The forgotten history and cultural and political legacies of U.S. imperialism and other historical debates in political cartoons, literature, and historical texts and analyses.

Welcome to the Internet Library of Early Journals A digital library of 18th and 19th Century journals Note that frames are used for browsing and searching. Latest news: The Final Report of the ILEJ project is now available in electronic form within the section Papers on ILEJ . A No frames version is also available.. tsl 16/4/99 An eLib (Electronic Libraries Programme) Project by the ...

Robert Baden-Powell, Founder of the World Scout Movement, Chief Scout of the World The portrait of Baden-Powell at the top of this page is from the 1929 painting by David Jagger. It was presented to B-P on August 6, 1929 at the III World Jamboree at Arrowe Park, Birkenhead, England. This was known as the Coming of Age Jamboree as it marked the 21st anniversary of Scouting. The portrait was ...

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Based on the lives of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojurner Truth and others this site is an Internet based curriculum enhancement tool for Black History education programs. The Internet African American History Challenge consists of test questions based on the lives of important 19th century African Americans. The questions are based on biographical profiles (available at the ...

A portal to all things Victorian. Links, free articles and craft ideas, antique postcards, Victorian merchant marketplace.

A selection from American books & magazines for children, 1800-1872.

MY HOMEPAGE MY SITE MAP MY HOST SITE (Thanks!) Last Updated 3/25/02 Visitors to the Regency Fashion Page since 1 June 1995 47 Subpages on Regency Clothing and Shoes for Men, Women, and Children Research Books Clothing Image Links Over 400 Images The Lady's Magazine La Belle Assembl&#233e Journal de la Mode The Gallery of Fashion Costume Parisien Le Beau Monde AND 8 Other Journals 40 Pages on ...

The Around the World in the 1890s: Photographs from the World's Transportation Commission, 1894 - 1896, collection contains 880 views of foreign countries and their native forms of transportation by William Henry Jackson.

Factual information on the Clanton's, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, John Ringo and the famous OK Corral gunfight.

This study includes a general overview of the Underground Railroad, with a brief discussion of slavery and abolitionism, escape routes used by slaves, and alternatives for commemoration and interpretation of the significance of the phenomenon.

Dictionary of Victorian London. Primary sources - Victorian London's social history. ...

The Free Library of Philadelphia's Centennial Exhibition Digital Collection consists of over 1, 500 photographs and assorted material dealing with the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.

Dedicated to Victorian enthusiasts, articles and photos of the victorian era including Queen Victoria, Victorian decorating and Victorian Architecture ...

PENNY MAGAZINE ONLINE Other Online Resources About Penny Magazine Number 001 - March 31, 1832 Number 104 - Nov. 16, 1833 Number 211 - July 18, 1835 Number 212 - July 25, 1835 Number 213 - July 31, 1835 Number 214 - Aug. 1, 1835 Number 215 - Aug. 8, 1835 Number 216 - Aug.15, 1835 Number 219 - Aug.31, 1835 Number 220 - Sep. 5, 1835 Number 227 - Oct.17, 1835 Number 229 - Oct. 31, 1835 Your ...

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James Healy was the first African-American Catholic Bishop.

THE ORIGINS OF LABOR DAY September 2, 2001 The observance of Labor Day began over 100 years ago. Conceived by America's labor unions as a testament to their cause, the legislation sanctioning the holiday was shepherded through Congress amid labor unrest and signed by President Grover Cleveland as a reluctant elction-year compromise. Read about the turbulent circumstances of Labor Day's birth, ...

Patrick Healy was the first African-American to be president of a predominantly white university.

Page loading... Click here for a low graphics version of this page. History of a Reign Follow the Queen through a lifetime of leadership. Her Majesty Learn about Victoria and her family. The Changing Empire Discover the people, places and events of Victoria's reign. Secrets of the Empire Can you help the Queen Play our game and find out! About the Series What went into the making of Victoria

The Gentleman's Page provides helpful hints on how to look and act like a 19th Century American man ...

The Underground Railroad in Rochester, New York History of the Underground Railroad Slavery The Fugitive Slave Act Abolitionists and the Establishment of the Underground Railroad Function of the Underground Railroad How the Slaves Were Transported Location of Underground Railroad Stations How Many Slaves Were Helped by the Underground Railroad History of the Underground Railroad in Rochester, ...

Rose O'Neal Greenhow Papers An On-line Archival Collection Special Collections Library, Duke University Images and Transcripts from the Collection About Rose O'Neal Greenhow About the collection at Duke Read items from the collection More information about the Special Collections Library and related collections Statement on use and reproduction About the digitized version of this collection ...

The social history of Victorian and Edwardian London, family life, a typical day, clothes, pastimes, leisure of a man, woman, child, servants, a room-by-room inventory, booklist, events and forum.

John Bell Hood was a brilliant tactician who reached his nadir when promoted to command of the Army of the Tennessee.

The Story of One Union Soldier Private Bernard McKnight - Massachusetts 3rd Cavalry 1838 - 1864 Early Life Coming to America Civilian to Soldier Action on the Mississippi Capture at Port Hudson Andersonville Prison Epilogue Documents / References Bernard was an Irish immigrant who came to America in the late 1850s. He brought his wife and young child with him and settled in Taunton, ...

The Victorian Turkish Bath Welcome to Malcolm Shifrin's information exchange Site map Vapour baths, hot-air, saunas, R misch-Irisches Bad, bains turcs, David Urquhart, Foreign Affairs Committees, hydropathy, hydropathic, hammam, nineteenth century, 19th century. hamam Updated and augmented monthly between October and June each year Introductory page Last update: 11 June 2002 Inside Avery Hill ...

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The University of South Carolina prides itself on its reputation as one of the foremost institutions in the United States for the study of Scottish literature. The Thomas Cooper Library is fortunate to have one of the foremost collections of Scottish literature anywhere outside of Scotland. Many of its valuable holdings are part of the G. Ross Roy Collection of Scottish Literature and the Rodger ...

About the Trans Mississippi Map of the Trans Mississippi Calender of the Trans Mississippi Buildings of the Trans Mississippi Visit the Indian Congress Visit the F.A. Rinehart Photo Gallery &copy 1998 Omaha Public Library ...

Last updated: 22 April 2001 Letters of a Victorian lady, Ada E Leslie, 1883 to 1894 Prussian (German), British and Greek Royal Palaces and travel in Royal Yachts occupy this Victorian lady's life after an eventful visit to India from England as a children's governess with a final move to Burma as the wife of a District Police Commander. Described as an epic traveller for those days she goes to ...

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The Avalon Project at Yale Law School Peace Conference at the Hague 1899 : Correspondence, Instructions and Reports Major Collections What's New Avalon Home pre 18th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century 21st Century Laws of War Page - Hague and Geneva Conventions SEARCH the 1899 Hague Conference: Rescript of the Russian Emperor August 24 (12, Old Style), 1898 Russian Circular January ...

Over 400 skeptical definitions and essays on occult, paranormal, supernatural and pseudoscientific ideas and practices with references to the best skeptical literature ...

A guide to the wars, armies and geography of 19th Century military history (from Waterloo to the 1st World War), backed up by longer articles and wargame battle reports.

Edward St John Daniel, VC, the story of the first man to forfeit the Victoria Cross ...

A trail of accurate events surrounding the origin of New Zealand's Treaty of Waitangi (and beyond), and the invasion of Colonialism, politics and religion.

Many Michigan citizens helped slaves escape via the Underground Railroad, a secret route of paths and stations from the South.

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UNDERGROUND RAILROAD CONTENTS ------------------------ The Journey Routes to Freedom Time Line For Kids Classroom Ideas Faces of Freedom Store Resources & Links Postcard Credits Web Links | NGS Resources | Additional Resources -Web Links- Africans in America: Americas Journey Through Slavery http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia The companion site to the PBS documentary explores the odyssey of African ...

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Biographical Description of Prince Maximilian of Wied (1782-1867).

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In 1826, William Morgan, your free fellow citizen, was, by highly exalted members of the masonic fraternity, with unlawful violence, seized, -- secretly transported through the country more than one hundred miles, to a fortress of the United States, then in charge of freemasons, who had prepared it for his reception, -- there imprisoned, several days and nights, against his utmost ...

This site explores the beginnings and growth of the Chautauqua Institution, the experience of its utopian space and summer program, and changes that took place in the early yeras of Chautauqua.

For the complete text of this book, click here (this file is large and may take long to download). For individual topics click on a link below. Cuban history: The treaty of Zanjon Causes of the Spanish American war The De Lome letter The sinking of the Maine Spanish American War: Preparation The Spanish American war: American blockade of the Philippines Philippines history Commodore Dewey and ...

Wars and conflicts fought in the year 1899 are featured on this page in rough chrological order.

MEREDITH BEAN McMATH writer historian The difference between the right word and the nearly right word, is that between lightning and lightning bug. Mark Twain CALENDAR of Upcoming Events Coming this fall: The Tally Ho Radio Show! Why Write HISTORY ARTICLES: Time Travelling: The Power of Civil War Music Bent on Having Their Own Way: Three Women Journalists of the Civil War SELECTIONS FROM THE ...

A guide to the wars, armies and geography of 19th Century military history (from Waterloo to the 1st World War), backed up by longer articles and wargame battle reports.

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Civil War And the Western Frontier General H. B. Carrington Henry Beebee Carrington served as Colonel and Brigadier General in the Union Army. He is best known for his role in the Fetterman Massacre, and also for his zealous pursuit of northerners disloyal to the Union. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans Photographs of General Carrington With other ...

When he surrendered his twenty-six hundred man cavalry brigade on May 17, 1865 near Munford, Alabama, this individual, who had fought forty-two major battles and many minor skirmishes, became the last commander of a major unit to capitulate to Federal forces, thus ending the conflict in the states east of the Mississippi. He had privately stated prior to the war when visiting Washington and ...

HENRY CABOT LODGE: For Intervention in Cuba Source: Record, 54 Cong., 1 Sess., pp. 1971-1972. I, UNITED WITH THE REST of the Committee on Foreign Relations, with a single exception, in reporting the concurrent resolution which is now before the Senate. I will say, however, with perfect frankness, that I for one should be very glad if the Senate should see fit to go further in this direction; for ...