Papers relating to the American Revolution, from the Magazine of American History (3 volume set). New York: Historical Publication Co., 1879-1892. [11732]
Three volumes in quarter blue cloth, red boards, black leather title labels in gilt "The American Revolution" and volume nos., top page edges stained yellow, bindings fine and clean, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches, small scuff mark on the back board of vol. 3. Each article with its own page numbers, frontispiece, and title page for the set. Illustrated, texts are clean; the set takes up 5 inches of shelf space. The interior photos are all from volume one. Very good. Hardcover.
This three volume set is a compilation of scholarly articles that appeared in the Magazine of American History between the years 1879 and 1892. They include all of the illustrations, and many smaller articles and insights not included in the major titles. There are also sections of "Original Documents" unpublished elsewhere.
Here is a list of the major titles in this set:
George Clinton
A Justification of General Sullivan
Brodhead's Expedition Against the Indians of the Upper Allegheny, 1779
A Skirmish at Poundridge, Westchester, 1779
Sullivan's Expedition Against the Six Nations, 1779
Samuel Blatchley Webb, Colonel in the Connecticut Line and Brevet Brigadier General in the Continental Army
Tracts of the American Revolution
The Massacre at Fort Griswold, September 6th, 1781
The Surrender of Cornwallis in England
The Secret Service of the Revolution
Valley Forge
Wall Street in History
Lost and Found Manuscripts of Benjamin Franklin
The Last Cantonment of the Main Army of the Revolution
Major-General Richard Montgomery
The Virginia Declaration of Independence
Defenses of Narraganset Bay, Rhode Island
The Story of a Monument [Battle of Oriskany]
Medical Department in the Revolutionary Army
Button Gwinnett
General Roger Enos
Paul Revere, 1735-1818
Anthony Wayne
A Group of Pre-Revolutionary Editors: Beginnings of Journalism in America
Henry Laurens in the London Tower
George Washington : Unpublished Washington Letters
Governor Thomas Pownall, Colonial Statesman
Braddock's Defeat
Incidents in the Life of John Hancock
Journal of Lieutenant Tjerck Beekman, 1779, of the Military Expedition of Major General
John Sullivan Against the Six Nations of Indians
Vindication of General Samuel Holden Parsons
Autobiography of General Joseph B. Varnum, from the Original Manuscript, Dictated by General Varnum in 1819, recently Discovered and never before Published
England's Struggle with the American Colonies
The Action at Terrytown, 1781 : Heroism of Captain George Hurlbut
David Hartley and the American Colonies : England's Signer of the Definitive Treaty of Peace
Career of Brigadier-General Jethro Sumner, One of North Carolina's Revolutionary Officers
Lieutenant-General John Maunsell, 1724-1795
The Historic Tea-Party of Edenton, 1774 : Incident in North Carolina connected with Taxation
Declaration of Independence by a Colonial Church : A Contribution to the History of North Carolina
General William Richardson Davie, 1756-1820
The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries was published from 1877 to 1893. It was a magazine noted for scholarly articles, answers to readers' queries, and for publishing original documents such as letters by George Washington and extracts from the diaries of Revolutionary War figures. We present you with an outstanding collection of articles pertaining to the American Revolution written a mere one hundred years after the events in review.
