§ 22 a.]

Treaties and Special Works.

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In addition to the works which attempt to give a general summary of a longer or shorter period, there is a body of literature devoted to special topics which run all the way through American history. Many such works are an elaborate study of a very limited field. Others sweep over several centuries and have the

dignity of standard histories.

The monographs have commonly been produced under the auspices of some historical society (§ 31) or of a university. The Johns Hopkins Studies in Historical and Political Science, the Columbia Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law, the Harvard Historical Studies, and the publications of the Universities of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nebraska have been the means of bringing out carefully prepared books on American history. In the Papers of the American Historical Association are also to be found some valuable monographs. This kind of literature is on the increase, and as yet there is no convenient guide to it.

Akin to this form of historical writing is the coöperative history, of which the great examples are the Memorial History of Boston and the Narrative and Critical History of America, both edited by Justin Winsor; the Memorial History of New York, edited by James Grant Wilson; and The United States, edited by N. S. Shaler. The recent editions of the encyclopædias (§ 17) with their signed articles have adopted the same system. Below is a list of some of the more useful works of this class; others will be found in Parts II and III of this Guide.

§ 22 a. Brief List of Works on Special Topics.

James R. Albach, Annals of the West. Pittsburg, 1858. [Anon.], The History of the British Dominions in North America, 1497-1763. London, 1773.

Albert S. Bolles, The Financial History of the United States.

N.Y., 1879-86.

3 vols.

J. Leander Bishop, A History of American Manufactures from 1608 to 1860. 2 vols. Phila., 1861-64.

[Edmund Burke], Account of the European Settlements in America. 2 vols. Second edition, London, 1758.

James Bryce, The American Commonwealth. 2 vols. Revised edition, N.Y., Macmillan, 1895.

George Chalmers, Political Annals of the Present United Colonies, from their Settlement to the Peace of 1763. Book I (all ever published). London, 1780.

James Fenimore Cooper, The History of the Navy of the United States. 2 vols. London, Bentley, 1839.

William Douglass, A Summary, Historical and Political, of the First Planting, Progressive Improvements, and Present State of the British Settlements in North America. 2 vols. London, 1760.

Samuel Adams Drake, The Making of the Great West. 1812-83. N.Y., 1887.

Charles W. Elliott, The New England History, from the Discovery of the Continent by the Northmen, A.D. 986, to 1776. 2 vols. N.Y., 1857.

Joseph Barton Felt, The Ecclesiastical History of New England. 2 vols. Boston, 1855-62.

G. W. Greene, Historical View of the American Revolution. Boston, 1865.

Edgar Stanton Maclay, A History of the United States Navy, from 1775. 2 vols. N.Y., 1894.

John Gorham Palfrey, A Compendious History of New England (1497-1765). 4 vols. Boston, 1884.

John Gorham Palfrey, History of New England (1492–1774). 5 vols. Boston, 1858-90. The last volume was published after the author's death under the editorship of his son, F. W. Palfrey.

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Theodore Roosevelt, Winning of the West. 3 vols. N.Y., 1889

Frank W. Taussig, Tariff History of the United States, 1789-1888. N.Y., Putnams, 1888.

Richmond Mayo Smith, Emigration and Immigration. N.Y., 1890. Edward Stanwood, A History of Presidential Elections. Boston, 1892. Martin Van Buren, Inquiry into the Origin and Growth of Political Parties in the United States. N.Y., 1867.

William B. Weeden, Economic and Social History of New England. 2 vols. Boston, 1890.

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Special and State Histories.

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§ 23. State and Local Histories.

Successful attempts have been made of late years to arouse interest among school children and college students in the history of their own state and town. It is hence desirable that every good school library should have a set of all available books on the local history; the state histories are also often sources for the study of national history or of special topics. Two series of brief state histories are in progress: the American Commonwealth series, edited by H. E. Scudder, and the Story of the States; and there are older and more complete works on nearly all of the states. County and town histories abound; but there is little good literature on the history of cities. The following list is arranged alphabetically by states; books on important cities and important books on local history being grouped under the state in which the city or town is situated. Unless otherwise noted, additional material will be found on most of the states in the publications of the historical societies (§ 31).

[Frederick B. Perkins], Check List for American Local History. (Boston Public Library, Bulletin, October, 1875, and foll.)

Alabama.

Albert James Pickett, History of Alabama, and incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi. 2 vols. Charleston, 1851.

W. Brewer, Alabama, her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men. Montgomery, 1872.

Alaska.

Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of Alaska. (History of the Pacific States, Vol. XXVIII.) San Francisco, 1886.

William Healy Dall and Marcus Baker, Partial List of Charts, Maps, and Publications relating to Alaska and the adjacent region. [Washington, 1880.]

William Healy Dall, Alaska and its Resources. Boston, 1870.

Henry W. Elliott, Report on the Condition of Affairs in Alaska. Washington, 1875.

Henry W. Elliott, Our Arctic Province. N.Y., 1886.

[For Arizona, see New Mexico.]

California.

Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of California. 7 vols. Vols. II and III not yet published. (History of the Pacific States, Vols. XIII-XIX.) San Francisco, 1884.

John Shertzer Hittell, A History of the City of San Francisco. San Francisco, 1878.

Theodore Henry Hittell, History of California. 2 vols. San Francisco, 1885.

Josiah Royce, California from the Conquest in 1846 to the Second Vigilance Committee in San Francisco. (American Commonwealth series.) Boston, 1886.

Franklin Tuthill, The History of California. San Francisco, 1866.

Colorado.

Hubert Howe Bancroft, Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming. 1540-1888. (History of the Pacific States, Vol. XX.) San Francisco, 1890.

[O. L. Baskin, publishers], History of Denver and Colorado. Chicago, 1880. The publishers state that the historical portion of this work was prepared by W. B. Vickers.

D. Boyd, History of Greeley, and the Union Colony of Colorado. Greeley, 1891.

Connecticut.

Edward Elias Atwater, History of the Colony of New Haven to its absorption into Connecticut. New Haven, 1881.

Frances Manwaring Caulkins, History of Norwich, Connecticut, from its possession by the Indians till 1866. —“Published by the Author," 1866. Another edition was published by "Friends of the Author" in 1874.

Theodore Dwight, The History of Connecticut, from the first Settlement. N.Y., 1841.

Gideon Hiram Hollister, The History of Connecticut, from the first Settlement of the Colony. 2 vols. Hartford, 1857.

Alexander Johnston, Connecticut: A Study of a Commonwealth-Democracy. (American Commonwealth series.) Boston, 1887.

Edward R. Lambert, History of the Colony of New Haven, before and after the Union with Connecticut. New Haven, 1838.

Ellen D. Larned, History of Windham County, Connecticut. Worcester, 1874.

2 vols.

Charles Herbert Levermore, The Republic of New Haven. (Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Extra volume, I.) Baltimore, 1886.

Elias Benjamin Sanford, A History of Connecticut. Hartford, 1888.

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California

Georgia.

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Henry Reed Stiles, The History of Ancient Windsor. N.Y., 1859. Henry Reed Stiles, The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor. 1635-1891. Vol. I, History; Vol. II, Genealogies and Biographies. Hartford, 1891-92.

2 vols.

Benjamin Trumbull, A Complete History of Connecticut, from 1630 to 1764. 2 vols. New Haven, 1818.

James Hammond Trumbull, The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut. 1633-1884. 2 vols. Boston, 1886.

Delaware.

Israel Acrelius, Beskrifning om de Swenska Vörsamlingars gedan Nya Nederland. Stockholm, 1759. - Translated by William M. Reynolds as A History of New Sweden. (Pennsylvania Historical Society, Memoirs, Vol. IX.) Phila., 1876.

Jehu Curtis Clay, Annals of the Swedes on the Delaware. Phila., 1835.

Benjamin Ferris, History of the Original Settlements on the Delaware. Wilmington, 1840.

Thomas Campanius Holm, Kort Beskrifning om Provincien Nya Swerige. Stockholm, 1702. Translated by Peter S. du Ponceau, as Description of the Province of New Sweden. Phila., 1834.

John Thomas Scharf, History of Delaware. 1609–1888. 2 vols. Phila., 1888.

Francis Vincent, A History of the State of Delaware, from its first Settlement. One volume published. Phila., 1870.

Florida.

William Whitwell Dewhurst, The History of Saint Augustine, Florida. N.Y., 1881.

George R. Fairbanks, History of Florida. (1512-1842.) Phila., 1871. George R. Fairbanks, The History and Antiquities of the City of Saint Augustine, Florida. N.Y., 1858.

Paul Gaffarel, Histoire de la Floride Française. Paris, 1875. Sidney Lanier, Florida: its Scenery, Climate, and History. [Copyright, 1875].

John Lee Williams, The Territory of Florida. N.Y., 1837.

Georgia.

Phila.

Charles Colcock Jones, The History of Georgia. 2 vols. Boston, 1883.

Hugh McCall, The History of Georgia. 2 vols. Savannah, 1811. Adelaide Wilson, Historic and Picturesque Savannah. Boston, 1889.