages : facsimile, frontispiece ; 28 cm



BOOK

Title:  
A narrative of some of the adventures, dangers and sufferings of a Revolutionary soldier: interspersed with anecdotes of incidents that occurred within his own observation
Creators:
Martin, Joseph Plumb, 1760-1850 | Glazier, Masters & Co
Publication:
Printed by Glazier, Masters & Co, Hallowell [Me.], 1830.
Notes:  
Published anonymously.
Call #:  
973.38 M36n
Extent:
iv, [5]-213 pages ; 18 cm.



BOOK

Title:
Tsqelmucwílc: the Kamloops Indian Residential School--resistance and a reckoning
Alt. Title:  
Resistance and renewal  
Creators:
Haig-Brown, Celia, 1947- | Gottfriedson, Garry, 1954- | Fred, Randy | Arsenal Pulp Press
Publication:
Arsenal Pulp Press, Vancouver, BC, [2022]
Notes:  
Previously published under title: Resistance and renewal : surviving the Indian residential school. Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-281) and index.
Call #:  
371.829 H125t
Extent:
287 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm



BOOK

Title:  
Native memoirs from the War of 1812: Black Hawk and William Apess
Creators:
Benn, Carl, 1953- | Black Hawk, Selections.Sauk chief, 1767-1838 | Apess, William, Selections., 1798-1839
Publication:
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Md, [c2014]
Notes:  
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-173) and index.
Call #:  
970.1 N213b
Extent:
xiv, 184 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.



BOOK

Title:  
A relic of the revolution: containing a full and particular account of the sufferings and privations of all the American prisoners captured on the high seas, and carried into Plymouth, England, during the Revolution of 1776 : with the names of the vessels taken, the names and residence of the several crews, and time of their commitment, the names of such as died in prison, and such as made their escape, or entered on board English men-of-war, until the exchange of prisoners, March 15, 1779 : also, an account of the several cruises of the squadron under the command of Commodore John Paul Jones, prizes taken, etc., etc
Creators:
Herbert, Charles, 1757-1808 | Peirce, Charles H. | Siementkowski, Arthur | George C. Rand & Co | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
Published for the proprietor, by Charles H. Peirce, Boston, 1847
Notes:  
Has also engraved title page. Issued later under title: Prisoners of 1776.
Call #:  
DLAR 6501
Extent:
258 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm



BOOK

Title:
A campaign in New Mexico with Colonel Doniphan
Alt. Title:  
Campaign in New Mexico  
Creators:
Edwards, Frank S. | Atheneum Library (Genesco, N.Y.) | Wadsworth Library (Genesco, N.Y.) | Carey & Hart | T.K. & P.G. Collins (Firm)
Publication:
Carey and Hart, Philadelphia, 1847
Notes:  
"With a map of the route, and a table of the distances traversed." Original tan paper wrapper, bearing imprint date 1848, reads: Doniphan's campaign. Price 50 cents. A campaign in New Mexico with Colonel Doniphan, by Frank S. Edwards ... Publisher's advertisements on 22 p. at end.
Call #:  
973.6 Ed9c
Extent:
184, 22 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 19 cm.



BOOK

Title:  
The journal of Dr. Caleb Rea: written during the expedition against Ticonderoga in 1758
Creators:
Rea, Caleb, 1726-1760 | Ray, F. M. (Fabius Maximus), 1837-1915 | Essex Institute | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
Essex Institute], Salem, Mass, 1881.
Notes:  
Reprinted from Essex Institute. Historical collections. Salem, Mass., 1881. vol. 18.
Call #:  
DLAR 4157
Extent:
71 pages ; 24 cm



BOOK

Title:  
Life and remarkable adventures of Israel R. Potter: (a native of Cranston, Rhode-Island,) who was a soldier in the American revolution, and took a distinguished part in the Battle of Bunker Hill (in which he received three wounds,) after which he was taken prisoner by the British, conveyed to England, where for 30 years he obtained a livelihood for himself and family, by crying "Old chairs to mend," through the streets of London : --in May last, by the assistance of the American consul, he succeeded (in the 79th year of his age) in obtaining a passage to his native country, after an absence of 48 years
Creators:
Potter, Israel, 1744-1826? | Howard, J. | Trumbull, Henry, 1781-1843 | American Antiquarian Society | Springfield City Library Association (Springfield, Mass.)
Publication:
Printed by J. Howard for I.R. Potter, Providence, 1824.
Notes:  
Below the imprint: "(Price 31 cents.)"; another edition has a price of 28 cents. A first person narrative; however, it is copyright by Henry Trumbull, "the right whereof he claims as author." According to a prefatory note "To the public." in another edition (Shoemaker 17676), "In the foregoing pages we have attempted a simple narrative of the life and extraordinary adventures of one of the few survivors who fought and bled for American independence." The extent of Potter's contribution is not clear. Copyright Jan. 30, 1824 by Henry Trumbull.
Call #:  
B P853L
Extent:
108 pages, 1 leaf of plates : portrait ; 17 cm.



BOOK

Title:  
Memoirs of a life, chiefly passed in Pennsylvania, within the last sixty years: with occasional remarks upon the general occurrences, character and spirit of that eventful period
Creators:
Graydon, Alexander, 1752-1818 | Wyeth, John, 1770-1858 | Fisher, Miers, 1748-1819 | Graydon, Alexander, 1752-1818
Publication:
Printed by John Wyeth, Harrisburgh, 1811.
Notes:  
Published anonymously. Written by Alexander Graydon. Cf. Halkett & Laing. Errata on final page.
Call #:  
B G79g
Extent:
378, 1 p. ; 18 cm.



BOOK

Title:  
The American Revolution, from the commencement to the disbanding of the American army: given in the form of a daily journal, with the exact dates of all the important events; also, a biographical sketch of all the most prominent generals
Creators:
Thacher, James, 1754-1844 | Hobbs, Richard H. | Orr, John William, 1815-1887 | Orr, Nathaniel | Chapin, John Reuben, 1823-1894 | Edmonds, Charles, approximately 1823- | S. W. | Hurlbut, Kellogg & Co | American Subscription Publishing House | Williams and Wiley | Baker & Andrew | E. & E | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
published by subscription only, Hurlbut, Kellogg & Co., American Subscription Publishing House, Hartford, Conn, 1861, ©1860
Call #:  
DLAR 1891
Extent:
xiv, [7]-486 pages, [32] leaves of plates : illustrations, some hand colored, portraits ; 23 cm



PAMPHLET

Title:  
The Ramah Navahos: Tłʼohchiníjí diné kéédahatʼíinii baa haneʼ
Creators:
Hastiin Biyo̕ Łání Yę́ę Biye̕. | Young, Robert W., 1912-2007 | Morgan, William, 1917-2001 | Correll, J. Lee | United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, | Phoenix Indian School Printing Department,
Publication:
Dept. of the Interior, United States Indian Service, Washington], 1949
Notes:  
Cover title. "One of a series of bilingual brochures which we propose to publish, dealing with matters of historical significance with relation to the Navaho People."--Foreword. Opposite pages bear duplicate numbering.
Call #:  
970.1 Pam. no. 591
Extent:
vi, 17 leaves ; 24 cm.



BOOK

Title:  
Qikigtani Truth Commission: community histories, 1950-1975
Creators:
Qikiqtani Truth Commission | Inhabit Media Inc | Qikiqtani Inuit Association | Canada Canadian Heritage,
Publication:
Inhabit Media Inc, Iqaluit, Nunavut, ©2013.
Call #:  
970.3 Q16c
Extent:
xiii, [4], 510 p. : illustrations, map ; 26 cm



BOOK

Title:  
I remain yours: common lives in Civil War letters
Creators:
Hager, Christopher, 1974- | Hager, Christopher, 1974-
Publication:
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, 2018.
Notes:  
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call #:  
973.7 H12i
Extent:
[iii], 336 pages : facsimiles, portraits ; 22 cm.



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