BOOK
Title:
Lives of Robert Cavelier de La Salle and Patrick Henry
Creators:
Mygatt, Alston, 1805- | Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 | Everett, Alexander Hill, 1790-1847 | Charles C. Little and James Brown (Firm) | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
Charles C. Little and James Brown, Alston Mygatt, Boston, New Orleans, 1848, ©1844.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Extent:
xx, 398 pages : portrait ; 18 cm
BOOK
Title:
Lives of Robert Fulton, Joseph Warren, Henry Hudson, and Father Marquette
Creators:
Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 | Renwick, James, 1792-1863 | Everett, Alexander Hill, 1790-1847 | Cleveland, Henry R. (Henry Russell), 1808-1843 | Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 | Hilliard, Gray & Co | Harper & Brothers | Folsom, Wells, and Thurston | David Center for the American Revolution | Lake Elsinore (Calif.) Library,
Publication:
Hilliard, Gray, and Co, Richard James Kennett, Boston, London, 1839
Notes:
Conducted by Jared Sparks. Title page with portrait has Harper & Brothers as publisher. Two additional title pages specifying The library of American biography, one with portrait. Fac-simile of the map attached to Marquette's journal: reduced from the original: Carte de la decouverte faite l'an 1673 dans l'Ameriwue Septentrionale. Includes general index to the first ten volumes, p. [305]-386. Includes bibliographical references.
Extent:
xiii, 386 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait, map (facsimile). ; 18 cm
BOOK
Title:
Lives of Sir William Phips, Israel Putnam, Lucretia Maria Davidson, and David Rittenhouse
Creators:
Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 | Kennett, Richard James | Wilson, Emily S. | Annin, William B., 1791?-1839 | Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 | Hilliard, Gray & Co | David Center for the American Revolution | Folsom, Wells, and Thurston
Publication:
Hilliard, Gray, and Co, Richard James Kennett, Boston, London, 1837
Notes:
Two added t.p.; 1st engr. Includes bibliographical references.
Extent:
xii, 398 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait, facsimile ; 18 cm
BOOK
Title:
The lives of eighteen from Princeton
Creator:
Thorp, Willard, 1899-
Publication:
Princeton university press, Princeton, N. J, 1946.
Extent:
ix, [1] p., 1 l., 356 p. ports. 22 cm.
Subjects:
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Rush, Benjamin, -- 1746-1813 -- Biography |
Witherspoon, John, -- 1723-1794 -- Biography |
Smith, Samuel Stanhope, -- 1750-1819 -- Biography |
Madison, James, -- 1751-1836 -- Biography |
Dallas, George Mifflin, -- 1792-1864 -- Biography |
Henry, Joseph, -- 1797-1878 -- Biography |
Wilson, Woodrow, -- 1856-1924 -- Biography |
Princeton University -- Biography |
United States -- Biography BOOK
Title:
Journal and letters of the late Samuel Curwen: judge of Admiralty, etc., an American refugee in England, from 1775 to 1784, comprising remarks on the prominent men and measures of that period : to which are added, biographical notices of many American loyalists, and other eminent persons
Creators:
Curwen, Samuel, 1715-1802 | Ward, George Atkinson, 1793-1864
Publication:
C.S. Francis and Co, J.H. Francis, New York, Boston, 1842.
Notes:
"Errata" slip laid in.
Extent:
xii, 578 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Affecting history of the dreadful distresses of Frederick Manheim's family to which are added, The sufferings of John Corbly's family, An encounter between a white man and two savages, Extraordinary bravery of a woman, Adventures of Capt. Isaac Stewart
Publication:
Printed for Mathew Carey by D. Humphreys, Philadelphia, 1794.
Extent:
48 p. ; 19 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
With Americans of past and present days
Creator:
Jusserand, J. J. (Jean Jules), 1855-1932
Publication:
C. Scribner's sons, New York, 1917.
Notes:
Paris edition (Hachette & cie) has title: En Amérique jadis & maintenant. Issued in 1919 with title: Brothers in arms.
Extent:
ix p., 2 l., 3-350 p. ; 21 1/2 cm.
Subjects:
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Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, -- comte de, -- 1725-1807 |
Washington, George, -- 1732-1799 |
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, -- 1754-1825 |
Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790 |
United States -- Biography |
United States -- Relations -- France |
France -- Relations -- United States |
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, French BOOK
Title:
The other daughters of the Revolution: The narrative of K. White (1809) and The memoirs of Elizabeth Fisher (1810)
Creators:
Halevi, Sharon, 1958- | White, K., 1772- | Fisher, Elizabeth Munro, 1759-
Publication:
State University of New York Press, Albany, c2006.
Notes:
First work originally published: Schenectady : Printed for the authoress, 1809. 2nd work originally published: New York : Printed for the author, 1810. Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-121) and index.
Extent:
ix, 130 p. ; 22 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Lives of Ezra Stiles, John Fitch, and Anne Hutchinson
Creators:
Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 | Kingsley, James Luce, 1778-1852 | Whittlesey, Charles, 1808-1886 | Ellis, George Edward, 1814-1894 | Hinman, David C. | Hornland, Charles H. | Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry | Charles C. Little and James Brown (Firm) | Kansas City Public Library (Kansas City, Mo.) | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
Charles C. Little and James Brown, Boston, 1845
Notes:
There are 3 series title pages. One is engraved. A second gives the series numbering as second series, volume 6. A third gives the series numbering as volume 16. Includes bibliographical references.
Extent:
xiii, 376 pages : portrait ; 18 cm
BOOK
Title:
Lives of John Stark, Charles Brockden Brown, Richard Montgomery, and Ethan Allen
Creators:
Mygatt, Alston, 1805- | Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 | Smith, George Girdler, 1795-1878 | Long, Celia | Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 | Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859 | Armstrong, John, 1758-1843 | Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 | Harper & Brothers | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
Published by Harper & Brothers for Alston Mygatt, New York, 1848
Extent:
v, [2], 356 pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait, facsimiles ; 17 cm
BOOK
Title:
Lives of Baron Steuben, Sebastian Cabot, and William Eaton
Creators:
Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 | Bowen, Francis, 1811-1890 | Hayward, Charles. | Felton, C. C. (Cornelius Conway), 1807-1862 | Vanderlip, Frank A. ǂq (Frank Arthur), ǂd 1864-1937 | Dornfest, Walter T. | Harper & Brothers | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
Harper & Brothers, New York, 1860, ©1834
Notes:
Added title page for the Library of American biography. Pasted in cut-out illustration of Baron Steuben on page [4]. Includes bibliographical references.
Extent:
xii, [2], 358 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations, facsimile ; 16 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Lives of Anthony Wayne and Sir Henry Vane
Creators:
Kennett, Richard James | Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 | Armstrong, John, 1758-1843 | Upham, Charles Wentworth, 1802-1875 | Smith, George Girdler, 1795-1878 | Clovis, James S. | Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 | Hilliard, Gray & Co | Freeman and Bolles | David Center for the American Revolution
Publication:
Hilliard, Gray, and Co, Richard James Kennett, Boston, London, 1835
Notes:
Two added t.p.: 1st engr. "List of Sir Henry Vane's published works": pages 401-403. Includes bibliographical references.
Extent:
x, 403 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait, facsimile ; 19 cm
BOOK
Title:
"In God we trust": the religious beliefs and ideas of the American founding fathers
Publication:
Harper, New York, [1958]
Notes:
Benjamin Franklin's beliefs: pp.16-43.
BOOK
Title:
Houses of the founding fathers
Creators:
Howard, Hugh, 1952- | Straus, Roger.
Publication:
Artisan, New York, c2007.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-344) and index.
Extent:
xiii, 354 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Delaplaine's repository of the lives and portraits of distinguished American characters
Creator:
Delaplaine, Joseph, 1777-1824
Publication:
Philadelphia, 1815-[1816]
Notes:
Engr. t.-p. Vol. 2 has title: Delaplaine's repository of ... distinguished Americans. Philadelphia [n.d.] Issued in 3 parts. Pt. 2 of v. 2 apparently never issued. cf. Sabin, Bibl. amer. and Rich, Bibl. amer. nova, v. 2.
Extent:
2 v. in 1 : por. ; quarto.
Subjects:
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Ames, Fisher, -- 1758-1808 |
Columbus, Christopher |
Vespucci, Amerigo, -- 1451-1512 |
Rush, Benjamin, -- 1746-1813 |
Hamilton, Alexander |
Washington, George, -- 1732-1799 |
Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826 |
Randolph, Peyton, -- 1721-1775 |
Jay, John |
King, Rufus, -- b. 1893 |
Clinton, D. -- (DeWitt) |
Fulton, Robert, -- 1765-1815 |
Adams, Samuel |
Clinton, George, -- 1739-1812 |
Laurens, Henry |
Franklin, Benjamin, -- 1706-1790 |
Hopkinson, Francis, -- 1737-1791 |
Morris, Robert |
Biography |
United States -- Biography |
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Biography