The Nineteenth Century in Print: Books

Sampler of Collection Themes:
Introduction | The Civil War| Slavery and Abolition | Religion | Education
Self-Help and Self-Improvement | Travel and Westward Expansion | Poetry

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Illustration from Davens book Detail of Page 21 from Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion, Civil, Military, Naval and Domestic by [Richard Miller Devens] (1867).

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Page 3 from Slavery: Its Sin, Moral Effects, and Certain Death by Justus Keefer ([1864]).

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Illustration from Catechism book Detail of Page 19 from The Catechism of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Numbers 1, 2, and 3, in One Volume, Designed for Consecutive Study in Sunday Schools and Families by the Methodist Episcopal Church (1855).

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Detail of Page 39 from Practical Illustrations of the Principles of School Architecture by Henry Barnard (1851).

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Illustration from Phrenology book Detail of Page iv from The Self-Instructorin Phrenology and Physiology: With over One Hundred New Illustrations, Including a Chart for the Use of Practical Phrenologists by O. S. Fowler and L. N. Fowler ([1889])

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Page 74b from Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries. Explored in 1869, 1870, 1871, and 1872, under the Direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution by the Smithsonian Institution (1875).

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Illustration from Bryant book (p194b) Detail of Page 194b from The Family Library of Poetry and Song Edited by William Cullen Bryant (1880).

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Introduction | The Civil War | Slavery and Abolition | Religion | Education
Self-Help and Self-Improvement | Travel and Westward Expansion | Poetry

The Nineteenth Century in Print: Books