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By: Abigail Mott (1766-1851) | |
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Narratives of Colored Americans
Abigail Mott was a Quaker and abolitionist from New York who, along with fellow Quaker M. S. Wood, has compiled a provocative collection of stories of “Colored Americans.” They range from well-known figures such as Phillis Wheatley and Sojourner Truth to the common men and women who give poignant insights of their life. Selections consist of short anecdotes, essays, stories, letters and poetry. Many have strong religious and spiritual themes. - Summary by Larry Wilson |
By: Abigail Stanley Hanna | |
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Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland |
By: Abner Cheney Goodell (1831-1914) | |
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The Trial and Execution, for Petit Treason, of Mark and Phillis, Slaves of Capt. John Codman | |
By: Abner Cosens | |
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War Rhymes by Wayfarer |
By: Abner Doubleday (1819-1893) | |
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Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61
Abner Doubleday was a busy man. He rose to be a major general during the American Civil War, started the first cable car company in San Francisco, and is credited (though perhaps erroneously) with inventing the game of baseball.In 1861, he had the distinction as a captain to be second-in-command of Ft. Moultrie, one of the harbor defenses of Charleston, SC.. When that state seceded from the Union, Doubleday and the garrison of artillerists manning the fort were cut off from supplies and reinforcements... | |
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg
Abner Doubleday began the Civil War as a Union officer and aimed the first cannon shot in response to the bombardment opened on Ft. Sumter in 1861. Two years later, after a series of battles (including Antietam, where he was wounded), Doubleday took over a division in the Army of the Potomac's 1st Corps.These are his memoirs of service in two of the War's great campaigns. At Chancellorsville, a very promising start made by General Hooker against Lee's Confederate forces fell to a defeat when, in... |
By: Abraam Abraamovich Goulbat | |
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Caucasian Legends |
By: Abraham Cahan (1860-1951) | |
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Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto |
By: Abraham Cowley (1618-1667) | |
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Cowley's Essays |
By: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) | |
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The Gettysburg Address
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, given November 19, 1863 on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war. . .testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated. . . can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that this nation might live... | |
Lincoln at Cooper Union
On 27 February 1860, Abraham Lincoln gave this address at the Cooper Union in New York City. When he gave the speech, Lincoln was considered by many to be just a country lawyer. After he gave the speech, he soon became his party’s nominee for president. | |
Abraham Lincoln Writings | |
Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 | |
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address | |
Quotes and Images From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln | |
Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address | |
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843 | |
Lincoln Letters | |
The Emancipation Proclamation | |
Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters (Selections) | |
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 4 The Lincoln-Douglas debates | |
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 3 The Lincoln-Douglas debates | |
State of the Union Address | |
The Life and Public Service of General Zachary Taylor: An Address | |
Gettysburg Address 150th Anniversary
On Thursday, November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln gave a brief address at the dedication of the Soldier's National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This speech is now considered one of the greatest in American history and one of the finest examples of English public oratory. To mark its 150th anniversary, Librivox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of the Gettysburg Address. (from Wikipedia and LA Walden) |
By: Abraham Merritt | |
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The Metal Monster
The Metal Monster is an Abraham Merritt fantasy novel.Dr. Goodwin is on a botanical expedition in the Himalayas. There hemeets Dick Drake, the son of one of his old science acquaintances. They are witnesses of a strange aurora-like effect, but seemingly a deliberate one. As they go out to investigate, they meet Goodwin’s old friends Martin and Ruth Ventnor, brother and sister scientists. The two are besieged by Persians as Darius III led when Alexander of Macedon conquered them more than two thousand years ago.(Wikipedia) | |
The Moon Pool
Dr. David Throckmartin’s scientific expedition to the South Sea Islands discovers among ancient ruins a portal into Muria, an unknown underground world. After the disappearance of Throckmartin, his wife and two companions, his old friend Dr. Walter Goodwin enters Muria with a rescue party, only to confront an fantastic world filled with incredible beings, astounding scientific advances, and the worship of the most evil of all creatures, The Dweller. (Introduction by Mark Nelson) |
By: Abraham Myerson (1881-1948) | |
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The Foundations of Personality | |
The Nervous Housewife |
By: Abraham Tomlinson | |
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The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775
“Perceiving that much of the intrinsic value of these Journals would consist in a proper understanding of the historical facts to which allusions are made in them, I prevailed upon Mr. Lossing, the well-known author of the “Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution” to illustrate and elucidate these diaries by explanatory notes. His name is a sufficient guaranty for their accuracy and general usefulness” |