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The Great Seal of California(Illustrated London Almanack, 1852): On the design of the new 'great seal' of the state of California, adopted in 1849.
The Commercial Crisis of 1837 (Scribners, 1879A): A complicated tale of banking and speculation.
Historic Notes of Life and Letters on Massachusetts, by Ralph Waldo Emerson (Atlantic Monthly, 1883)
The Ku Klux Klan, by Julia D. Whiting (Century Magazine, 1884B): Subtitled 'Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment,' and including an additional editorial comment, 'New Light on the KKK.'
Connecticut in the Middle Ages, by Wendell Philips Garrison (Century Magazine, 1885B): An account of a Quaker woman's attempts to establish a school for 'colored pupils' in 1830's Connecticut.
A Scout with the Buffalo Soldiers, by Frederic Remington (Century Magazine, 1889A)
The 'Haunted House' in Royal Street, by George Cable (Century Magazine, 1889B): A true story of wicked doings in a house in the New Orleans French Quarter.
Salome Muller: Strange True Stories of Louisiana, by George Cable (Century Magazine, 1889B): The account of a slave girl believed to be a long-lost German child illegally sold into slavery, leading to a complicated court case. For more details and an update on the 'was she or wasn't she?' question, see The Lost German Slave Girl, by John Bailey (2004).
Out in the Snow (Pictorial Museum of Sport & Adventure, ca. 1890): Some accounts of the bitter winter of 1863-1864 in the US.
Across the Plains in the Donner Party, by Virginia Reed Murphy (Century Magazine, 1891B): A charming and touching account of the ill-fated Donner party by a woman who was a young girl at the time of her travels.
Aaron Burr's Conspiracy and Trial, by Walter S. Drysdale (Harper's Monthly, 1892A)
Wildcat Banking in the Teens, by J.B. McMaster (Atlantic Monthly, 1893)
The Myth of Land-Bill Allen, by Washington Gladden (Century Magazine, 1894A): An interesting account of 'false news' in the 19th century - how a legend evolved around an individual who claimed to be responsible for an important land-bill and who died a pauper.
Capture of the Slave-Ship 'Cora,' by Wilburn Hall (Century Magazine, 1894B): Account of the last slaver taken by the United States, in 1860.
A Group of American Girls, Early in the Century, by Helen Evertson Smith (Century Magazine, 1897A): Reminiscences of girlhood on the Hudson in the early 19th century.
Napoleon's Interest in the Battle of New Orleans, by William Hugh Robarts (Century Magazine, 1897A): Including a description of the battle by General Andrew Jackson.
Alexis de Tocqueville and His Book on America, 60 Years After, by Daniel Gilman (Century Magazine, 1898B)
The Pony Express, by W.F. Bailey (Century Magazine, 1898B)
[The Statue of Liberty] The Largest Statue in the World, and How It Was Built, by A. Meta (The Strand, 1899B)
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