Author: United States. Department of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts, American
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Calendar of the Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Department of State
Author: United States. Department of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts, American
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Miscellaneous Letters of the Department of State 1789-1906
Author: Guide to the Material in the National Archives 1940
Author: National Archives (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Guide to Research in Federal Judicial History
Author: Miscellaneous Letters of the Department of State 1789-1906
Author: United States. National Archives and Records ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A Guide to Pre-federal Records in the National Archives
Author: Benjamin L. DeWhittPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
"This important guide will assist the researcher in locating within the National Archives those records created during, or directly related to, the pre-Federal era of US history the period before the Constitution went into effect on March 4, 1789. The documents described include those of the Continental and Confederation Congresses, the Constitutional Convention, and the Continental Army and Navy; Revolutionary War era diplomatic, fiscal, and judicial records; records pertaining to commerce, Indian affairs, and postal and customs operations; and records relating to pension, bounty-land, and other claims arising out of military and civilian activities. The volume also contains a comprehensive name and subject index. "--Archives.gov.
Guide to Materials on Latin America in the National Archives
Author: President by Massacre
Author: Barbara Alice MannPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
President by Massacre pulls back the curtain of "expansionism," revealing how Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, and Zachary Taylor massacred Indians to "open" land to slavery and oligarchic fortunes. President by Massacre examines the way in which presidential hopefuls through the first half of the nineteenth century parlayed militarily mounted land grabs into "Indian-hating" political capital to attain the highest office in the United States. The text zeroes in on three eras of U.S. "expansionism" as it led to the massacre of Indians to "open" land to African slavery while luring lower European classes into racism's promise to raise "white" above "red" and "black." This book inquires deeply into the existence of the affected Muskogee ("Creek"), Shawnee, Sauk, Meskwaki ("Fox"), and Seminole, before and after invasion, showing what it meant to them to have been so displaced and to have lost a large percentage of their members in the process. It additionally addresses land seizures from these and the Tecumseh, Tenskwatawa, Black Hawk, and Osceola tribes. President by Massacre is written for undergraduate and graduate readers who are interested in the Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands, U.S. slavery, and the settler politics of U.S. expansionism.
Guide to the Archives of the Government of the United States in Washington
Author: Claude Halstead Van TynePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Meriwether Lewis
Author: Thomas C. DanisiPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493087851
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
The definitive biography on Meriwether Lewis by Thomas C. Danisi and John C. Jackson now in paperback for the first time. October 11, 2009 marks the bicentennial of Meriwether Lewis's death. As the leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition, an epic exploration of uncharted territory west of the Mississippi, Lewis has been the subject of several biographies, yet much of the published information is unreliable. A number of myths surrounding his life and death persist. Now independent scholars Thomas C. Danisi and John C. Jackson have written this definitive biography based on twelve years of meticulous research. They have re-examined the original Lewis and Clark documents and searched through obscure and overlooked sources to reveal a wealth of fascinating new information on the enigmatic character and life of Meriwether Lewis. Instead of focusing on the Lewis and Clark expedition, the authors concentrate on what Lewis was doing immediately before and after the journey through Western territory. They assess his role as a natural scientist and as governor of the Louisiana Territory. His lifelong mentor, Thomas Jefferson, thrust the latter role upon Lewis during a time of crisis. As Danisi and Jackson reveal, he would much rather have devoted this time compiling his notes and scientific findings into a vivid narrative of the expedition's adventures. Finally, using medical documentation, the book reveals the actual cause of Lewis's untimely death. The authors address both the conspiracy theories regarding murder as the cause of Lewis's death and the longstanding belief that he committed suicide. The Meriwether Lewis that emerges from this thoroughly researched biography is a man of honorable intentions who met severe challenges and handled difficult confrontations with patience and diplomacy. Both professional historians and armchair devotees of American history will want to add this important new work to their libraries.