An August morning with Farragut, by W. H. Overend, American painter, painting, …

2:54

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The United States, Volume II: Part I: The colonies win their freedom: Historica…

2:42

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Congress and Valley Forge (1777-1778), by John Fiske

4:18

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Baron Steuben drilling the colonial troops at Valley Forge, by Edwin A. Abbey, …

2:00

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The message of Lydia Darrah (1777), by Elizabeth F. Ellet

12:12

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Mollie Pitcher (1787), by Kate Brownlee Sherwood

1:44

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The capture of Major André (1780), by Jared Sparks

8:30

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A visit to General Marion (1781), by Charles Carleton Coffin

6:04

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When Cornwallis surrendered (1781), By Burton Egbert Stevenson

8:14

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George III acknowledges the independence of the colonies (1782), by Elkanah Wat…

8:03

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When Washington resigned his commission (1783), by R. M. Devens

8:09

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The United States, Volume II: Part II: Life in revolutionary days: Historical n…

2:44

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The Meschianza at Philadelphia (1778), by John F. Watson

12:13

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A New England Thanksgiving dinner in 1779, by Juliana Smith

8:06

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A call on Lady Washington in 1780, by Charles D. Platt

1:58

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How people traveled in revolutionary times (1775-1781), by John Bach McMaster

15:56

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Abraham Davenport (1780), by John G. Whittier

4:57

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The United States, Volume II: Part III: The first years of the nation: Historic…

2:33

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America, by Samuel Francis Smith

1:37

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How Philadelphia celebrated the ratification of the Constitution (1788), by Joh…

7:09

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The first Inauguration Day (1789), by John Bach McMaster

9:04

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The death of Washington (1799)

8:54

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Red Jacket and the missionary (end of the eighteenth century), by Charles H. L.…

7:12

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The burning of the Philadelphia (1804), by Cyrus Townssend Brady

16:42

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The trials of the British Minister in Jefferson's administration (1803-1809), b…

12:18

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The Clermont's first advertisement

2:08

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The United States, Volume II: Part IV: The Louisiana Territory: Historical note

2:43

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Napoleon plans to sell Louisiana (1803), by A. E. Winship and Robert W. Wallace

5:19

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The ''bargain'' purchase of the Louisiana Territory (1803), by James Parton

10:20

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Taking possession of Louisiana Territory, by Thure de Thulstrupp, painting p. 1…

1:11

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Exploring the Louisiana Territory, by James Parton

8:25

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Lewis and Clarke at the source of the Missouri, from their journal

5:24

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Sa-Cá-Ga-We-A (1804), by Edna Dean Proctor

4:05

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The United States, Volume II: Part V: The war of 1812: Historical note

2:20

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What caused the second war with England (1812), by Agnes C. Laut

9:13

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How Winfield Scott rescued the Irishmen, by James Barnes

8:46

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On the capture of the Guerrière, by Philip Freneau

2:36

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The Shannon and the Chesapeake (1813), by Thomas Tracy Bouvé

4:52

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How Perry saved the Northwest (1813), by Charles Morris

13:02

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The battle of Lake Erie, from an engraving, painting p. 148

3:00

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The Star-Spangled Banner (1814), by Francis Scott Key

3:22

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Tecumseh, the Indian Brigadier-General (1813), by Charles H. L. Johnston

10:40

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The Privateers of 1812, by Willis J. Abbot

30:57

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The ''Horse-Marines'' of 1814, by John Bach McMaster

9:12

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The United States, Volume II: Part VI: A period of growth and expansion: Histor…

1:52

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The opening of the Erie Canal, by John Bach McMaster

4:00

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The guest of the Nation, by Daniel Webster

4:04

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The highest peak of the Rocky Mountains, by John Charles Frémont

14:45

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The first telegram, by R. M. Devens

11:21

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A little Scotch pioneer in Wisconsin (the first half of the nineteenth century)…

14:51

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The United States, Volume II: Part VII: The Mexican War: Historical note

1:59

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''Remember the Alamo !'', by Cyrus Townsend Brady

20:09

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The importance of one vote, by W. H. Vail

1:49

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The storming of Chapultepec (1847), by James Barnes

9:00

Read by Adrian Stephens

The United States, Volume II: Part VIII: California: Historical note

2:01

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When the English discovered California (1577-1579), by Edward Everett Hale

9:34

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On the California Coast in the Thirties, by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

16:17

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How the ''Forty-Niners'' reached California, by Henry Childs Merwin

11:55

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Early business days in San Francisco (1849-1853), by Henry Childs Merwin

8:07

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The United States, Volume II: Part IX: The shadow of Civil War: Historical note

3:28

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The ''Broadcloth Mob'' of Boston (1835), by Harriet Martineau

12:14

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On the underground railway (about 1858), by Francis Grierson

14:08

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The great Lincoln-Douglas debate (1858), by Francis Grierson

11:37

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Just before the war (1858), by Morris Schaff

15:59

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The last moment of John Brown, by Thomas Hovenden, born in Ireland, 1810, died …

1:55

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The United States, Volume II: Part X: From Fort Sumter to Chancellorsville: His…

3:43

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The bombardment of Fort Sumter (1861), by Orville J. Victor

8:04

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Battle-Hymn of the Republic (1861), by Julia Ward Howe

2:06

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The gathering of the Great Army (1861), by Charles Carleton Coffin

12:58

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Jonathan to John, by James Russell Lowell

6:13

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The Merrimac and the monitor (1862), by John S. Wise

27:52

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Taken prisoner at Shiloh (1862), by Henry M. Stanley

23:58

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The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, by Francis Bicknell Carpent…

2:23

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Boston Hymn, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

4:52

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The United States, Volume II: Part XI: The turning-point: Historical note

3:00

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''Stonewall'' Jackson by the river (1863), by Mary Johnston

15:49

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A three-hour truce at Vicksburg (1863), by W. H. Tunnard, of the Confederate Ar…

3:55

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Union gunboats on the Mississippi, from an engraving, painting p. 366

2:05

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A drummer-boy at Gettysburg (1863), by Harry M. Kieffer

22:20

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John Burns of Gettysburg (1863), by Bret Harte

6:17

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The Gettysburg Address, by Abraham Lincoln

2:18

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Alabama dressmaking in the days of the Blockade (1861-1865), by Parthenia Antoi…

22:20

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General order number 11, by G. C. Brigham, painting p. 390

3:03

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The United States, Volume II: Part XII: The end of the struggle: Historical note

3:04

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The Battle of the Crater, Petersburg, by J. D. Woodward, painting p. 406

2:26

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The day of the evacuation of Richmond (1865), by Morris Schaff

5:23

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Carrying a message to General Lee, by John S. Wise

26:14

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Lee's surrender (1865), by Morris Schaff

14:15

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America after the Civil War, by William Ewart Gladstone

6:40

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The United States, Volume II: Part XIII: Stories of the Western Indians: Histor…

1:59

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A Choctaw holiday (about 1850), by George Catlin

15:30

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What the Indians thought of the White Men, by George Bird Grinnell

13:14

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The Indian story of the Custer tragedy (1877), by James McLaughlin

27:10

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The Temecula Valley, and American Grand Pré (1869), by Helen Hunt Jackson

13:33

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The United States, Volume II: Part XIV: The Spanish War: Historical note

2:08

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Cuba to Columbia, by Will Carleton (April, 1896)

1:58

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The sinking of the Maine (1898), by Willis J. Abbot

8:57

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The battle of Santiago (1898), from the account of a newspaper correspondent

10:26

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The charge at El Caney, by Frank T. Merrill, painting p. 488

2:55

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The flag goes by, by Henry Holcomb Bennett

1:40

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The United States, Volume II: Part XV: The twentieth century: Historical note

2:05

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The romance of the reindeer (1905), by Mary Gay Humphreys

15:37

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Totem poles, Alaska, photograph p. 504

1:29

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Learning coal-mining, by Joseph Husband

16:44

Read by Valerie Marino

The social value of the telephone in the United States, by Herbert N. Casson

21:05

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How the Panama railroad was built (1849-1855), by Hugh C. Weir

12:03

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The steam shovel at Panama, by Hugh C. Weir

13:08

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The triumph of the wireless (1909), by Captain J. B. Ranson, R.N.R.

18:37

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The National Red Cross at work, by Constance D. Leupp

12:16

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Gettysburg fifty years after, photograph p. 558

2:03

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''America for me'', by Henry van Dyke

2:12

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