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A history of three of the judges of King Charles I, Major-General Whalley, Major-General Goffe, and Colonel Dixwell : who, at the restoration, 1660, fled to America and were secreted and concealed in Massachusetts and Connecticut, for near thirty years : with an account of Mr. Theophilus Whale, of Narragansett, supposed to have been also one of the judges

An historical view of the first planters of New-England.

The life of Oliver Hazard Perry : with an appendix, comprising biographical sketches of the late General Pike, and Captain Lawrence, and a view of the present condition and future prospects of the Navy of the United States

The death of Abel. In five books.

Memoirs of General La Fayette : embracing details of his public and private life, sketches of the American revolution, the French revolution, the downfall of Bonaparte, and the restoration of the Bourbons : with biographical notices of individuals who have been distinguished actors in these events.

The History of the pirates, : containing the lives of those noted pirate captains, Misson, Bowen, Kidd, Tew, Halsey, White, Condent, Bellamy, Fly, Howard, Lewis, Cornelius, Williams, Burgess, North, and their several crews. Also, an account of the piracies and cruelties of John Augur, William Cunningham, Dennis Mackarthy, William Dowling, William Lewis, Thomas Morris, George Bendall, and William Ling, who were tried, condemned, and executed at Nassau, New Providence, on the tenth of December, 1718. : To which is added, A correct account of the late piracies committed in the West Indies; and the expedition of Commodore Porter.

Biography of Henry Clay

A book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government ... and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states ; together with a condensed history of the land ... The biography of about three hundred of the leading men ; a description of the principal cities and towns ; with statistical tables

The life and political opinions of Martin Van Buren, Vice President of the United States

Thoreau and his Harvard classmates; Henry Williams' Memorials of the class of 1837.

Reminiscences of the last sixty-five years : commencing with the battle of Lexington. Also, sketches of his own life and times

Essays : including biographies and miscellaneous pieces, in prose and poetry