History

Name History
Description

A composition, memoir, or anecdote, or record of a place, event, or individual. Works in this category are often derived from the genre designation on the title page.

Titles

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ID Title Author Firms (City) Date Edition
6917 Historical anecdotes of heraldy and chivalry, tending to shew the origin of many English and foreign coats of arms, Circumstances and Customs. Dobson , Susannah
 George, George, and John Robinson (London)
James Robson (London)
1795
21327 History of England, from the first invasion by Julius Caesar, to the peace of Ghent; comprising every political event worthy of remembrance: a progressive view of religion, language, and manners; of men eminent for their virtue or their learning; their patriotism, eloquence, or philosophical research; of the introduction of manufactures, and of colonial establishments. With an interrogative index, for the use of schools. By William Grimshaw, author of The improved history of Rome. Grimshaw , William
 Benjamin Warner [171 Market Street] (Philadelphia)
1819
17570 History of the Duchess of C****, who was confined in a dungeon under ground, by her unrelenting husband, whom she saw but once during her imprisonment of nine years, in which course of time she frequently suffered the severity of extreme hunger, thirst and cold. But happily, a few days before her tyrant's death, he disclosed the secret of her subterraneous abode to a friend; from which she was soon after released by her parents. from the French of Madame de Genlis. du Crest de Saint-Aubin , Stéphanie Félicité
 Edward Johnson Coale (Baltimore)
1812
20358 History of the rise, progress and termination of the American Revolution. Interspersed with biographical, political and moral observations. In three volumes. By Mrs. Mercy Warren, of Plymouth, (Mass.) Warren , Mercy Otis
 Ebenezer Larkin (Boston)
1805
21624 History of the United States, from their first settlement as English colonies, in 1607, to the year 1808, or the thirty-third of their sovereignty and independence. By David Ramsay, M.D. Continued to the Treaty of Ghent, by S.S. Smith, D.D. and L.L.D. and other literary gentlemen. In three volumes. Ramsay , David
 Mathew Carey [121 Chesnut Street] (Philadelphia)
1816
21625 History of the United States, from their first settlement as English colonies, in 1607, to the year 1808; or, the thirty-third of their sovereignty and independence. By David Ramsay, M.D. Continued to the Treaty of Ghent, by S.S. Smith, D.D. and L.L.D. and other literary gentlemen. In three volumes. Second edition, revised and corrected. Ramsay , David
 M. Carey and Son [126 Chestnut Street] (Philadelphia)
1818 Second edition, revised and corrected.
19561 Hope Leslie; or Early times in Massachusetts. By the Author of Redwood. In Two Volumes. Sedgwick , Catharine Maria
 White, Gallaher, and White (New York City)
1827
9396 Hope Leslie; or, Early Times in the Massachusetts. By the Author of Redwood. In Three Volumes. Sedgwick , Catharine Maria
 John Miller [Pall Mall] (London)
1828
1041 Journal of a Residence in Chile, during the year 1822,and a Voyage from Chile to Brazil in 1823. By Maria Graham. Graham , Maria
 John Murray II [Albemarle] (London)
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green (London)
1824
17272 Lazy Lawrence. By Miss Edgeworth. (Munroe & Francis' Edition). Edgeworth , Maria
 Munroe and Francis [4 Cornhill] (Boston)
1810 (Munroe & Francis' Edition).
26008 Magna Britannia et Hibernia, antiqua & nova. Or, a new survey of Great Britain, wherein to the Topographical Account given by Mr. Cambden, and the late Editors of his Britannia, is added a more large History, not only of the Cities, Boroughs, Towns, and Parishes mentioned by them, but also many other Places of Note, and Antiquities since discovered. Together with. The Chronology of the most remarkable actions of the Britains, Romans, Saxons, Danes, Normans. The Lives and Constitutions of the Bishops of all our Sees; Founders, and Benefactors to our Universities and Monasteries, the Sufferings of Martyrs, and many other Ecclesiastical Matters. The Acts and Laws of our Parliaments, with the Place of their Meeting. A Character of such eminent Statesmen and Churchmen as have signalized themselves by their wise Conduct and Writings. And the Pedigrees of all our noble, Families and Gentry, both Ancient and Modern, according to the best Relations extant. Collected and Composed by an impartial Hand. Cox , Thomas
 1720-31
3905 Memoires pour servir a l'histoire générale des finances. Par M. DÉon de Beaumont. Tome Premier. d'Éon de Beaumont , Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée
 Louis Pierre (Pieter) Mortier (Amsterdam)
1758
15440 Memoires pour servir a l'histoire generale des finances. Par Mr. DEon de Beaumont. d'Éon de Beaumont , Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée
 1758
15439 Memoires pour servir a l'histoire generale des finances. Par Mr. DEon de Beaumont. Tome Premier. d'Éon de Beaumont , Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée
 1760
1133 Memoirs of the Court of King Charles the First. By Lucy Aikin. In two volumes. Aikin , Lucy
 Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman (London)
1833
14908 Memoirs of the Court of King Charles the First. By Lucy Aikin. In two volumes. Aikin , Lucy
 Carey, Lea, and Blanchard (Philadelphia)
1833
14951 Memoirs of the Court of King Charles the First. By Lucy Aikin. In two volumes. Second edition. Aikin , Lucy
 Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman (London)
1833 Second Edition.
14952 Memoirs of the Court of King James the First. By Lucy Aikin. In two volumes. Aikin , Lucy
 Wells and Lilly (Boston)
1822
14953 Memoirs of the Court of King James the First. By Lucy Aikin. In two volumes. Aikin , Lucy
 Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown (London)
1822
1097 Memoirs of the Court of King James the First. By Lucy Aikin. In two volumes. Second Edition. Aikin , Lucy
 Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown (London)
1822 Second Edition
14947 Memoirs of the Court of King James the First. By Lucy Aikin. In two volumes. Third Edition. Aikin , Lucy
 Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown (London)
1823 Third Edition
758 Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth. By Lucy Aikin. In Two Volumes Aikin , Lucy
 Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown (London)
1818
14945 Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth. By Lucy Aikin. In Two Volumes Aikin , Lucy
 Wells and Lilly (Boston)
1821
14775 Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth. By Lucy Aikin. In Two Volumes. Second Edition. Aikin , Lucy
 Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown (London)
1818 Second Edition
14950 Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth. By Lucy Aikin. In Two Volumes. Sixth Edition, Revised and Corrected Aikin , Lucy
 Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green (London)
1826 Sixth Edition, Revised and Corrected

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