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Julia Gardiner Tyler: A President's Bride And Plantation Mistress In The Age Of Domesticity, Elizabeth Marie Singleton
Julia Gardiner Tyler: A President's Bride And Plantation Mistress In The Age Of Domesticity, Elizabeth Marie Singleton
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Edwin M Stanton And The Lincoln Assassination, Robert L. Crewdson
Edwin M Stanton And The Lincoln Assassination, Robert L. Crewdson
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Neither Heroine Nor Fool : Anna Ella Carroll Of Maryland, Janet L. Coryell
Neither Heroine Nor Fool : Anna Ella Carroll Of Maryland, Janet L. Coryell
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Born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1815, Anna Ella Carroll was the eldest daughter of Maryland Governor Thomas King Carroll. By the early 1850s, she had become a political pamphleteer for the Know-Nothing Party, a nativist and anti-Catholic organization. She wrote a number of books and election pamphlets supporting the presidential candidacy of Millard Fillmore in 1856. In the election of 1860, she promoted the candidacy of John Minor Botts of Virginia, a strong Unionist.;When Civil War began, Carroll worked to support Lincoln's action, and wrote several pamphlets on his behalf. She argues, as did Lincoln, that the …
From Commerce To Controversy: The Career Of William Lee, 1769-1778, Mary Catherine Ryan
From Commerce To Controversy: The Career Of William Lee, 1769-1778, Mary Catherine Ryan
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Captured.Never Came Back: Social Networks Among Female New England Captives, 1689--1763, Barbara Austen
Captured.Never Came Back: Social Networks Among Female New England Captives, 1689--1763, Barbara Austen
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The Urban/Rural Dichotomy Of Status Consumption: Tidewater Virginia, 1815, Ann Morgan Smart
The Urban/Rural Dichotomy Of Status Consumption: Tidewater Virginia, 1815, Ann Morgan Smart
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Trouble To The Eastward: The Failure Of Anglo-Indian Relations In Early Maine, Emerson W. Baker
Trouble To The Eastward: The Failure Of Anglo-Indian Relations In Early Maine, Emerson W. Baker
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This dissertation examines Anglo-Indian relations in seventeenth-century Maine. Previous studies have stressed the failure of the English to understand or get along with the Indians of Maine, without fully examining the background of both sides. This dissertation aims to correct misperceptions of and generalizations about the nature of both native and English societies in early Maine. By using the ethnohistorical perspective, it explores the nature of Anglo-Abenaki interactions and why this relationship broke down.;The focus of Anglo-Indian interaction in early Maine was the fur trade and the land trade. During the seventeenth century, both sides became increasingly dependent upon trade, …
"They Lie Interred Together": An Analysis Of Gravestones And Burial Pattern In Colonial Tidewater Virginia, Elizabeth Anne Crowell
"They Lie Interred Together": An Analysis Of Gravestones And Burial Pattern In Colonial Tidewater Virginia, Elizabeth Anne Crowell
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Historical Settlements In Sarpy County, Nebraska, 1803-1900, Monique Ernestine Sawyer
Historical Settlements In Sarpy County, Nebraska, 1803-1900, Monique Ernestine Sawyer
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Community In Gloucestertown, Virginia: The Context And Archaeology Of Town Development In 17th And 18th Century Virginia, Karen B. Fisher
Community In Gloucestertown, Virginia: The Context And Archaeology Of Town Development In 17th And 18th Century Virginia, Karen B. Fisher
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No abstract provided.