OLDMIXON'S British Empire in America, 2 vols. Douglass's Political and Historical Summary, 2 vols. Burke's European Settlements in America, 2 vols. Wynne's General History of the British Empire in America, 2 vols. Marshall's History of the American Colonies, 1 vol. Trumbull's General History of the United States, 1 vol.; not finished. Holmes's Annals of America, 2 vols. Hale's History of the United States, 1 vol. Pitkin's Political and Civil History of the United States, 2 vols. Lyman's Diplomacy of the United States, 2 vols. Grahame's History of the United States, 4 vols.; comes down to the Declar ation of Independence. Bancroft's History of the United States; colonial history, 3 vols. MAINE. Sullivan's History of the District of Maine, 1 vol. Greenleaf's Statistical View of Maine, I vol. Williamson's History of the State of Maine, 2 vols. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Belknap's History of New Hampshire, 3 vols.; also an edition with Farmer's notes. VERMONT. Allen's History of Vermont, 1 vol. MASSACHUSETTS. Hutchinson's History of Massachusetts, 3 vols. Minot's Continuation of Hutchinson, 2 vols. Bradford's Continuation of Minot, 3 vols. Baylies's Historical Memoir of the Colony of Plymouth, 2 vols. Young's Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers of the Colony of Plymouth, 1 vol.; comprising several of the early Tracts relating to the Settlement of Plymouth. RHODE ISLAND. No regular History has been written. Many particulars concerning the early history are contained in the Collections of the Rhode Island Historical Society, in 4 vols. CONNECTICUT. Peters's General History of Connecticut, 1 vol. ; contains many inaccuracies; the author was either credulous or insincere. Trumbull's complete History of Connecticut, 2 vols. Bacon's Historical Discourses, 1 vol. NEW YORK. Sinith's History of New York, 2 vols.; the 2d volume constitutes the 4th of the Collections of the New York Historical Society. Yates & Moulton's History of the State of New York, 1 vol.; unfinished. Macauley's History of New York, 3 vols. NEW JERSEY. Smith's History of the Colony of New Jersey, 1 vol. Gordon's History of New Jersey, 1 vol. PENNSYLVANIA. Proud's History of Pennsylvania, 2 vols. Gordon's History of Pennsylvania, 1 vol. MARYLAND. Bozman's Sketch of the History of Maryland, 2 vols.; unfinished. McMahon's Historical View of the Government of Maryland, 1 vol.; unfinished. VIRGINIA. Keith's History of the British Plantations in America, 1 vol. The first part only was published, which relates to Virginia. Beverley's History of Virginia, 1 vol. Stith's History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia, 1 vol. Campbell's History of Virginia, 1 vol. Burk's History of Virginia, (continued by Girardin,) 4 vols. NORTH CAROLINA. Williamson's History of North Carolina, 2 vols. Martin's History of North Carolina, 2 vols. SOUTH CAROLINA. Hewatt's Historical Account of South Carolina and Georgia, 2 vols.; also a recent edition with additional matter, edited by Mr. Carroll. Ramsay's History of South Carolina, 2 vols. Drayton's View of South Carolina, 1 vol. GEORGIA. McCall's History of Georgia, 2 vols. KENTUCKY. Filson's Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucky, 1 vol. Marshall's History of Kentucky, 2 vols. Butler's History of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1 vol. TENNESSEE. Haywood's History of Tennessee, 1 vol. LOUISIANA. Du Pratz's History of Louisiana, 2 vols. ; translated from the French. Besides the above general works, many treatises have been published upon detached portions of history, and also local histories. Tracts and articles of great value are contained in the Collections published by the Historical Societies of some of the States. The Historical Society of Maine has published two volumes; New Hampshire, several; Massachusetts, twenty-six; Rhode Island, four; New York, five, the last of which is very important in regard to the history of the Dutch Settlements; Pennsylvania, three; Virginia, some tracts; Georgia, one volume. AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Gordon's History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States, 4 vols. Ramsay's History of the American Revolution, 2 vols. Andrews's History of the War in America, 4 vols. Stedman's History of the American War, 2 vols. 4to. Warren's (Mrs.) History of the American Revolution, 3 vols. Marshall's Life of Washington, 5 vols. Botta's History of the War of Independence of the United States, 4 vols. ; translated from the Italian. Thacher's Military Journal, during the American Revolutionary War, 1 vol. British Annual Register, from 1765 to 1783. The parts constituting the History of the American War were written principally, if not entirely, by Edmund Burke. Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution; published by order of the Government, and edited by J. Sparks, 12 vols.; Continuation to the adoption of the Constitution, 7 vols. Secret Journals of the Acts and Proceedings of the Old Congress, 4 vols. Sanderson's Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, 9 vols.; second edition, in 5 vols. Sparks's Life and Writings of Washington, 12 vols. Life and Writings of Franklin, 10 vols. Lee's Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department, 2 vols. Drayton's Memoirs of the American Revolution as relating to the State of Moultrie's Memoirs of the Revolution in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, 2 vols. Tarleton's History of the Campaigns in the Southern Provinces of North America, 1 vol. Besides these works of a general character, there are many volumes of biography, written by different hands, giving an account of the lives of some of the principal actors in the Revolution, and throwing light upon important events. Among these are the memoirs of Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, James Otis, Quincy, Hamilton, Lafayette, Gerry, Jay, Gouverneur Morris, Greene; and others in the Library of American Biography. CONSTITUTION. Journal, Acts, and Proceedings of the Convention, which formed the Constitution of the United States, 1 vol. Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Convention, 1 vol. The Federalist, written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay; 1 vol. Elliot's Debates, Resolutions, and other Proceedings in Convention, on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, 4 vols. ; containing the Debates in the Conventions of the several States. Rawle's View of the Constitution of the United States, 1 vol. Story's Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, 3 vols. Madison's Papers, published by order of the Government; containing a Sketch of the Debates taken in the Convention, which formed the Constitution, 3 vols. THE END. |