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Oliver Wendell Holmes (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)

Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920

Oliver Wendell Holmes (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance) — English source edition. Subject: American literature -- 19th century -- History and critic...

American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticismHolmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
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On Picket Duty, and Other Tales

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

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Short stories, American
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Origin and Development of Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art. Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-1883, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 437-466.

Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933

Origin and Development of Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art. Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution...

Pottery -- HistoryDecoration and ornament -- HistoryIndian art -- North America
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Our Artist in Cuba Fifty drawings on wood. Leaves from the Sketch-book of a traveler, During the Winter of 1864-5.

Carleton, George Washington, 1832-1901

Our Artist in Cuba Fifty drawings on wood. Leaves from the Sketch-book of a traveler, During the Winter of 1864-5. — English source edition. Subject: Ameri...

American wit and humor, PictorialCuba -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works
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Our Artist in Cuba, Peru, Spain and Algiers Leaves from The Sketch-Book of a Traveller, 1864-1868

Carleton, George Washington, 1832-1901

Our Artist in Cuba, Peru, Spain and Algiers Leaves from The Sketch-Book of a Traveller, 1864-1868 — English source edition. Subject: Algeria -- Social life...

Algeria -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial worksAmerican wit and humor, PictorialCuba -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works
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Our Nig; Or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-story White House, North Showing That Slavery's Shadows Fall Even There

Wilson, Harriet E., 1825-1900

Our Nig; Or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-story White House, North Showing That Slavery's Shadows Fall Even There — English source edit...

Autobiographical fictionNew England -- FictionAfrican American women -- Fiction
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Out of the briars

Newton, A. H. (Alexander Herritage), 1837-1921; Sampson, J. P. (John Patterson), 1837-1928 [Author of introduction, etc.]

Out of the briars — English source edition. Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865African American soldiersUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American
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Papers Relating to an Act of the Assembly of the Province of New-York For encouragement of the Indian trade, &c. and for prohibiting the selling of Indian goods to the French, viz. of Canada

Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776; Great Britain. Board of Trade; Great Britain. Privy Council; New York (Colony). Council

Papers Relating to an Act of the Assembly of the Province of New-York For encouragement of the Indian trade, &c. and for prohibiting the selling of Indian...

Iroquois IndiansNew York (State) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775Indians of North America -- Commerce
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