1879 OUR FIRST CENTURY - 100 Great Events in US History, Illust, Rev

Description: This is an amazing book of historic American events from 1776 to 1876, "OUR FIRST CENTURY ~ Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One Hundred Great and Memorable Events of Perpetual Interest in the History of Our Country, Political, Military, Mechanical, Social, Scientific and Commercial" by R.M. Devens. 1879; C.A. Nichols & Co.; Springfield, MA. Sold by subscription only (the original publisher's subscription slip is included). The book is "splendidly illustrated with several hundred plates, portraits, and other embellishments." At the front of the book is a Patriotic chromolithograph illustration showing George Washington, The White house, the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and more. Three-quarter leather binding with marbled end papers, gilt decorations and lettering on the spine, and gilt page edges on all sides. Large, hefty volume with 1,004 pages. "Embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the Republic; Men of Heroism, Statesmanship, Genius, Oratory, Adventure and Philanthropy." There is a "Topical or Classified List" of the contents at the front. Here are a few examples of the contents: Birth of the New Republic - 1776; First American Naval Victory - 1779; Treason of Major-General Benedict Arnold - 1790; Adieu to the Army by Washington - 1783; Formation and Adoption of the Federal Constitution - 1787; First Election and Inauguration of a President of the United States - 1789; Greatest Defeat and Victory of American Arms in the Indian Wars - 1791; Whitney's Extraordinary Cotton-Gin Invention - 1793; Founding and Establishment of the National Capital - 1799; Death of George Washington - 1799; Fatal Duel between Mr. Burr and General Alexander Hamilton - 1804; Fulton's Triumphant Application of Steam to Navigation - 1807; Rise and Progress of the Mormons, or "Latter-Day Saints," under Joseph Smith - 1830; Career, Capture, and Execution of Gibbs, the Most Noted Pirate of the Century - 1831; Sublime Meteoric Shower all over the United States - 1833; Morse's Invention of the Electric Telegraph - 1835; Tremendous Fire in New York City - 1835; Breaking Out of the Temperance Reformation - 1840; Expected Destruction of the World - 1843; Discovery of Gold at Sutter's Mill, California - 1848; The United States Grinnell Expeditions of 1850 and 1853, to the Arctic Seas - 1850; Appearance of the Marine Monster known as the Sea-Serpent, along the Atlantic Coast - 1851; Political Debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, in Illinois - 1858; Thirty Thousand Miles of Railway in Thirty Years, and Eighty Thousand in Half a Century - 1859; John Brown's Capture of Harper's Ferry, VA - 1859; Bombardment and Reduction of Fort Sumter - 1861; Battle at Bull Run, VA, between the Federal and Confederate Armies - 1861; Extraordinary Combat between the Iron-Clads Merrimac and Monitor, in Hampton Roads - 1862; Proclamation of Emancipation, as a War Measure, by President Lincoln - 1863; Three Days' Battle between the Concentrated Armies of Generals Meade and Lee, at Gettysburg, PA - 1863; Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theater, Washington, by J. Wilkes Booth - 1865; Successful Laying of the Telegraph Cable across the Atlantic Ocean - 1866; Completion of the Pacific Railroad - 1869; Terrible Fire in the Business Heart of Boston - 1872;...and much more.

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