Title: The lives of the presidents of the United States: embracing a brief history of the principal events of their respective administrations.Author: Benson John LossingPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, ...
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Title: The lives of the presidents of the United States: embracing a brief history of the principal events of their respective administrations.Author: Benson John LossingPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP05242900CollectionID: CTRG05-B10071PublicationDate: 18480101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Collation: iv, 127 p., [2] leaves of plates: ill., ports., facsim.; 23 cm
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Fair. New York: H. Phelps & Co., 1848. Early reprint [1848], first published in 1847. Collection of eleven presidential biographies from Washington through Polk, illustrated with engravings. Also includes the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, Washington's Farewell Address, a list of cabinet officers and a table of yearly expenditures of the general government. Final page is a facsimile of fifty dollar treasury note. Tan softcover printed in red and blue, 128 pages. Covers worn, soiled and chipped (large chip from the front and along the spine edge), binding re-stitched, contents dampstained, edges curled, no significant chips or tears. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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