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Journal Of The Campaign At New York, 1776-7, Benjamin Trumbull

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This journal covers the New York campaign in 1776 and 1777.

Journal Of Simeon Lyman Of Sharon Aug. 10 To Dec. 28, 1775, Simeon Lyman

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Covers the period Aug. 10 to Dec. 28, 1775.

Journal Of Ensign Nathaniel Morgan, April 21 To Dec. 11, 1775, Nathaniel Morgan

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Covers the period April 21 to Dec. 11, 1775.

A Concise Journal Or Minutes Of The Principal Movements Towards St. John's Of The Siege And Surrender Of The Forts There In 1775, Benjamin Trumbull

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Covers the period July 26 to November 3, 1775.

Journal Of Bayze Wells Of Farmington: May, 1775 -- February,1777, At The Northward And In Canada, Bayze Wells

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Covers the period May, 1775 to November, 1777 and the capture of Fort Ticonderoga and the siege of Quebec.

Sketch Of The Life Of Robert Raikes, Esq. : And Of The History Of Sunday Schools, W F (William Freeman) Lloyd

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American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.1, January 1, 1879

American Christian Review

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The Mountain Lakes Of California., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

THE MOUNTAIN LAKES OF CALIFORNIA. 4ii TO MODJESKA. There are four sisters known to mortals well, Whose names are Joy and Sorrow, Death, and Love: This last it was who did my footsteps move To where the other deep-eyed sisters dwell., To-night, or ere yon painted curtain fell, These, one by one, before my eyes did rove Through the brave mimic world that Shakspere wove. Lady! thy art, thy passion were the spell That held me, and still holds; for thou dost show, With those most high each in his sovereign art,— Shakspere supreme, Beethoven and Angelo,— Great art and …

The Kabul Insurrection Of 1841-42, Vincent Eyre

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Written by Major-General Sir Vincent Eyre, edited by Colonel G. B. Malleson.

Revised and corrected from Lieutenant Eyre's original manuscript. Previously published under title : The military operations at Cabul, which ended in the retreat and destruction of the British Army, January 1842.

Bowling Green And The Twelfth Kentucky Press Association, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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This press association report written by K. B. Grahn, the editor of the Greenup Independent, gives a overview of Bowling Green in 1879 with discussion of the courthouse, churches, College Hill, Water Works, Gas Works, Newspapers, banks, Police, Jail, Colleges, Fairview Cemetery, Fair Grounds, Lost River Mill, land values with crops, Bowling Green Manufacturing Company, Limestone Works, Bowling Green [Axe] Handle Works, Kentucky Stave and Heading Factory, Sash Factory, Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Trunk Line, locks, Green and Barren River Navigation Company, Livery stables, hotels, and Barren River.

Glacial Phenomena In Nevada. Interesting Discoveries By John Muir. Glacial Traces-Lateral Moraines-How The Valleys Were Formed. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Eureka, Nev., November 28, 1878., John Muir

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iduxing 'snow. The.„uul, j -.made-up of irregular volcanic table?, the i extensive, of-which, is about, two .uu. 4= miles long, and like the smaller ones is broken Kjbraptfy down on the edges by the action" ,of. !Peice- Its m-ht is approximately 11,300 feet hffi-n-Fafis?. SonffioeESeTn: the "Si- ' MoantaiESJsrere loaded wuh. glaciers that " - . f-scVoded. to. the adjacent valleys during * *= a] glacial period, and that if is. to'.' tea Francisco.. Thursday, Deer GLACIAL PHENOMENA 1H NEVADA,. .SiSreatingDiscoveries by Jolin Muir item iclal fracM—Lateral MoraInee,.Ho**~rile Yallejs Were Formed. /' i.A, 'fBCril CORRESPONDENCE OF THE BnLLETIK.J . Utjreka, …

The Douglass Squirrel Of California., John Muir

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260 THE DOUGLASS SQUIRREL OF CALIFORNIA. way and get himself a good wife, and then it would be well to have the linen marked with his own name so he wouldn't have to buy it all new. Here you see, Thorarin— and then to think that he should never come home to his mother again and never go to Norway and never get any wife." Mrs. Raven stood tearfully viewing the pillow-case with the embroidered initials, but seeing that her companion was too much absorbed in the present misfortune to have much sympathy to spare for her, she laid it …

Nevada's Timber Belt. Early Winter In The Pine Woods-More About Nevada Conifers, Fox-Tail Pine And Rocky Mountain Spruce-The Home Of Happy Birds-A Mountain Excursion-A Splendid View. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Pioche, Nevada, October..., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

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A Wind Storm In The Forests Of The Yuba., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

STORM IN THE FORESTS OF THE YUBA. 55 ~ A WIND STORM, IN THE FORESTS OF THE YUBA. -* The mountain winds, like the dew and rain, sunshine and snow, aremeasured and bestowed with—wise- -levsaipon the forests, ~wit-h reference to the . developrneiB* of their highest beauty aad- well-being: However restricted the scope of other forest influences, that of the winds is universal. The snow bends and trims the upper forests every winter, the lightning strikes a single tree here and there, while avalanches mow down thousands at a single, swoop, as a gardener thins out a bed of flowers. …

The New Sequoia Forests Of California., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

THE NEW SEQUOIA FORESTS OF CALIFORNIA. 813 Exchange until 1811, when it changed to the old conveut of the Miuiuies, and there "began to form the Museum. Oue of Teniers's sous having entered the order of San Franciscans at Mechlin, Lis father presented the convent with uiuetee'u pictures representing the nineteen martyrs of Gorcum. They were in the same conveut as late as the middle of the last century. Terriers was twice married. After many years Anne Breughel died; and though the marriage contract had been so drawn that, in case of her dying first, her large fortune should go …

Nevada Forests. Coniferous Trees In The Great Basin-The Timber Line. Pine Nut Forest-Pine Nuts As Food-Pine Nut Harvests. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Eureka, Nev., October 22, 1878., John Muir

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NEVADA FORESTS. Coniferous Trees fn trie Great Basin- The Timber Xiine. iise Nat Forests-Pine Nats as Food-Pin [SPECIAL COSRESPQNDENCE 0 Eureka, Nev., October 22,1878. When the traveler from California has crossed the Sierra and gone a little way down the eastern flank,the woods come to an end about as suddenly and completely as if, going westward, reached the ocean. From the very noblest he had forests in the world he emerges into free sunshine and dead alkaline lake levels. Mountains are seen beyond rising in bewildering abundance, range beyond range, their summits deep in the thin white sky. But however …

Nevada Farms. John Muir On The Agricultural Resources Of Our Sister State Mountain And Valley Ranches-Virgin Wilds-Irrigation And Artesian Wells. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Ward, Nevada, September 29, 1878., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

i the Asricnltural Resources ot Our stater-State — Moaiualn and Valley RanciHK—Vlrjrin Wilds — Irrigation and Artesian Weils. taPHiitei F THX BULLETIN.] -Ward, Nevada, September 29,187a To the farmer who comes to this thirsty land from beneath rainy skies, Nevada .seems one',] j vast desert, all sagp- and sand, hopelessly irre- ' deemable now.-.and forever.' And. tbis under! present conditions is severely frne. For not*, withstanding it has gardens, grain fields* and] hay fields generously productive, these compared with the broad arid stretches of valley and plain, as beheld In general views from the mountain tops, are were specks, lying …

Pyramid Lake. The Largest Body Of Water West Of Lake Superior-Charming Description Of Little Known Country-A Rival Of Lake Tahoe. (Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Reno, Nev., July 28, 1878., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

DAILY EVENING BULETIN Saa Fr&aeiseo, Wednesday. ,Suiy 31. 1878. PYRAMID UKL T!ic Lareest Body of Water West of liaks Superior — Charming Description of a XiUtle Known Country—A Rival of Lake TaiiOO. i [CORRESPONDENCE OF THE BULLETIN.] Keso, Nev., July 28, 1878. Pyramid Lake is the most singular and beautiful sheet of water I ever saw, and I believe it surpasses anything on the face of the earth for picturesque grandeur. It iB within 30 miles of i this place and 15 from Wadsworth, as the crow- flies, and syet it is almost unheard of by I Strangers, and is …

American Christian Review, Vol.21, No.27, July 2, 1878

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Reminiscences Of Scotch Character., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

DAILY EVENING BULLETIN San francisco, Saturday. April 30, 1885. NEW PUBLICATIONS. Reminiscences of Scotch Character. Dean Eamsay's Jteniin&cences o/ Scotch JAfe $c? Character i3 a charming little book—a eon- regaison of humorous stories and proverbs peculiarly Scottish, Bhining picturesquely side toy side like flowers on the sunny side of a brae. Edition after edition was called forth in Soot- land. Now it comes to us in a handsome thistly form from the American pres3. The author is manifestly a true and wise lover of his country, fondly cherishing all Scottish associations, and feeling sore at heart the fact that the …

Tahoe In Winter. John Muir Gives Some Curious Facts About Sierra Snow Stored Up Snow Masses-Glacial Lakes-Snow Shoe Experiences-A Retired Hunter. (Correspondence Of The Bulletin.), John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

Daily Evening Bulletin San Francisco; Wednesday, April 8. 1875. TAHOE IN WINTER John Muir Glyes gome CtirBons Facfs AfosKU Sitewa fcnow—Si-ared ail Ser.ew Mssse.?— Stacial I,raises—W06W Shoe liffiaJeirieiisces— A Keored Hanter. [CORRESPONDENCE OP THE BULLETIN.] Californians are not so much as half con- ' scions of the winter glory of the Sierra. We admire descriptions of the Swiss Alps, reading with breathless interest how the ice and snow load their sublime heights, and booming avalanches sweep their crowded forests ; while our own Alps, grand as they, loom unnoticed along our eastern horizon. True, only mountaineers may penetrate their snow-blocked …

The Humming-Bird Of The California Water-Falls., John Muir

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THE HUMMING-BIRD OF THE CALIFORNIA WATER-FALLS. 545 THE HUMMING-BIRD OF THE CALIFORNIA WATER-FALLS. WATER-OUZEL DIVING AND FEEDING. The water-falls of the Sierra Nevada are frequented by only one bird, the ouzel or water-thrush (Cinches Mexicanus, Sw.). He is a singularly joyous and lovable little fellow, about the size of a robin, clad in a plain water-proof suit of a blackish, bluish gray, with a tinge of chocolate on the head and shoulders. In form he is about as smoothly plump and compact as a pot-hole pebble; the flowing contour of his body being interrupted only by his strong feet and …

Notes From Shasta. (Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Sisson's Station, September L0th., John Muir

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Notes from shasta. [CORRESPONDENCE OF TUB BULLETIN.] Sissons Station, September 10th. Mount Shasta is a flue refuge this hot weather. The snow and ice is not perceptibly less than is usually found at this season of the year, and the thousand fountains that spring around the base, are flowing as full and icy and blessedly pure as ever. Neither in the vegetation is there any visible recognition given of the haid.'dry times that have so afflicted the lowland fields. Their delightful freshness and beauty can scarcelv be conceived by those who have seen only the southern and middle portions of …

In The San Gabriel. An Excursion By John Muir-Hot Weather And Plenty Of Chaparral-A Glorious View-Rattlesnakes And Bear Tracks. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.), John Muir

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vrAe&&i~-'us: fc-sycsmores.spread-a: ! j3":liHrestirKen-er&bai*llinil4! \ "" lis mossy-hut- ap'i'ai.3gg-.:.m:. ehQrna-.Svith the?- ; - '.white faging,water." 7Bears-alao, and-panthers, A wSpwirderii' ' Tgaaxteni".; jV; ;:m:.THE SAH-Cft-SSISU: la EscsrsioE -? jobs liir-Ht Weather - .- ; oimJ leteniy'- -of Cijapc.rrxl—A - tiloriotw - ; 3Kew—Ratt!e*Dttkts and Bear-Tracks. [SP1MIAL.-CCBRESP0NI)EIJCE OP THE BUIXETE*J .. After-saying, so much for humari- culture in "my lasi"perfcaps 1 may-owbe allowed a word for wilduess—the wildhess of this south land, .pirreanduntameableas'thesea. - .' '-. .-— ; : _ia the mountains of Sin Gabriel, OTertodkin? -the. lowland. Tines andT fruit groves, mother- ySararp g wrt HgrT.tTlftrT'r °TT~-- " f"' /.everilri the …

Semi-Tropical California. John Muir Describes The Sun Valley Of San Gabriel. Some Facts About Orange Culture-A Fruit Land-A California Colony-Hints To Invalids. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) San Gabriel Valley, September 1, 1877., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

X0* j U *.. S-; SB3M-EECAL:e4EEP;RKl4- j and TemtcTffere-Iyhave. made my* HS -' \.-r' ~ --*—- x "i:,;'-i?':' IP home.and herjTsBsfcayhfle Ilive.* JoAfoMn Describes : Sttir T&akf j The.geograpositioaw?jjglii, y San Ga&rieL " * a*"?- soil and cJimate land-4 Jne take pleasuserT inj2pre8ent2ig our Jfcaders today freir*aeWtfe&Ji the -foi- | tinned, poinl-jiisfcieyoad his " lowing charming letter from the Httm- boldfofAmeri(-the*giaDlogit; cosmog- onist, botanist and artist—John Muir. ' What a wild, free, grorions life he leads ;. on -the mountain tops, -under the rriur- J rdurihgpines,in the eettfiing "canon, arid' and in the "forests primeval." Each oisfttlieS*esnita;*rja*i-IBtw yet Been attained, …

Snow Storm On Mount Shasta., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

SNOW-STORM ON MOUNT SHASTA. 521 SNOW-STORM ON MOUNT SHASTA. MOUNT SHASTA, situated near the northern extremity of the Sierra Nevada, rises in solitary grandeur from a lightly sculptured lava plain, and maintains a far more impressive and commanding individuality than any other mountain within the limits of California. Go where yon will within a radius of from fifty to a hundred miles, there stands the colossal cone of X Ja U-C *- and age. A few tufaceous and brecciated beds are visible in eroded sections near the summit, but pumice and obsidian, usually so abundant in other volcanic regions throughout …

Mormon Lilies. Liliaceous Wonder-A Mountain Covered With Flowers Gorgeous Lily Gardens-A Sublime Scene-The Queen Of All. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Salt Lake, July, 1877., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

San Francisco, Thursday, July 19, 1877. mRmm lilies. lalinceous Wonders—A Mountain Covered with Flowers—tJorseons Lily Gardens—A Bublime Scene—The 4neen City of All. [SPECIAL C0EKESP0NDENCE OP THE BULLETIN.] 8am Lake, July, 1877. Lilies are rare in Utah, so also are their companions, the ferns and orchids, chiefly on account of the fiery saltness of the soil and climate. You may walk the deserts of the Great Basin in the bloom time of the year, all the way across from the snowy Sierra to the snowy Wasatch, and your eyes will be filled with many a gay malva, and poppy, and abronia, …

Snow Banners Of The California Alps., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

HARPER'S MAGAZINE. ' V Ju'/ Vti- SNCP BANNERS OF THE,f3A±iTF0RNIA] j riHE crown of thqjSicrfa, decorated with _l_-**reaniiTrg' sno subl-irmfe. storm pheijpmenon I ever witnessed Hn tbftipe, ftu1 suj||,assing in Lpiaiii,jActwrr- right graiuleur.alijtlie most imposing effects of clouds, floods, akd avalanches. The snow outtTpAvhich. these banners are formed is heapefl most bountifully upon the Alps winter-alter;.-winter, sometimes to a ' depth of twentytir thirty feet; but it does not come from tileNiky in the form .of-laig. feathery flakes, Such' as one sees in calmer and more tempeKjte regions, seldom.eyen in the form of compTSte brystals. -For many of tliese-starry blossoms …

Notes From Utah. John Muir The Naturalist, On Bathing In Salt Lake-A Glorious Swim-Erroneous Impressions Corrected. (Special Correspondent Of The Bulletin.) Lake Point, Utah, May 20, 1877., John Muir

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San Francisco, Thursday, June 14, 1STT. NOTES FROM UTAH~ John Muir, the Naturalist, on Bathing; in Sait Hake—A Glorious Swim—Erroneous Impressions Corrected. [SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OP THE BULLETIN.] Lake Point, Utah, May 20, 1877. When the north wind blows bathing in Salt n Lake is a glorious baptism, for then it is all : wildly awake with waves, blooming like a prairie in snowy crystal foam. Plunging con- i fidently into the midst of the grand uproar you are hugged and welcomed, aud swim without effort, rocking and whirling up and down, u round and round in delightful rhythm, while iq …

A Great Storm. Fierce War Of The Elements In The Salt Lake Basin-The Wasatch Mountains Capped With Snow-A Magnificent Sight. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Salt Lake City, May 19, 1877., John Muir

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A- GREAT STORM. Fierce War of Hie Elements in the Salt. JLnke Bnshi—The Wnsateli Mountains I'apued Willi Snow-A iUaituiiiccnt SiKlit. [PUOM OUK OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Salt Lake City, May 19,1877. Utah has just been been blessed with one of the grandest storms I have ever beheld this side of the Sierra. The mountains are laden with fresh snow ; wild streams are swelling and booming adown the canons, and out in the valley of the Jordan a thousand rain-pools are , gleaming in the sun. I With reference to the development of fertile ! storms bearing snow and rain, the greater …