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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,
Statistical Atlas of the United States. Published by Census Bureau, Washington, 1915.
Geography, Travel, Exploration. Descriptive Government Publications, many illustrated. Sold by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, 1914.
Estimated Valuation of National Wealth, 1850–1912, (Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census.) Washington, 1915.
2. 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 (C. F.), The Monroe Doctrine. Boston, 1914.
Adams (Henry), History of the United States of America. 9 vols. New York and London, 1891.
Allen (G. W.), A Naval History of the American Revolution. Boston and New York, 1913.
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.
Bassett (J. S ), A Short History of the United States. New York, 1913.
Bigelow (John), American Policy. New York, 1913.
Bingham (Hiram), The Monroe Doctrine: an Obsolete Shibboleth. London, 1913.
Brawley (B. G.), A Short History of the American Negro. New York, 1913.
Bryce (James), The American Commonwealth. 2 vols. New ed. London, 1911.
Channing (E.), The United States of America, 1765–1865. 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.
Cleveland (F. A.), Organised Democracy. An Introduction to the Study of American Politics. New York and London, 1913.
Coman (Katharine). Economic Beginnings of the Far West. New York, 1912.
Croly (H.), The New American Progressive Democracy. New York, 1916.
Dewey (D. R.), Financial History of the United States. London, 1902.
Banning (W. A.), The British Empire and the United States. London, 1914.
Epochs of American History. 3 vols. Revised ed.; 1905.
d’Estournelles de Constant (Baron P.), Les Etat-Unis d’Amérique. Paris, 1913.—English Translaiion, ‘America and her Problems.’ New York, 1915.
Evans (M. F.), Black and White in the Southern States. London, 1915.
Farrand (Max), The Framing of the Constitution of the United States. New Haven and London, 1913.
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.
Foster (R.), Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, Historical and Juridical. London. In progress.
Harper’s Encyclopaedia 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.—Social and Economic Forces in American Histoiy. Chicago and Cambridge, 1914.
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 Contemporaries. 4 vols. New York, 1897–1906.
Haskin (F. J.), The American Government. Philadelphia and London, 1912.
Huidekoper (F. L.), The Military Unpreparedness of the United States. New York, 1915.
Hosmer (J. K.), The American Civil War. London, 1913.
Hunt (G.), The Department of State of the United States, its History and Functions. London and New Haven, 1914.
Johnson (S. C.), A History of Emigration from the United Kingdom to North America. London, 1933.
Johnston (Alex.), History of American Politics. New York, 1898.—American Political History (ed. by Woodburn), 2 vols. 1905–07.
Kennedy (J. M.), Imperial Ameiica. London, 1914.
King (W. I), The Wealth and Income of the People of the United States. New York, 1916.
Knox (J. J.), History of Banking in the United States. New York, 1900.
Kraus (H.), Die Monroedoktrin, in ihren Beziehungen zur Amerikanischen Diplomatie und zum Völkerrecht. Berlin, 1013.
Lcroy-Beaulieu (P.), Les Etats Unis au XXe Siècle. Paris, 1904.
Lodge (H. C.) The War with Spain. London, 1899.—One Hundred Years of Peace. London 1913.
Low (A. M.), The American People: a Study in National Psychology. 2 vols. London, 1910 and 1912.
McLaughlin (A. C), The History of the American Nation. New York, 1913.
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, 1883–1906.
Mahan (A. T.), The Interest of America in Sea-Power. London, 1897.—Lessons of the War with Spain. New York, 1899.
Moore (J. B), Digest of International Law. 8 vols. Washington, 1906.—American Diplomacy. New York and London, 1905.
Munro (W. B.), A Bibliography of Municipal Government in the United States. London, 1915.
Poley (Arthur P.), Federal Systems of the United States and the British Empire. London, 1913.
Poor (Henry V.), Manual of the Railroads of the United States. Annual. New York.
Reyes (R), The Two Americas. New York, 1914.
Rhodes (J. F.), History of the United States (1850–80). 7 vols. London, 1893–1906.—Lectures on the American Civil War. London, 1913.
Richardson (J. D.), Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789–1897. 10 vols. Washington, 1896–1899.
Roosevelt (Theodore), The Winning of the West. 6 vols. New York, 1905.—An Autobiography. London, 1913.
Ross (E. A.), The Old World in the New. The Significance of Past and Present immigration to the American People. London, 1914.
Schouler (J.), The United States under the Constitution, 6 vols. New York, 1899.
Scudder (H. E.), American Commonwealths. [A series of histories of separate States by various writers.] 8. Boston, 1884, &c.
Shelley (H. C), America of the Americans. London, 1915.
Sloane (W. M.), Party Government in the United States of America. New York, 1914.
Sparks (E. E.), The United States of America. 2 vols. New York, 1905.
Stanwood (Edward), History of the Presidency. Boston, 1898.—American Tariff Controversies in the Nineteenth Century. 2 vols. Boston and London, 1904.
Straus (Oscar S.), The American Spirit. New York, 1913.
Sumichrast (F. C. de). Americans and the Britons. London, 1915.
Taft (W. H.), Popular Government. New Haven, 1913.
Taussig (F. W.), Tariff History of the United States. New York, 1914.
Taylor (H.), Origin and Growth of the English Constitution, and out of it that of the Republie of the United States. 2 vols. London. 1899.
Thorpe (P. N.) American Charters, Constitutions, and Organic Laws. 7 vols. Washington, 1909.
Tocquvilie (A de), Démocratie en Amérique. English Translation by H. Reeve. New ed. London, 1889.
Trevelyan (Sir G. O.), The American Revolution. 3 Pts. London, 1898–1907.
Usher (R. G.), The Rise of the American People. London, 1915.
Watson (D. K.), History of the American Coinage. New York, 1899.
Wendell (Barrett), Literary History of America. New York, 1900.—Liberty Union and Democracy. New York, 1906.
Willoughby (W. W.), The American Constitutional System. New York, 1904.
Willoughby (W. W.) (editor), American State Series. 8 vols. New York, 1905–1908.
Wilson (Woodrow), A History of the American People. 5 vols. New York. 1902.—Congressional Government. New edition. London, 1914.
Winsor (Justin), (editor), Narrative ana Critica History of America. 8 vols. New York, 1884–39.
Wright (Carrol P.), The Industrial Evolution of the United States. New York, 1913.
Wa Ting Fang, America and the Americans. London, 1914.
Young (J. T.), The New American Government and its Work. London, 1915.
Ztieblin (C.), American Municipal Progress. London, 1902.
Books of Reference.
Reports of the various Executive Departments of the State.
The British Consular Reports for the consular district of New Orleaus. London, annual.
Brewer (W.), Alabama, her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men. Montgomery, Ala., 1872.
Fleming (W. L.), Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama. NewYork and London, 1905.
Harper (R. M.), Economic Botany of Alabama. Montgomery, 1913.
Owen (T. M.), Bibliography of Alabama. Washington, 1897.
Pickett (A. J.), History of Alabama (Owen’s Edition). Birmingham, Ala., 1900.
Owen (T. M.), Alabama Official and Statistical Register. Montgomery, 1903, 1907, 1911, 1913, 1915.
Books of Reference.
The Reports of the various Executive Departments of the State.
Census Bulletins. Census of Manufactures, 1910. Washington, 1913.
Hamilton (P.), The Resources of Arizona. Arizona, 1882.
Noble (L. F.), The âhinnmo Quadrangle, Grand Canyon District, Arizona. (U.S. Geol. Surv., Bulletin 549.) Washington, 1914.
Books of Reference.
The Reports of the various Executive Departments of the State.
Books of Reference.
Reports of the various departments of State Government. California Blue Book, Sacramento.
Reports of the California State Board of Agriculture, Sacramento.
Reports of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco. San Francisco.
Atherton (Gertrude), California: an Intimate History. London, 1914.
Austin (Mary) and Palmer (Sutton), California: the Land of the Sun. London, 1914.
Chase (J. Smeaton), California Coast Trails. London, 1913.
Greenhow (R.), History of Oregon and California. London, 1844.
Hanson, The American Italy. Chicago 1896.
Hittell (T. H.), History of California. San Francisco, 1885–95.
Johnson (A. T.), California. An Englishman’s Impressions of the Golden State. London, 1913.
Royce (J), California, [In ‘American Commonwealth’ Series.] Boston.
Saunders (C. F.), Under the Sky in California. London, 1914.
Wood (Ruth K.), The Tourists’ California. New York, 1914.
Books of Reference.
The Reports of the various Executive Departments (State Treasurer, &c.), Denver.
Reports of the U.S. Geological Survey. Annual. Washington.
British Foreign Office Reports. The Consular Reports for Chicago contain munh information respecting Colorado and Denver. Annual. London.
James (G. W.), The Wonders of the Colorado Desert. London, 1912.
Kolb (E L.), Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico. New York, 1914.
Books of Reference.
The Reports of the various Executive Departments of the State.
The Register and Manual of Connecticut. Annual. Hartford.
Connecticut Colonial Records, 1636–1776. 15 vols.
Connecticut State Records, 1776–1780. 2 vols.
Andrews (C. M.), The River Towns of Connecticut. Baltimore, 1889.
Bacon (E.M.), The Connecticut River. London and New York, 1906.
Clark (G. L.), A History of Connecticut, its Peoples and Institutions. New York and London, 1914.
Hollister (G. H.), The History of Connecticut from the First Settlement of the Colony to the adoption of the present Constitution. 2 vols. New Haven, 1855.
Johnston (A.), Connecticut. [In ‘American Commonwealths’ Series.] Boston, Mass.
Loomis (Dwight)and Calhoun (J. Gilbert), Judicial and Civil History of Connecticut, Boston, 1895.
Mead (N. P.)., Connecticut as a Corporate Colony. Lancaster, 1906.
Morgan (Forrest), Connecticut as a Colony and State. 4 vols. Hartford, 1904.
Sanford (E. B.), A History of Connecticut. Hartford, 1889.
Steiner (B C.), History of Slavery in Connecticut. Baltimore, 1893.
Trumbull (Benjamin), A Complete History of Connecticut. 2 vols. New London, 1898.
Trumbull (J. Hammond), Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut. 2 vols. Boston, 1886.
Books of Reference.
Constitution of Delaware adopted in Convention June 4, 1897, Republished, Dover 1913.
Reports of the various Executive Departments.
Books of Reference.
Reports of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Washington.
Bryan (W. B), A History of the National Capitol. Vol. I., 1790–1814. New York, 1914.
Elliot (Jonathan), The Ten Miles Square. Washington, 1830.
Force (Win. Q.), Picture of Washington. Washington, 1845.
Jaekson (Richard), The Chronicles of Georgetown.
Tindall (Wm.), Standard History of the City of Washington. Washington 1914.
Townsend (George Alfred), Washington, Outside and Inside.
Books of Reference.
The Reports of the various Executive Departments.
Aflalo (F. G.), Sunshine, and Sport in Florida and the West Indies. London, 1907.
Davis (W. W.), The Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida. New York and London, 1913.
French (B, T.), Historical Collections of Louisiana and Florida. New York, 1869.
Parkman (F.) The French Pioneers in North America.
Books of Reference.
The Reports of the various Executive Departments.
Phillips (Ulrich B.), Georgia. In ‘American Commonwealths’ Series. Boston, Mass., 1907.
Wecelin (O.) Bibliography of Georgia, 1911.
Books of Reference.
The Reports of the Secretary, Auditor, Treasurer, and other officers of the State.
U.S. Census Bulletin, No. 37. Census of Manufactures, 1905.
Census Reports on Wealth, Debt, and Taxation. Washington, 1907.
The State of Idaho [Institutions, Industries, Resources]. By the Commissioner of Immigration. Boisé, 1905.
Books of Reference.
The Reports of the various Administrative Departments of the State.
Fairley (J.A.), Taxation and Hevenue System of Illinois. Chicago.
Finley (J. H.), Illinois. In “American Commonwealth” Series. Boston, Mass.
Greene (E. B.), The Government of Illinois. In “Handbooks of American Government” Series. New York and London, 1904.
Mather (J. F.), The Making of Illinois. Chicago, 1900.
Quaife (Milo M.), Chicago and the Old North-West, 1673–1835. Chicago and Cambridge, 1913.
Shaw, Local Government in Illinois.
Sparling, Municipal History of Chicago.
Books of Reference.
The Reports of the various Executive Departments of the State.
Census of Manufactures, Indiana, 1909. U.S. Census Bulletin, Washington, 1909.
Dunn (J. P.), Indiana. [In American Commonwealth Series.] Boston, Mass
Esarey (Logan), History of Indiana. Indianapolis. 1915.
Hyman and Cottman Centennial History and Handbook of Indiana. Indianapolis, 1915.
Levering (Mrs. J. H.), Historic Indiana. New York, 1909.
References.
The Reports of the various Executive Departments of State.
The Iowa Official Register for the years 1913 and 1914, compiled ander the supervision of Hon. W. S. Allen, Secretary of State. Des Moines, 1913.
Eiboeck (J.), Die Deutschen von Iowa und deren Errungenschaften. Iowa, 1900.
Harsha (W. J.), The Story of Iowa. Omaha, 1890.
Shaw (A.), Iowa. In American Commonwealths Series Boston, Mass.
Books of Reference.
The Reports uf the various Executive Departments.
Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, 3 vols. Chicago, 1912.
Robinson (C.), The Kansas Conflict. Lawrence, 1898.
Spring (L. W.), Kansas, Prelude to the War for the Union. Boston, 1907.
Books of Reference.
The Reports of the various Executive Departments of the State.
Shaler (U.S.) Kentucky. In ‘American Commonwealths ‘ Series, Boston, Mass.
Speed (T.), The Union Cause in Kentucky. New York and London, 1907.
Books of Reference.
The Reports (biennial) of the various Executive Departments of the State.
Johnson (C.), Highways and Byways of the Mississippi Valley. New York and London, 1906.
Phelps (A.), Louisiana. In ‘American Commonwealths’ Series. Boston, Mass.
Books of Reference.
Reports of the various Executive Departments.
Census of Manufactures; Maine. Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C., 1910.
Abbott (J. S. C.), History of Maine. Boston and Portland, 1875. Second Edition, 1892
Burrage (H. S.), Beginnings of Colonial Maine. Portland, 1914.
Carver (L. D.). Constitution of the State of Maine. Augusta, 1902. Waterville, 1913.
Holmes (H. E.), Makers of Maine. Lewiston, 1912.
Macdonald (W.), The Government of Maine. New York, 1902.
Maine Historical] Soeiety’s Colltentions. 42 vols. Portland, Me., 1865–1910.
Sullivan (J.), History of the District of Maine. Boston, 1795.
Williamson (W. D.), History of Maine. Hallowell, 1839.
Books of Reference.
Constitutions of Maryland, 1776, 1851, 1804 and 1867. Published by the Secretary of State.
Maryland Manual. A Compendium, legal, historical, and statistical. By the Secretary of State. Baltimore, annually.
Report of the Bureau of Statistics and Information of Maryland, Annual.
Bond (B.W.), State Government in Maryland, 1777–81. Baltimore, 1905.
Browne (W. H.), Maryland. In ‘American Commonwealths’ Series. Boston, Mass.
Edgar (Lady), A Colonial Governor in Maryland: Horatio Sharpe and his Times, 1753–1773. London. 1912.
Williams (T. J. C), The State of Maryland compiled for the Board of Public Works. Baltimore, 1906.
Books of Reference.
The Reports of the various Executive Departments of the State.
Manual for the General Court, 1915. By Clerk of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Representatives. Annual, Boston, Mass.
Adams (Charles F., Jr.), Three Episodes of Massachusetts History (2 Vols.), Boston, 1892.
Barry (John S.), History of Massachusetts. (3 vols.) Boston, 1857.
Bradford (A.), History of Massachusetts, 1764–1820. (3 vols.) Boston, 1829.
Fishe (John), The Beginnings of New England. Boston, 1889.
Gardiner (J. H.), Harvard. Oxford, 1915.
Griffis (William E.), Massachusetts, A Typical American Commonwealth, 1893.
Hale (E.), The Story of Massachusetts. Boston, 1891.
Hutchinson (Thomas), The History of Massachusetts from the First Settlement thereof in 1628–1774. (3 vols).
Oliver (Peter), The Puritan Commonwealth: An Historical Review of the Puritan Government in Massachusetts. Boston, 1856.
Palfrey (J. G.), History of New England. Boston, Mass., 1858–90.
Shurtleff (Nathaniel B.), Topographical and Historical Description of Boston. Boston, 1S7L
Winsor (Justin), Memorial History of Boston. 1630–1880. (4 vols.) Boston, 1881.
Various papers published by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Books of Reference.
Reports of the various State Officers.
Bulletin of Manufactures; 13th Census, Washington, 1910.
Bulletin of Agriculture; 13th Census, Washington, 1910.
Michigan Farmer, Vol. 143.
Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society: Historical Collections. Vols. 1–38, 1877–1912.
Campbell (J. V.), Outlines of the Political History of Michigan. 1876.
Cook (W.), Michigan: Its History and Government. New York, 1905.
Cooley (T. M.), Michigan: A History of Governments. 2nd ed. Boston, 1886.
Dilla (Henrietta M.). The Politics of Michigan. New York, 1912.
Wood (L. H.), Physical, Industrial and Sectional Geography of Michigan. 1914.
Books of Reference.
Legislative Manual of Minnesota, and the various Executive and Administrative Report of the State. St. Paul.
Folwill (W. W.), Minnesota, In ‘American Commonwealth’ Series. Boston, 1907.
Johnson (C.), Highways and Byways of the Mississippi Valley, New York and London, 1906.
Neill’s History of Minnesota. Historical Society, St. Paul.
MacVey (F. L.), The Government of Minnesota. New York and London, 1905.
Robinson (E. V.), Cost of Government in Minnesota. St. Paul, 1913.
Books of Reference.
The Reports of the various Executive Departments of the State.
Mississippi Official and Statistical Registers, 1904, 1908–1912. (Next Volume, 1916).
Enclyclopedia of Mississippi History. 2 Vols. 1907. (Pull and complete, 1540–1907).
Mississippi Provincial Archives. Vol, 1. (English Dominion), 1763–66.
Mississippi Territorial Archives. Vol. 1. 1793–1803.
Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society. 14 vols.
Books of Reference
The Reports of the various Executive Departments of the State.
Carr (Lucien), Missouri. In ‘American Commonwealths’ Series. Boston, Mass.
Books of Reference.
Report of the Bureau of Agriculture. Labour, and Industry of the State of Montana Helena, 1911–12.
Reports of the various Executive Departments of the State.
“Montana.” Issued by Department of Agriculture and Publicity.
Books of Reference.
The Nebraska Blue Book, edited by Addison E, Sheldon. Lincoln.
The Reports of the various Executive Departments, especially those of the Auditor and of the Bureau of Labour and Statistics.
Barbour (E. H.), Geological Survey of Nebraska. Lincoln.
Condra (G. E.), Geography of Nebraska. Lincoln.
Mortons History of Nebraska. 3 vols.
Sheldon (A. E.), History of Nebraska. Lincoln.
Books of Reference.
Reports of the State Controller, State Treasurer, and other Executive Officers, and Bureau of Industry, Agriculture, and Irrigation.
Books of Reference.
The Reports of the Various Departments of State Government.
Drew (W. J.), New Hampshire Register. Concord, N.H. Annual.
MeGlintock (J. N.), History of New Hampshire. Concord, N.H.
Palfrey (J. G.), History of New England. Boston, Mass.
Rollins (F. W.), Guide to New Hampshire. Concord, N.H. Annual.
Books of Reference concerning New Jersey.
Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey. By T. F. Fitzgerald. Trenton.
Annual Reports of: State Treasurer; Comptroller of the Treasury; Commission of Banking and Insurance; Bureau of Industrial Statistics, and other State Authorities.
Scott (A.), New Jersey in ‘American Commonwealths.’ Boston 1907.
Books of Reference.
Official.
Report of the Secretary of New Mexico.—Legislative Manual. Biennial. Santa Fé. —Publications of the New Mexico Bureau of Immigration, descriptive of the various resources of the State. Albuquerque.
Powell (E. A.), The End of the Trail: The Far West from New Mexico to British Columbia. London, 1915.
Books of Reference.
Legislative Manual of New York.
New York Red Book, by E. L. Murlin. Albany, 1914.
Annual “Report New York State Education Department.
Reports of the various Executive Departments of the State.
Development of the State of New York, New York, 1912.
Alexander (D. S.), Political History of New York. New York, 1906.
Douglas (James), New England and New France. London, 1914.
Morey (W C.), The Government of New York. New York, 1902.
Rensselaer (Mrs. Schuyler van), History of the City of New York. 2 vols. New York.
Roberts (E. H.), New York: The Planting and Growth of the Empire State. 2 vols. Boston, 1887.
Sowers (D. C.), The Financial History of the New York State from 1789 to 1912. London and New York, 1914.
Stebbins (H. A.), A Political History of the State of New York, 1865–1869. New York and London, 1913.
Williams (Sherman), New York’s Part in History. New York, 1915.
Wilson (R. R.), New York, Old and New. New York.—New York in Literature New York, 1907.
Yen chu Ma, The Finances of the City of New York. London and New York, 1914.
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The Reports of the Various Executive Departments of the State.
Ashe (S. A.), History of North Carolina. Greensboro, N,C—Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present. 8 vols. Greensboro, N.C.
Hamilton (J. G. de R.), Reconstruction in North Carolina. New York and London, 1914.
References.
The Reports of the various Executive Departments of the State.
Boyle, Government of North Dakota. Chicago.
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The Annual Report of the State Auditor and Reports of the various Executive Departments.
Black (A.), The Story of Ohio. Boston, 1888.
Farrand (M.), Editor, A Journey to Ohio in 1810. As recorded in the Journal of Margaret van Horn Durght. Yale and London, 1912.
Howe (H.), Historical Collections of Ohio, 3 vols. Columbus, 1888.
Howells (W. C), Recollections of Life in Ohio, 1813–1840. Cincinnati, 1895.
King (R.), Ohio. In ‘American Commonwealths’ Series. Boston, 1886.
Randall (E. O.) and Ryan (D. J.), History of Ohio, 5 vols. New York, 1912.
Siebert (W. H.) Government of Ohio. New York, 1904.
Taylor (J. W.), History of the State of Ohio. Cincinnati, 1854.
Books of Reference.
Oklahoma “Red Book.
Reports of the various administrative authorities of Oklahoma.
Statistics and Information concerning the Indian Territory, Oklahoma, and the Cherokee Strip, &c. St. Louis, 1893.
Books of Reference.
The Reports of the various Executive Departments.
British Consular Reports on Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Annual, London.
Bancroft (H. H.), History of Oregon. San Francisco, 1886.
Clarke (S. A.), Pioneer Days in Oregon History. 2 vols. Cleveland, U.S., 1905.
Gilbert (J. H.), Trade and Currency in Early Oregon (Columbia University Studies in Economics. Vol. xxvi. No. 1). New York. 1907.
Johnson. Short History of Oregon. Chicago, 1904.
Lyman. History of Oregon. 4 vols. New York, 1903.
Putnam. (G. P.), In the Oregon Country. New York and London. 1915.
Books of Reference.
Reports of the various executive departments of the State. Harrisburg.
Smull’s Legislative Handbook and Manual of the State of Pennsylvania. Annual. Harrisburg, Pa.
Trade of the Consular District of Philadelphia. British Foreign Office. Annual. London.
Browning (C. H.), Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania. Ardmore (Pa.), 1911.
Ferree (B.), Pennsylvania: A Primer. 1904.
Fisher (S. G.), Making of Pennsylvania. Lippincott.
Gruber (C. L.), Government of the United States and of Pennsylvania. Kutztown (Pa.), 1909.
Higby (C. D.), Government of Pennsylvania and the Nation. New York, 1908.
Hinsdale (B. A.) History and Civil Government of Pennsylvania. New York.
Maltby (A. E.), American Citizen in Pennsylvania; the Government of the State and of the Nation New York, 1910.
McClure (A. K), Old Time Notes of Pennsylvania. 2 vols. Winston, 1905.
Pennel (Elizabeth R.), Our Philadelphia. New York, 1914.
Pennypacker (S W.), Pennsylvania in American History. New York, 1910.
Polk (R. L. & Co.), Pennsylvania Gazetteer. 1903–1904.
Powell (L. P.), Editor, HistoricTowns of the Middle States. New York, 1899.
Meed (G. I.) and others, Editors, Century Cyclopædia of History and Biography of Pennsylvania. 2 vols. Chicago, 1904.
Rupert (W. W.), Pennsylvania. New York, 1903.
Shepherd (W. R.), History of Proprietary Government in Pennsylvania. Longmans, 1896.
Shimmel (L. S.), Short History of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, 1910.—Government of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, 1908.
Swank (J. M.), Progressive Pennsylvania. New York, 1908.
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Rhode Island Manual. Prepared by the Secretary of State. Providence.
The Reports of the various Departments of State Government.
Arnold (S. A.), History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (1686–1790). New York, 1874.
Bartlett (J. R.) (Editor), Records of the Colony of Rhode Island, Providence, 1856–65.
Field (E.) (Editor), State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at the End of the Century. 3 vols. Boston, 1902.
Greene (W. A.), Providence Plantations for 250 Years. Providence, 1886.
Kirk (William), A Modern City: Providence, Rhode Island, and its Activities.
Palfrey (J. G.), History of New England. 5 vols. Boston, 1865–1890.
Richman (Irving B.), Rhode Island: Its Making and Meaning. 1636–1683. 2 vols. New York, 1902.—Rhode Island: a Study in Separation. Boston, 1905.
Staples (W. R.), Annals of the Town of Providence. Providence, 1843.
Books of Reference.
The Reports of the various Administrative Departments of the State.
McCrady (Edward), The History of South Carolina. New York and London, 1902.
Ravenel (Mrs. St. J.), Charleston: The Place and the People. New York and London, 1906.
Watson (E. J,), Handbook of South Carolina. Columbia, 1903.
Books of Reference.
Legislative Manual and Constitution, 1915, issned by the Secretary of State. Pierre.
Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Biennial. Pierre.
Annual Review of the Progress of South Dakota for 1915. Department of History. Pierre.
Department of Historical Collections. Vols. I,–VII. Department of History.Pierre. 1915.
Peterson’s Historical Atlas of South Dakota. Vermilion.
Robinson’s Brief History of South Dakota. New York.
Books of Reference.
The Reports of the varions Executive Departments of the State.
Karns (T.), Civil Government of Tennessee. Philadelphia, 1897.
Books of Reference.
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