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The Declaration of Independence of the thirteen States of which the American Union then consisted was adopted by Congress July 4, 1776. On November 30, 1782, Great Britain acknowledged independence of the United States, and on September 3, 1783, the treaty of peace was concluded.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference Concerning the United States
1. Official Publications
Agriculture, Reports of the Department of. Washington.
Alaska: Compilation of Narratives of Explorers, 1869–90. Washington, 1900.
Appropriation, Letter from Secretary of Treasury with estimate of Annual. Washington.
Army Register of the United States. Washington.
Census, Tenth. Vols. I.–XXI. 4. Washington, 1883–89.—Eleventh, 26 vols. Washington, 1890–97.—Twelfth, Bulletins in course of publication. Washington.
Commerce of the United States, Reports on the Foreign. Annual. Washington.
Congressional Directory. Annual. Washington.
Constitutions, Federal and State, compiled by B. P. Poore. 2 pts. 8. Washington, 1877
Debt of the United States, Statement of the Public. Annual. Washington.
Education, Annual Reports of Commissioner of. Washington. Education Bureau, Circulars of. Washington.
Engineers, Reports of the Chief of U.S. Army. [Describes public works on navigable rivers, &c.] Annual. Washington.
Ethnology Bureau, Reports of. Washington.
Foreign Office List. By Sir E. Herstlet. Annual. London.
Foreign Relations of the United States, Papers relating to, transmitted to Congress. Annual. Washington.
Foreign Office Reports (British). Annual Series and Miscellaneous Series. London.
Geological and Geographical Survey, Annual Reports of. Washington.
Immigration, Report of Commissioners. 8. Washington, 1892.
Interior, Report of Secretary on Operations of Department of the. Annual. Washington
International Law of the United States, Digest of. 3 vols. Washington, 1886.
Land Office, Report of Commissioner. Annual. Washington.
Loans and Currency, Acts of Congress Relating to, 1846–85. S. New York, 1888.
Labour Laws of the United States. Washington, 1892.—Report of Commissioner of Labour. Annual. Washington.—Bulletins of the Department of Labour. Washington.
Mineral Resources of the United States. By D. T. Day. Annual. Washington
Mint, Report of the Director of. Annual. Washington.
Navy Register of the United States. Washington.
Navy, Report of the Secretary of. Annual. Washington.
Official Register of the United States. Washington.
Railways, Report on Statistics of, to Interstate Commerce Commission. Annual. Washington.
Revenue. Report of Commissioner of Internal. Annual. Washington.
Statistical Abstract of the United States. Annual. Washington.
Statistics Bureau, monthly Reports of, on Imports, Exports, Immigration, and Navigation of the United States. Washington.
Statutes at large, and Treaties of the United States. Published annually. Washington.
Revised Statutes of the United States. Washington, 1878. Supplements were published in 1891 and 1895, and will be continued annually under the direction of W. A. Richardson. Chief Justice of the Court of Claims.
Treasury, Report of the Secretary of, on Finances. Annual. Washington.—Circulars of the Treasury Department. Washington.
War, Report of Secretary on Operations of Department of. Annual, Washington.
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Abbott (W. J.), Naval History of the United States. New York, 1897.
Adams (Henry), History of the United States of America. 9 vols. New York and London, 1891.
Appleton. General Guide to the United States and Canada. S. New York, 1892.—Appleton’s Annual Cyclopaedia. New York. Annual.
Baedeker’s Handbook for the United States. By J. F. Muirhead. 2nd ed. London, 1890.
Bancroft (George), History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States of America. 2 vols. London, 1882.
Bancroft (George), History of the United States. New ed. G vols. S. London, 1882.
Blue Book of American Shipping. Annual. Cleveland.
Bruncken (E.), North American Forests and Forestry. New York, 1900.
Bryce (James), The American Commonwealth. 2 vols. 3rd ed. London, 1893–95.
Carson (H.L.), History of the Supreme Court of the United States. 8. Philadelphia, 1891.
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Dewey (D. R.), Financial History of the United States. Loadon, 1902.
Dilke (Sir Charles Wentworth, Bart., M.P.), Greater Britain: a Record of Travel in English-speaking Countries in 1866 and 1867. 4th ed. 8. London, 1885.
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Hildreth (Richard), History of the United States. 6 vols. New York, 1880, &c.
Holst (A. von), Verfassung und Demokratie der Vereinigten Staaten von America. 4 vols. Düsseldorf, 1873–91 English translation by J. J. Lalor and A. B. Mason. 8. Chicago, 1876, &c.
Hornaus (B.), The Banker’s Almanac and Register. 8. New York.
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Jeans (J. S.), (Editor), American Industrial Conditions and Competition. London, 1902.
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Patton (I. H.), Natural Resources of the United States. 8. New York.
Payne (E J.), History of the New World called America (Aborigines). 2 vols. Oxford, 1898–99.
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Keltie, J.S. (1904). United States. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270336_54
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