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LOSSING, BENSON J., LL.D., ILLUSTRATED BY DARELY, FELIX O.C. OUR COUNTRY: A HOUSEHOLD HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FOR ALL READERS, FROM THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA TO THE PRESENT TIME, 3 VOLUMES. New York: Johnson & Bailey, 1895.
Brown pictorial stamped boards, gilt title, head of George Washington, and sailing vessels. Gilt title panel to spines with illustration of our Lady of Liberty. Volumes numbered. Vol. I. has damp staining to verso of frontispiece, tape residue to gutter, between tissue guard and title page, random pages have mild upper edge damp stain (not many pages). Rubbing of front board. Vol. III, has few pale spots to front board. All spine ends rubbed and bumped, few short closed tears, corners bumped, mild edge rubbing. Smattering of pages with closed edge tears. Each has frontispiece with tissue guard, and many illustrations. Previous owners named to preliminary page. Bright marbled end papers and page edges, volumes have cracked hinges .Text blocks firm. Text very clean, no foxing. sm 4 to, total pages 2020. Click for Image

Three robust volumes of American history from 1492 through 1892, with over 500 illustrations and engravings. Relating all the events, known characters discoveries. Vol 1. Chapter 1. begins with: The Extent and Character of Our Country; The Form of its Government; It's Discovery by the Norwegians; Icelandic Navigators; Their attempts to found a colony here; Traditions respecting other Discoveries; The North American Indians in the 16th Century. Lengthy details about the Indians their ceremonies, wars, dwellings, language, etc. Through to Columbus, his theories, family and early voyages; Book II (within vol. I) Settlements, England 17th century, Hudson's Voyages, The Plymouth Company in Parliament, Slavery, etc.; III, Colonies; IV., The War for Independence, and much more. Volume II. Publisher Jones & Stanley. Continuing with the War for Independence; political maneuvers; American affairs in Europe; Settlements beyond the mountains; lawlessness in North Carolina; Obnoxious Letters of Crown officers; Franklin before Privy Council; Suffering and Patriotism; Meetings of General Congress; Franklin admitted to House of Lords; Hancock and Adams; Mecklenberg Declaration of Independence; Indians and the Johnson Family; sieges and Retreats; Washington Takes Command of the Continental Army; British and Tories leave for Nova Scotia; Affairs in Middle Provinces 1775; Condition of America; British Mercenary Troops; Reception of the Declaration of Independence; all the battles and political drama on both sides; People of the Constitution; The Nation: formation of Political parties; Thanksgiving Day Appointed; First Debates in Congress on Slavery; Proclamation of Neutrality; Jay's Treaty with the British; Treaty with Algiers; Manufacturers in our Country; Frontiers, development; Indian Warfare; Banks; Finances; Boundaries of the Gulf Region; Florida added to the Union; Foreign Affairs. Volume III., Begins with President John Quincy Adams; Georgians and the Indians; Erie Canal; Deaths of Adams and Jefferson; Jackson's Inauguration, Character and Policy; Removal of the Cherokees; United States Bank; Commercial Treaties; covering Presidents, events, Trade Unions; Knights of Labor; Civil Service Reform; Employers and Employed; Pools and Trusts; Growth of Large Cities; Anarchists and the Police; Strikes and Riots in Chicago 1834-35; Charleston Earthquakes; Bartholdi Statue; American Vessels seized by Canada; Fisheries Commission; Rebel Flags; Sack vile West Letter; Insurrection in Hayti'; The Pension Bill; Indians 1871; President Harrison, his birth and parentage; Cabinet; Foreign Missions; Census 1890-89;, etc.; Case of W.P. Sayward brought before the Supreme Court; Indian Outbreak 1906; Ghost Dances; New Orleans Lynching 1909; The Mafia 1909; Democratic Majority in the House 1912; People's Party 1912, and much more. To rear of Vol. III. Reference Tables,' comprising list of Presidents and Cabinet Officers from 1789 to date; Statistics of the Population of the various States from the Census Returns; Statistics of the National Finances, Exports, Imports, etc., the Public Lands in each State, The Products of Agriculture, and of Gold and Silver Mining; Lists of the Chief Battles of War of the Revolution of 1812, and of the Mexican and Civil Wars. Illustrator Felix O. C. Darley (Philadelphia, 1822-1888). In 1850 he was invited by the American Art Union to illustrate Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle, which established his fame. He also did illustrations for other works by Washington Irving, and, stories, novels, and poems by James Fenimore Cooper, Hawthorne, Longfellow, John Greenlief Whitaker, James Whitcomb Riley, and Charles Dickens, among others. These incredible volumes of history are packed with detailed facts and stories of America, the people and nations that were involved in these historic events. Hard Cover Very Good

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