The winning of the West : an account of the exploration and settlement of our country from the Alleghanies to the Pacific /

Includes index.

Grand Rapids and Kent County, Michigan : historical account of their progress from first settlement to the present time /

Mode of access: Internet.

The life, adventures, and pyracies, of the famous Captain Singleton: containing an account of his being set on shore in the island of Madagascar, his settlement there, with a description of the place and inhabitants... As also Captain Singleton's return to sea, with an account of his many adventures and pyracies with the famous Captain Avery and others.

Photocopy.

The Providence plantations for two hundred and fifty years : an historical review of the foundation, rise, and progress of the city of Prividence ... Also, sketches of the cities of New Port and Pawtucket, and other towns of the state, for which Providence is the commercial centre, together with an account of the celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Providence. Being an historical souvenir of this occasion /

Mode of access: Internet.

A tropical dependency; an outline of the ancient history of the western Sudan with an account of the modern settlement of northern Nigeria.

Mode of access: Internet.

Annals of the American revolution; or, A record of the causes and events which produced, and terminated in the establishment and independence of the American Republic. To which is prefixed a summary account of the first settlement of the country, and some of the principal Indian wars. To which is added an appendix, containing a biography of the principal military officers, who were instrumental in achieving our independence.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms [n.d.] (American culture series, Reel 367.1)

History of Long island; containing an account of the discovery and settlement; with other important and interesting matters to the present time.

Pages 142-481 devoted to histories of the counties and towns.

An account of travels into the interior of southern Africa, in the years 1797 and 1798 : including cursory observations on the geology and geography of the southern part of that continent ; the natural history of such objects as occurred in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms ; and sketches of the physical and moral characters of the various tribes of inhabitants surrounding the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. To which is annexed, a description of the present state, population, and produce of that extensive colony ; with a map constructed entirely from actual observations made in the course of the travels.

Vol. 2 has title: An account of travels into the interior of Southern Africa; in which is considered, the importance of the Cape of Good Hope to the different European powers, as a naval and military station ; as a territorial acquisition and commercial emporium in time of peace : with a statistical sketch of the whole colony ; comp. from authentic documents.

The East-Haven register : in three parts. Part I. containing a history of the town of East-Haven, from its first settlement in 1644, to the year 1800 ... Part II. Containing an account of the names, marriages and births of the families ... to the year 1800 ... Partr. III. Containing an account of the deaths ... from the year 1647 to ... 1823 /

Mode of access: Internet.

Sketches of western adventure: containing an account of the most interesting incidents connected with the settlement of the West, from 1755 to 1794: with an appendix. Revised and corrected, with engravings.

First ed., Maysville, Ky., 1832.

An American biographical and historical dictionary, containing an account of the lives, characters, and writings of the most eminent persons in North America from its first settlement, and a summary of the history of the several colonies and of the United States.

Mode of access: Internet.

Narrative of the life and sufferings of Rev. William B. Lighton : containing an interesting and faithful account of his early life, and enlistment into the British army; his experience while in the service, and escape from his regiment; capture, imprisonment, trial, and condemnation to death; his subsequent sufferings, and final escape from captivity, and settlement in the United States /

Mode of access: Internet.

Narrative of the life and sufferings of Rev. William B. Lighton; containing an interesting and faithful account of his early life, and enlistment into the British army; his experience while in the service, and escape from his regiment; capture, imprisonment, trial, and condemnation to death; his subsequent sufferings, and final escape from captivity, and settlement in the United States.

Added t.-p., engr.

An account of travels into the interior of southern Africa, in the years 1797 and 1798: : including cursory observations on the geology and geography of the southern part of that continent; the natural history of such objects as occurred in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms; and sketches on the physical and moral characters of the various tribes of inhabitants surrounding the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. : To which is annexed, a description of the present state, population and produce of that extensive colony; with a map, constructed entirely from actual observations, made in the course of the travels. /

Publisher's advertisement, p. [387].

The Spanish empire in America : containing, a succinct relation of the discovery and settlement of its several colonies; a view of their respective situations, extent, commodities, trade, &c. : and a full and clear account of the commerce with Old Spain by the galleons, flota, &c. ; also of the contraband trade with the English, Dutch, French, Danes and Portuguese, with an exact description of Paraguay /

Memoir concerning the settlements of the Jesuits in Paraguay, by a French officer: p. 321-330.