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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
The official publications of the United States are in general issued by the Government Departments and Bureaus concerned: the Department of Agriculture, the General Land Office, the Census Bureau, the Department of Commerce and Labor, the Treasury, the Department of the Interior, the Geological Survey (Statistical Department), the Mint, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Post Office, the Navy Department, the War Department, the Bureau of Education.
Non-Official Publications
Abbott (L.), America in the Making. New Haven and London, 1912.
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.
Avery (E. M.), A History of the United States and its People. Vols. 1–7. Cleveland and London, 1908 and 1912.
American Statesmen Series. About 38 vols. Boston, 1880–1907.
Baedeker’s United States with Excursions into Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico, and Alaska. 4th ed. Leipzig, 1909.
Bancroft (George), History of the United States. New ed. 6 vols. 8. London, 1882.
Bryce (James), The American Commonwealth. 2 VOLS. New ed. London, 1911.
Callahan (J. M.), American Relations in the Pacific and the Far East, 1874–1900. Baltimore, 1901.
Carson (H. L.), History of the Supreme Court of the United States. Philadelphia, 1891.
Chancellor (W. E.), American Schools: their Administration and Supervision. London, 1905.
Channing (E.), The United States of America, 1765–1365. London, 1896.—A History of the United States. Vols. 1–3. New York, 1905, 1908 and 1912.—Channing (E.) and Hart (A. B.), Guide to the Study of American History. Boston, 1895.
Chapman (S. J.), History of Trade between the United Kingdom and the United States. London, 1899.
Coman (Katharine). Economic Beginnings of the Far West. New York, 1912.
Curtis (G. T.), History of the Constitution of the United States. New York, 1854–58. 2 vols.
Dewey (D. R.), Financial History of the United States. London, 1902.
Donaldson (T.), The Public Domain: its History, with Statistics, &c. 8. Washington.
Epochs of American History. 3 vols. Revised ed., 1905.
Fairlie (J. A.), The National Administration of the United States. London, 1905. —Municipal Administration. New York, 1901.
Fiske (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.
Ford (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.
Foster (R.), Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, Historical and Juridical. London, 1896. (In progress.)
Goodnow (F. J.), Principles of Administrative Law of the United States. New York, 1905.—Municipal Home Rule.
Grinnel (G. B.), The North American Indians of To-day. London, 1900.
Hadley (A. T.), The Education of the American Citizen. New York, 1901.
Harper’s Encyclopadia of United States History. 2 vols. New York and London, 1902.
Hart (A. B.), Actual Government as Applied under American Conditions. [In ‘American Citizen’ Series]. London, 1903.—Foundations of American Foreign Policy New York, 1901.—National [deals Historically Traced, New Yoik 1907.
Hart (A. B.), (editor), The American Nation: A History from Original Sources by Associated Scholars. 27 vols. New York, 1904–1908.—American History told by Contem poraries. 4 vols. New York, 1897–1906.
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Henderson (G. F. R.), Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War. 2 vols. London, 1900.
Henderson (J. B.), American Diplomatic Questions. London, 1901.
Hulbert (A. B.), Historic Highways of America. 16 vols. Cleveland, Ohio. Completed in 1905.
Johnson (W. F.), Four Centuries of the Panama Canal. New York, 1906.
Johnston (Alex.), History of American Politics. New York, 1898.—American Political History (ed. by Woodburn), 2 vols. 1905–07.
Knox (J. J.), History of Banking in the United States. New York, 1900.
Lanman (Charles), Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States during its First Century. 8. London, 1876.
Irandon (J. S.), Constitutional History and Government of the United States. Boston 1900.
Larned (J. N.), Literature of American History. New York, 1902.
Leroy-Beaulieu (P.), Les Etats Unis au XXe Siècle. Paris, 1904.
Lodge (H. C.) The War with Spain. London, 1899.
Long (J. D.), The New American Navy. 2 vols. London, 1904.
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McClain (Emlin), Constitutional Law in the United States. New York, 1905.
MacConnell (S. D.), History of the American Episcopal Church, 7th ed. London, 1898.
MacDonald (W.), (Editor), Select Documents illustrative of the History of the United States, 1776–1861. London, 1899.
Maclay (E. S.), History of the United States Navy, 1775–1898. New York, 1898.
McMaster (J. B.), History of the People of the United States. 6 vols. New York, 1888–1906.
Macy (J.), Our Government. 8. Boston, 1886.—Party Organisation and Machinery in the United States. London, 1904.
Mahan (A. T.), The Interest of America in Sea-Power. London, 1897.—Lessons of the War with Spain. New York, 1899.
Marvin (W. L.), The American Merchant Marine. London, 1902.
Moore (J. B.), Digest of International Law. 8 vols. Washington, 1906.—American Diplomacy. New York and London, 1905.
Osirogorski (M.), Democracy and the Organisation of Political Parties. Translated by F. Clarke. 2 vols. London, 1902.
Payne (E. J.), History of the New World called America (Aborigines). 2 vols. Oxford, 1898–99.
Poor (Henry V.), Manual of the Railroads of the United States. 8. Annual. New York
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Schouler (J.). The United States under the Constitution. 6 vols. New York, 1899.
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Stanwood (Edward), History of the Presidency. Boston, 1898.—American Tariff Controversies in the Nineteenth Century. 2 vols. Boston and London, 1904.
Stevens (C. E.), Sources of the Constitution of the United States 8. London, 1894.
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Tocquville (A. de). Démocratie en Amérique English Translation by H. Reeve. New ed. 8. London, 1889.
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Watson (D. K.), History of the American Coinage. New York, 1899.
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Wiiloughby (W. W.) (editor), American State Series. 8 vols. New York, 1905–1908.
Willson (Beckles), The New America. London. 1902.
Wilson (Woodrow), A History of the American People. 5 vols. New York, 1902.
Winsor (Justin), (editor), Narrative and Critical History of America. 8 vols. New York, 1884–89.
Woodburn (J. A.), The American Republic and its Government. New York.—Political Parties and Party Problems in the United States. New York.
Zueblin (C.), American Municipal Progress. London, 1902.
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Keltie, J.S. (1913). United States. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270428_3
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