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Th. 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.
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, 16 vols. Washington, 1901–04.
Permanent Census Bulletins and Special Reports. There are now 88 bulletins published treating of population, illiteracy, irrigation, manufactures, and a variety of other matters. The statistics given are for various years from 1899 to 1905. 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. 8. 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.
2. Non-Official Publications
Abbot. (W. J.), Naval History of the United States. New York, 1897.
Adam. (Henry), History of the United States of America. 9 vols. New York and London, 1891.
American Statesmen Series. About 38 vols. Boston, 1880–1907.
Baedeker’. United States with an Excursion into Mexico. By J. F. Muirhead. 4th ed. London, 1904.
Bancrof. (George), History of the United States. New ed. 6 vols. 8. London, 1882.
Bruncke. (E.), North American Forests and Forestry. New York, 1900.
Bryc. (James), The American Commonwealth. 2 vols. 4th ed. London, 1901.
Callaha. (J. M.), American Relations in the Pacific and the Far East, 1874–1900. Baltimore, 1901.
Carso. (H. L.), History of the Supreme Court of the United States. Philadelphia, 1891.
Chancello. (W. E.), American Schools: their Administration and Supervision. London, 1905.
Channin. (E.), The United States of America, 1765–1865. London, 1896.—A History of the United States. 2 vols. New York, 1905, 1908.—Channin. (E.) and Har. (A. B.), Guide to the Study of American History. Boston, 1895.
Chapma. (S. J.), History of Trade between the United Kingdom and the United States. London, 1899.
Clevelan. (Grover), Presidential Problems. New York and London, 1904.
Colang. (E.), The National Gazetteer: a Geographical Dictionary of the United States. 8. New York.
Colema. (L.), America. [In “International Churches,” series.] London, 1891.
Coole. (T. M.), Constitutional Law in the United States. Boston, 1880. The Constitutional Limitations on the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union. 5th ed. 8. Boston, 1888.
Curti. (G. T.), History of the Constitution of the United States. New York, 1854–58. 2 vols.
Dewe. (D. R.), Financial History of the United States. London, 1902.
Donaldso. (T.), The Public Domain: its History, with Statistics, &c. 8. Washington.
Du Boi. (W. E. B.), The Souls of Black Folk. London, 1905.
Elio. (C. W.), American Contributions to Civilisation. New York, 1897.
Epochs of American History. 3 vols. Revised ed., 1905.
Fairli. (J. A.), The National Administration of the United States. London, 1905. —Municipal Administration. New York, 1901.
Fisk. (John), American Political Ideas. 8. New York, 1885.—The Critical Period in American History, 1783–1789. 8. London, 1888.—Civil Government in the United States. 8. Boston, 1890.—The American Revolution. 2 vols. London, 1897.—Old Virginia and her Neighbours. 2 vols. London, 1897.—The Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America, London, 1899.—New France and New England. 2 vols. 1903.
Follet., (M. P.), Speaker of the House of Representatives. New York, 1906.
For. (H. J.), The Rise and Growth of American Politics. London, 1898.
Foster (J. W.), American Diplomacy in the Orient. Boston, 1903.—A Century of American Diplomacy, 1776–1876. Boston, 1900.
Foste. (R.), Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, Historical and Juridical. London, 1896. (In progress.)
Gidding. (F. H.), Democracy and Empire. New York, 1900.
Goodno. (F. J.), Principles of Administrative Law of the United-States. New York, 1905.— Municipal Home Rule.
Grinne. (G. B.), The North American Indians of To-day. London, 1900.
Hadle. (A. T.), The Education of the American Citizen. New York, 1901.
Harper’s Encyclopædia of United States History. 2 vols. New York and London 1902.
Har. (A. B.), Actual Government as Applied under American Conditions. [In ‘American Citizen’ Series]. London, 1903.—Foundations of American Foreign Policy. New York, 1901.—National Ideals Historically Traced. New York, 1907.
Har. (A. B.), (editor), The American Nation: A History from Original Sources by Associated Scholars. 27 vols. New York, 1904–1908.—American History told by Contemporaries. 4 vols. New York, 1897–1906.
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Hildret. (Richard), History of the United States. 6 vols. New York, 1880, &c.
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Homau. (B.), The Banker’s Almanac and Register. 8. New York.
Hulber. (A. B.), Historic Highways of America. 16 vols. Cleveland, Ohio. Completed in 1905.
Inma. (H.), and Cod. (W. F.), The Great Salt Lake Trail. London, 1898.
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Judso. (H. P.), The Growth of the American Nation. London, 1897.
Kelle. (J. D. J.), The American Navy. London, 1897.
Kno. (J. J.), History of Banking in the United States. New York, 1900.
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McMaste. (J. B.), History of the People of the United States. 6 vols. New York, 1833–1906.
Mae. (J.), Our Government. 8. Boston, 1886.—Party Organisation and Machinery in the United States. London, 1904.
Maha. (A. T.), The Interest nf America in Sea-Power. London, 1897.—Lessons of the War with Spain. New York, 1899.
Marvi. (W. L.), The American Merchant Marine. London, 1902.
Maso. (E. C.), The Veto Power: its Origin, Development, and Function in the United States. New York, 1890.
Mean. (J. P.), A Study in Railway Statistics. New York, 1900.
Moor. (J, B.), Digest of International Law. 8 vols. Washington, 1906.—American Diplomacy. New York and London, 1905.
Morri. (C.), The American Navy: Its Ships and their Achievements. London, 1898.
Münsterber. (H.), The Americans. London, 1905.
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Oetke. (F.), Die Landwirthschaft in den Vereinigten Staaten. Berlin, 1893.
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Parkma. (F.), As Parkman’s works refer chiefly to Canada they are given among the books relating to the Dominion.
Payn. (E. J.), History of the New World called America (Aborigines). 2 vols. Oxford, 1898–99.
Poo. (Henry V.), Manual of the Railroads of the United States. 8. Annual. New York. Prat. (E. A.), American Railways. London, 1903.
Richardso. (J. D.), Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789–1897. 10 vols. Washington, 1896–1899.
Rhode. (J. F.), History of the United States (1850–80). 7 vols. London, 1893–1906.
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Keltie, J.S. (1908). United States. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270374_3
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