Biographical Memoirs of Hancock County, Indiana, to which is Appended a Comprehensive Compendium of National Biography--memoirs of Eminent Men and Women in the U.S., Whose Deeds of Valor Or Works of Merit Have Made Their Names Imperishable ... Embellished with Portraits of Many National Characters and Well K Nown Residents of Hancock County, Indiana

Biographical Memoirs of Hancock County, Indiana, to which is Appended a Comprehensive Compendium of National Biography--memoirs of Eminent Men and Women in the U.S., Whose Deeds of Valor Or Works of Merit Have Made Their Names Imperishable ... Embellished with Portraits of Many National Characters and Well K Nown Residents of Hancock County, Indiana PDF Author:
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Category : Hancock County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 791

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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints

The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints PDF Author: Library of Congress
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 712

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Men of Progress, Indiana

Men of Progress, Indiana PDF Author: William Cumback
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Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 648

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Men of Mark

Men of Mark PDF Author: William J. Simmons
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1376

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TO PRESUME to multiply books in this day of excellent writers and learned book-makers is a rash thing perhaps for a novice. It may even be a presumption that shall be met by the production itself being driven from the market by the keen, searching criticism of not only the reviewers, but less noted objectors. And yet there are books that meet a ready sale because they seem like "Ishmaelites"--against everybody and everybody against them. Whether this work shall ever accomplish the design of the author may not at all be determined by its sale. While I hope to secure some pecuniary gain that I may accompany it with a companion illustrating what our women have done, yet by no means do I send it forth with the sordid idea of gain. I would rather it would do some good than make a single dollar, and I echo the wish of "Abou Ben Adhem," in that sweet poem of that name, written by Leigh Hunt. The angel was writing at the table, in his vision. The names of those who love the Lord.Abou wanted to know if his was there--and the angel said "No." Said Abou, I pray thee, then, write me as one that loves his fellow-men. That is what I ask to be recorded of me. The angel wrote and vanished. The next night It came again, with a great awakening light. And showed the names whom love of God had blessed. And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. I desire that the book shall be a help to students, male and female, in the way of information concerning our great names. I have noticed in my long experience as a teacher, that many of my students were wofully ignorant of the work of our great colored men--even ignorant of their names. If they knew their names, it was some indefinable something they had done--just what, they could not tell. If in a slight degree I shall here furnish the data for that class of rising men and women, I shall feel much pleased. Herein will be found many who had severe trials in making their way through schools of different grades. It is a suitable book, it is hoped, to be put into the hands of intelligent, aspiring young people everywhere, that they might see the means and manners of men's elevation, and by this be led to undertake the task of going through high schools and colleges. If the persons herein mentioned could rise to the exalted stations which they have and do now hold, what is there to prevent any young man or woman from achieving greatness? Many, yea, nearly all these came from the loins of slave fathers, and were the babes of women in bondage, and themselves felt the leaden hand of slavery on their own bodies; but whether slaves or not, they suffered with their brethren because of color. That "sum of human villainies" did not crush out the life and manhood of the race. I wish the book to show to the world--to our oppressors and even our friends--that the Negro race is still alive, and must possess more intellectual vigor than any other section of the human family, or else how could they be crushed as slaves in all these years since 1620, and yet to-day stand side by side with the best blood in America, in white institutions, grappling with abstruse problems in Euclid and difficult classics, and master them? Was ever such a thing seen in another people? Whence these lawyers, doctors, authors, editors, divines, lecturers, linguists, scientists, college presidents and such, in one quarter of a century?

A History of Savannah and South Georgia

A History of Savannah and South Georgia PDF Author: William Harden
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 572

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The Chronicles of Baltimore

The Chronicles of Baltimore PDF Author: John Thomas Scharf
Publisher: Baltimore : Turnbull Bros.
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Category : Baltimore (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 776

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History of Atchison County, Kansas

History of Atchison County, Kansas PDF Author: Sheffield Ingalls
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Category : Atchison County (Kan.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1008

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Encyclopedia of Local History

Encyclopedia of Local History PDF Author: Carol Kammen
Publisher: AltaMira Press
ISBN: 0759120501
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 668

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The Encyclopedia of Local History addresses nearly every aspect of local history, including everyday issues, theoretical approaches, and trends in the field. The second edition highlights local history practice in each U.S. state and Canadian province.

Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1790

Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1790 PDF Author: Thomas Jefferson
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Languages : en
Pages : 222

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Prepared in 1821. Apparently first published in the Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies, from the papers of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, 1829.

On Doing Local History

On Doing Local History PDF Author: Carol Kammen
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN: 9780759102538
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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Completely revised and updated edition of the guide for local historians.