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- New England Wars - King Philip, by Joseph Chandler, Esq.
(Godey's, 1833)
- Adventure Among the Hudson Bay's Fur-Trappers (Leisure Hour, 1860)
- Aunt Eve Interviewed (Harper's Monthly, 1873A)
- A fascinating interview with a former slave, thought to be around 104 years old.
- The First Century of the Republic #1: Introduction/Our Colonial Progress
(Harper's Monthly, 1874)
- The first installment of a 19-part series on advances in the US in the preceding 100 years. Read the complete series.
- Genesis of the New England Churches, by Leonard Bacon
(Harper's Monthly, 1875A)
- Caricature in the [American] Revolutionary Period (Harper's Monthly, 1875B)
- The Romance of the Hudson
(Harper's Monthly, 1876B)
- History of the Hudson River area.
- Old Maryland Manners
(Scribners, 1879A)
- Old New York
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1879)
- Albany
(Harper's Monthly, 1881A)
- The history of Albany, NY, one of the oldest cities in the US.
- Old-Time Life in a Quaker Town
(Harper's Monthly, 1881A)
- Early days in Pennsylvania.
- How America Came to Be Discovered
(Harper's Monthly, 1882A)
- A history of discoveries besides that of Columbus.
- Old New York Coffeehouses
(Harper's Monthly, 1882A)
- [Philadelphia] "A Clever Town Built by Quakers"
(Harper's Monthly, 1882A)
- The Romance of the Spanish and French Explorers
(Harper's Monthly, 1882A)
- Who Were the Pilgrims?
(Harper's Monthly, 1882A)
- A Hundred Years Ago, by W.H. Venable
(St. Nicholas, 1882A)
- A look at colonial life 100 years earlier.
- The Colonies 1: The Beginning of a Nation, by Edward Eggleston
(Century Magazine, 1883A)
- The Colonies 2: The Planting of New England, by Edward Eggleston
(Century Magazine, 1883A)
- The Colonies 3: Migrations of American Colonists, by Edward Eggleston
(Century Magazine, 1883A)
- The Colonies 4: The Aborigines and the Colonists, by Edward Eggleston
(Century Magazine, 1883B)
- The Colonies 5: Indian War in the Colonies, by Edward Eggleston
(Century Magazine, 1883B)
- Husbandry in Colonial Times, by Edward Eggleston
(Century Magazine, 1884A)
- Commerce in the Colonies, by Edward Eggleston
(Century Magazine, 1884B)
- This section looks at fisheries, forest products, trade with the Indians, money and barter, ship-building, transportation, ports and sea commerce, navigation, and piracy.
- Social Conditions in the Colonies, by Edward Eggleston
(Century Magazine, 1884B)
- This section looks at land grants and customs, inheritance, indentured servitude and the treatment of bond-servants, and slavery.
- The Colonists at Home, by Edward Eggleston
(Century Magazine, 1885A)
- This segment looks at the house and housekeeping, furnishings and interiors, food and drink, dress, fashion and wigs.
- Social Life in the [American] Colonies, by Edward Eggleston
(Century Magazine, 1885B)
- Church and Meeting-House Before the Revolution, by Edward Eggleston
(Century Magazine, 1887A)
- The Kentucky Pioneers, by John Mason Brown
(Harper's Monthly, 1887B)
- The Church of England in the Colonies, by Edward Eggleston
(Century Magazine, 1888B)
- New York One Hundred Years Ago, by Charles Dowe
(Demorest, 1889)
- Strange True Stories of Louisiana, by George Cable
(Century Magazine, 1889A)
- The lengthy tale of Alix d'Morainville.
- Witchcraft, by J.M. Buckley
(Century Magazine, 1892A)
- An overview of the history of witchcraft in general, leading to an account of the Salem witch trials.
- Early Political Caricature in America, by Joseph B. Bishop
(Century Magazine, 1892B)
- A Boston Schoolgirl in 1771, by Alice Morse Earl
(Atlantic Monthly, 1893)
- Charming excerpts from the diary of 12-year-old Anna Green Winslow. (Anna thinks quite a lot of nice clothes!)
- By the Waters of Chesapeake, by John Williamson Palmer
(Century Magazine, 1894A)
- Colonial days in Virginia.
- The Vancouver Centenary, and the Discovery of Pacific America, by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore
(Century Magazine, 1894A)
- The 100-year anniversary of Vancouver's voyages to California.
- Certain Worthies and Dames of Old Maryland, by John Williamson Palmer
(Century Magazine, 1896A)
- A True Colonial Dame, by Mrs. Burton Harrison (Ladies Home Journal, 1896)
- Sally Cary Fairfax, a family friend of George Washington.
- Old Georgetown - a Social Panorama, by John Williamson Palmer
(Century Magazine, 1897A)
- A look at social movers and shakers in 18th-century Georgetown (DC).
- [New Amsterdam] The Mother City of Greater New York, by Mrs. Schuyler van Rensselaer
(Century Magazine, 1898B)
- How Pepper Helped to Discover America, by Klyda Richardson Steege
(St. Nicholas, 1900A)
- The Evolution of a New World, by Beckles Wilson
(Strand, 1901B)
- Early maps of the Americas.
- For additional history articles, see:
- • American Military History
- • California History
- • New York History
- • States, Regions & Territories
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