New Journal Articles - Arizona, Family Chronicle, California

Arizona History
Autumn 2007 (vol. 48, no. 3)
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Articles
DeJong, David H. "The Granary of Arizona": The Civil War, Settlers, and Pima-Maricopa Agriculture, 1860-1869. pp. 221-256.
Turner, Danette L. Arizona's Twenty-Four Hour War: The Arizona Rangers and the Cananea Copper Strike of 1906. pp. 257-288.
Jackson, Jane E. Monumental Tasks: Flagstaff's Mt. Elden Civilian Conservation Corps Camp. pp. 289-304.


Book Reviews - pp 305-318
Hayes, Allan, and Carol Hayes. The Desert Southwest: Four Thousand Years of Life and Art. Berkeley, Calif.: Ten Speed Press, 2006.
Botham, Fay, and Sara M. Patterson. Race, Religion, Region: Landscapes of Encounter in the American West. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2006.
Fleek, L. Sherman. History May Be Searched in Vain: A Military History of the Mormon Battalion. Spokane, Wash.: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2006.
Mueller, Jerry E. Autobiography of John Russell Bartlett. Providence, R.I.: John Carter Brown Library, 2006.
Hurtado, Albert L. John Sutter: A Life on the North American Frontier. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006.
Christen, William J. Pauline Cushman: spy of the Cumberland. Roseville, Minn.: Edinborough Press, 2006.
Ninnemann, John L., and Duane A. Smith. San Juan Bonanza: Western Colorado's Mining Legacy. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2006.
Hunt, Geoffrey R. Colorado's Volunteer Infantry in the Philippine Wars, 1898-1899. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2006.
Harmon, David, Francis P. McManamon, and Dwight T. Pitcaithley. The Antiquities Act: A Century of American Archaeology, Historic Preservatio, and Nature Conservation. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2006.
Thorson, John E., Sarah Britton, and Bonnie G. Colby. Tribal Water Rights: Essays in contemporary Law, Policy, and Economics. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2006.
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Family Chronicle
November/December 2007 (vol. 12, no. 2)
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Articles
Douglass, Mary Clement. Land Records: An Introduction. pp. 11-15.
Nickerson, Janice. Home Children - British Child Immigrants to Canada. pp. 16-19.
_____. Early Canadiana Online. pp. 21-23.
Brown, Frances Susanne. The Photograph's Ghostly Infancy: The Daguerreotype. pp. 24-26.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles: Planning a Genealogical Research Trip. pp. 29-33.
Meates, Susan C. DNA Q&A. pp. 35-37.
Family Chronicle Forum. pp. 39-40.
Nickerson, Janice. How to Read Between the Lines of the Census. pp. 41.
Hait, Michael. Getting the Most from "the Rest" of the US Federal Census. pp. 42-45.
The Best Websites You've Never Heard of! pp. 47-48.
Knights, Edwin M. Genome-wide Studies. pp. 49.
Norris, David A. Genealogy Web Sites Worth Surfing. pp. 52-53.
Nickerson, Janice. Secrets to Researching Smiths. pp. 54.
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California History
Spring 2007 (vol. 84, no. 3)
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Articles
Collections: Philopolis: "Love of the City". pp. 3-4.
Most, Stephen. Salmon People: Crisis and Continuity at the Mouth of the Klamath. pp. 5-22.
McCovey, Shaunna OIteka. I Still Eat All of My Meals with a Mussel Shell. pp. 13-17.
Oppenheimer, Helene H. Mattz Family Interviews: Oral History Transcripts. pp. 18-19.
Clements, Kendrick A. Managing a National Crisis: The 1924 Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak in California. pp. 23-42.
Parkman, E. Breck. Missiles of Peace: Benny Bufano's Message to the World. pp. 43-60.


Book Reviews - pp. 65-76
Runte, Alfred. Allies of the Earth: Railroads and the Soul of Preservatin. Kirksville, MO.: Truman State University Press, 2006.
Schiesl, Martin, and Mark M. Dodge. City of Promise: Race and Historical Change in Los Angeles. Claremont, CA.: Regina Books, 2006.
Beauchamp, Cari. Adventures of a Hollywood Secretary: Her Private Letters from Inside the Studios of the 1920s. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006.
Putnam, Jackson K. Jess: The Political Career of Jesse Marvin Unruh. Lanham, MD.: University Press of America, 2005.
Hart, John. Legacy: Portraits of 50 Bay Area Environmental Elders. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 2006.
Parson, Don. Making A Better World: Public Housing, the Red Scare, and the Direction of Modern Los Angeles. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2005.
Meyer, Amy. New Guardians for The Golden Gate: How America Got a Great National Park. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006.
Lesley, Lewis Burt. Uncle Sam's Camels: The Journal of May Humphreys Stacey, Supplemented by the Report of Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1857-1858). San Marino, CA.: Huntington Library Press, 2006.
Vettel, Eric J. Biotech: The Countercultural Origins of an Industry. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006.
Farris, Glenn. Visit of Cyrille Pierre-Theodore Laplace to Fort Ross and Bodega Bay in August 1839. Jenner, CA.: Fort Ross Interpretive Association, 2006.
Taylor, Henry. From Lead Mines To Gold Fields: Memories of an Incredibly Long Life. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2006.
Johnson, David H. Sonora Pass Pioneers: California Bound Emigrants and Explorers, 1841-1864. Sonora, CA.: Tuolumne County Historical Society, 2006.
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New Journal Articles - IL, TX, FL, PA

Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly
Fall 2007, (vol. 39, no. 3)
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Articles
Beaumont, Gary. German Immigrant Farmers in Illinois - part I. pp. 6-17.
Weible, Cherié L. Illinois Sources: Conscription During the Civil War. pp. 17-19.
Bonilla, Janice. The Circus Families of Petersburg, Illinois. pp. 21-34.
Hassan, Hazel N. The Barretts of Jo Daviess County, Illinois. pp. 36-43.
Lowe, Jeanie. Illinois House Joint Resolutions. pp. 52-55.

Book Reviews - pp. 44-51
Calvary Cemetery, Aurora, Illinois: Tombstones & Obituaries. IA.: Anundsen Publishing Co., 2006.
Baer, M. Teresa, and Geneil Breeze. Finding Indiana Ancestors: Guide to Historical Research. Indiana Historical Press: Indianapolis, 2007.
Rose, Christine. Nicknames Past and Present. San Jose, Calif. : CR Publications, 2007.
Grenham, John. Tracing Your Irish Ancestors: The Complete Guide. Baltimore, MD.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006.
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Texas State Genealogical Society Quarterly
September 2007, (vol. 47, no. 3)
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Articles
Steger, Charles A. Rebecca McIntosh Hawkins Hagerty: The Richest Woman in Texas. pp. 9-25.
Lone Star History Links, Primary Source Documents. pp. 25.
Adkins-Rochette, Patricia. Brush Battalion Confederates from Dallas, Kaufman, Navarro, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood Counties, Texas. pp. 26-28.
Ports, Michael A. Sarah Rotan Garnett, Frontier Mother. pp. 29-34.
Adkins-Rochette, Patricia. Petitioners from Gillespie, Kimble, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, and San Saba Counties, Texas. pp. 35-37.
McKewen, Erica. Texas State Library Building Getting a Facelift. pp. 37.
Pearce, Teri Donaldson, and Robert Kay Pearce, Jr. Fife, Texas: Dreams of the Past. pp. 38-45.
Cozart, Doris Galyean Franklin. Old Greer County Mailing Lists. pp. 46.
Fitzgerald, Scott. Abstract of South Western Reporter. pp. 47-62.
Adkins-Rochette, Patricia. Forted up in 1865 at Fort Davis, Stephens County. pp. 63-66.
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Florida Libraries
Fall 2007 (vol. 50, no. 2)
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Articles
Parker, Charlie. These will be the Good Times for Florida Libraries; We just have to figure out how. pp. 3.
Cavallaro, Nicole, and Jamie Conklin. Mobile Gamma: The Right People at the Right Place at the Right Time. pp. 4-6.
Pike, Nancy. Feeling at Home in Florida. pp. 7.
Simpson, Thomas. Keeping Up with Technology: Orange County Library Embraces Learn 2.0. pp. 8-10.
Melillo, Paolo. Transforming ESOL-Learning Opportunities through Technology. pp. 11-13.
Freund, Leilani, and Colleen Seale. Transforming Library West at the University of Florida: A Fairy Tale Makeover. pp. 14-16.
Slocum, Melonee. Destination: next, Jacksonville Public Library's Journey toward Transformation. pp. 18-20.
Haywood, Anne. Plant City's Not So Extreme Makeover - Library Edition. pp. 21-23.
Sparrow, Joyce. Florida on the Boil. pp. 24.
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Pennsylvania History
Spring 2007 (vol. 74, no. 2)
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Articles
Gerbner, Katharine. "We Are Against The Traffik of Men-Body': The Germantown Quaker protest of 1688 and the origins of American Abolitionism. pp. 149-172.
Flinchum, Jessica Lee. Reluctant Revolutionaries: The Philadelphia Baptist Association and the American Revolution. pp. 173-193.
McGettigan, Joan. Working for "The Company": Managing Philadelphia Movie Theatres in the 1930s and 1940s. pp. 194-215.
Fox, Francis S. Resources in Pennsylvania History: Digital and Microfilm Resources for Teaching and Researching Pennsylvania History. pp. 216-223.

Book Reviews - pp. 224-241
Carocci, Vincent P. A Capitol Journey: Reflections on the Press, Politics, and the Making of Public Policy in Pennsylvania. University Park, PA.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005. Treadway, Jack M. Elections in Pennsylvania: A Century of Partisan Conflict in the Keystone State. University Park, PA.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005.
Lyons, Clare A. Sex Among the Rabble: An Intimate History of Gender & Power in the Age of Revolution, Philadelphia, 1730-1830. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006.
Estes, Todd A. The Jay Treaty Debate, Public Opinion, and the Evolution of Early American Political Culture. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2006.
Farrow, Anne, Joel Lang, and Jenifer Frank. Complicity: How the North Promoted, Prolonged, and Profitted from Slavery. New York: Ballantine Books, 2005.
Bjelopera, Jerome P. City of Clerks: Office and Sales Workers in Philladelphia, 1870, 1920. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2005.
Golin, Steve. The Newark Teacher Strikes: Hopes on the Line. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2002.
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New Journal Articles - NH, PA, FL, OK, RI

Historical New Hampshire
Spring 2007 (vol. 61, no. 1)
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Articles
Dishman, Robert B. "Natives of Africa, Now Forcibly Detained": the Slave Petitioners of Revolutionary Portsmouth. pp. 6-28.
Dixon, David T. Freedom Earned, Equality Denied: Evolving Race Relations in Exete and Vicinity, 1776-1876. pp. 29-48.
Clark, Lynn, and Rebecca Courser. Rural Free Black Settlement in Post-Revolutionary New Hampshire: A Study of Five Towns. pp. 48-67.


Book Reviews - pp. 68-75
Earle, Jonathan H. Jacksonian Antislavery and the Politics of Free Soil, 1824-1854. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004.
Knoblock, Glenn A. "Strong and Brave Fellows": New Hampshire's Black Soldiers and Sailors of the American Revolution, 1775-1784. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 2003.
Salerno, Beth A. Sister Societies: Women's Antislavery Organizations in Antebellum America. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2005.
Sammons, Mark J., and Valerie Cunningham. Black Portsmouth: Three Centuries of African-American Heritage. Hanover, N.H.: University Press of New England, 2004.
Reynolds, David S. John Brown, Abolitionist: the Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
Benes, Peter. Slavery/Antislavery in New England: Annual Proceedings of the Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife, volume 28. Boston: Boston University Press, 2005.
Wilson, Harriet E. Our Nig: or, sketches from the Life of a Free Black. New York: Penguin Books, 2005.
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North Hills Genealogists (PA)
October 2007
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Articles
North Hills Genealogists Donate Fourteen Reference books to NorthLand Library. pp. 21.
Valentine, Steph. Random Thoughts. pp. 23.
Wichter, Curt. Allen Co. Public Library Seeks Genealogy Librrian. pp. 23.
The Rubincam Youth Award Newly Revised information. pp. 24.
News about programs from the National Institute for Genealogical Studies. pp. 25.
Heinz History Center Hosts Opening of Coal Mining Exhibit. pp. 28.

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Suncoast Genealogy Society: Suncoast Searcher
October 2007 (vol. 24, no. 10)
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Articles
Family health history can help save lives. pp. 1
Moody, Sharon Tate. Copyright complications. pp. 4.
Daughters of the American Revolution. pp. 4.
Jewish Genealogical Society of Tampa Bay. pp. 4.
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Oklahoma Genealogical Society Quarterly
2007 (vol. 52, no. 2)
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Articles
Calaway, Ila Yarneau. Adventures in Genealogy. pp. 54-56.
Cole, Jodie. Researching in the OHS Library. pp. 59.
Slade, Jennie. Acquisitions: Donations, Purchased. pp. 60-62.
Shirley, Jeanne. First Territorial Census of Oklahoma 1890. pp. 63-65.
Jimenez, Virginia. Queries. pp. 65-67.
2008 Family story writing contest sponsored by Oklahoma Genealogical Society. pp.68-69.
Unique opportunity to celebrate Oklahoma with the Oklahoma Family Tree. pp. 70-71.
Oklahoma Genealogical Society Centennial Project: "Index to Early Oklahoma Land Tract Books". pp 73.
Surname Index. pp. 74-76.
First Families of the Twin Territories. back cover.
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Rhode Island Roots
Special Bonus Issue 2007
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Articles
Mathew, Linda L. Gleanings from Rhode Island Town Records: Providence Town Council Records, 1789-1801.
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New Journal Articles - SD History, CA History, MD Gen. Soc. Bull., GA History

South Dakota History
Fall 2007 (vol. 37, no. 3)
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Articles
Welch, Eddie. Bridging Cultures Abroad: Oscar Howe's American Specialist Tour. pp. 185-208.
Ziemann, Zelma. " My Best Pal" The Story of a Girl and Her Horse. pp. 209-223.
Lindell, Terrence J. An Iowan's View from Fort Randall: The Letters of Doctor Samuel N. Pierce, 1861-1862. pp. 224-255.


Book Reviews - pp. 258-269
Bray, Kingsley M. Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006.
Castile, George Pierre. Taking Charge: Native American Self-Determination and Federal Indian Policy, 1975-1993. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2006.
Zontek, Ken. Buffalo Nation: American Indian Efforts to Restore the Bison. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007.
Lauck, Jon K. Daschle vs. Thune. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007.
Bjorkman, Timothy W. Verne Sankey: America's First Public Enemy. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. 2007.
Katanski, Amelia V. Learning to Write "Indian": The Boarding School Experience and American Indian Literature. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2005.
Draine, Cathie. Cowboy Life: The Letters of George Philip. Pierre: South Dakota State Historical Society Press, 2007.
Woods, Lawrence M. Alex Swan and the Swan Companies. Norman: Okla.: Arthur H. Clark Company, 2006.
Scherneckau, August. Marching with the First Nebraska: a Civil War Diary. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007.
Larsen, Lawrence H., Barbara J. Cottrell, Harl A. Dalstrom, and Kay Calamé Dalstrom. Upstream Metropolis: An Urban Biography of Omaha and Council Bluffs. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007.
Stokker, Kathleen. Remedies and Rituals: Folk Medicine in Norway and the New Land. Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2007.
Wilson, R. Michael. Frontier Justice in the Wild West: Bungled, Bizarre, and Fascinating Executions. Guilford, Conn.: Two Dot Press, 2007.
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California History
Fall 2007 (vol. 84, no. 4)
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Articles
Collections: The Fernery. pp. 3.
Goudsouzian, Aram. The House that Russell Built: Bill Russell, the University of San Francisco, and the Winning Streak that changed College Basketball. pp. 4-25.
Stokes, Sally Sims. In a climate like Ours: The California campuses of Allison & Allison. pp. 26-65.


Book Reviews - pp. 74-80
Goerke, Betty. Chief Marin: Leader, Rebel, and Legend. Berkeley, CA: Heyday Books, 2007.
Gunther, Vanessa Ann. Ambiguous Justice: Native Americans and The Law in Southern California, 1848-1890. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2006.
Gonzales-Day, Ken. Lynching in the West, 1850-1935. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2006.
Guerrero, Vladimir. The Anza Trail and the Settling of California. Santa Clara and Berkeley, CA: Heyday Books, 2006.
Scambray, Kenneth. Queen Calafia's Paradise: California and the Italian American Novel. Cranbury, NJ: Farleigh Dickenson University Press, 2006.
McKevitt, Gerald. Brokers of Culture: Italian Jesuits in the American West, 1848-1919. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford Univeristy Press, 2006.
Rose, Gene. Yosemite's Tioga Country: A History and Appreciation. Yosemite National Park, CA: Yosemite Association, 2006.
Scott, Amy. Yosemite: Art of an American Icon. Los Angeles: Autry National Center in Association with University of California Press, 2006.
Worthen, James. Governor James Rolph and the Great Depression in California. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co., 2006.
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Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin
Summer 2007 (vol. 48, no. 3)
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Articles
Burgess, Jane F. Annotated Index of Maryland Provincial Court Judgements Liber E.I., Number Four, volume 28 1737 and 1738 for Cases Involving Calvert County and Saint Mary's County residents and property. pp. 239-252.
Russell, Donna Valley. William Mears of Lyons Creek, Anne Arundel County, MD. pp. 253-266.
McKeithan, Kim. Documenting Maryland's Merchant Fleet: The Records of the United States Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, 1789-1907. pp. 267-275.
Heger, Kenneth W. Personnel and Patients: Marylanders at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C. 1855-1905. pp. 276-295.
League, Nathaniel. Guns, Gangs, Shootings and Murders on the Streets of Baltimore. pp. 296-313.
Christou, Christos, Jr. Stevens Family Bible Records. pp. 314-316.
Inscriptions on Tombstones: Iglehart-Harris-Heart Graveyard "Wavertree", Glenelg, Howard County, Maryland. pp. 317-321.
Lt. Cmdr. John Trippe, Hero of Naval Battle off Tripoli, Buried in Todd's Point Grave. pp. 322-325.


Book Reviews - pp. 326-333
Ruppert, Gary B. Obstetrical Casebooks of Dr. Ferdinand E. Chatard: An Alternative Genealogical Resource for Baltimore City, Maryland, 1829-1883. Westminster, MD.: Heritage Books, Inc., 2007.
Skinner, V.L., Jr. Abstracts of the Testamentary Proceedings of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, Volume IX: 1700-1703, Libers 18B, 19A. Baltimore: Clearfield Company, Inc:, 2007.
Skinner, V.L., Jr. Abstracts of the Testamentary Proceedings of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, Volume X: 1704-1707, Libers 19B, 19c. Baltimore: Clearfield Company, Inc:, 2007.
McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007.
Coldham, Peter Wilson. Emigrants in Chains. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992.
Wright, F. Edward. Early Lists of Frederick Countians [Maryland], 1765-1775. Westminster, MD.: Heritage Books, Inc., 2007.
DeMarco, Christopher, Colonial Families of York County, Virginia. volume 1. Lewes, DEL.: Colonial Roots, 2006.
Pritchett, John W. Southside Virginia Genealogies. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007.
Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Quicksheet: Citing Online Historical Sources. Evidence! Style. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007.
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Georgia History Today
Fall 2007 (vol. 1, no. 3)
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Articles
Jackson, Edwin L. Feature: The Centennial of Flight in Georgia: Ben Epps, Georgia's First Aviator. pp. 2-3.
Battin, Jim. Inside GHS: Teaching the Teachers. pp. 4-5.
Weber, Robert K. Georgia Gems. pp. 6-7.
Battin, Jim. Profiles: Robert S. Jepson, Jr.: It's All About Impact. pp. 8-9.
Bailey, Deborah Grayson. The State of History: GPB's World War II Veterans Oral History Project. pp. 10.
Giving: Contributions. pp. 11.
Milestones: GHS News. pp. 12.
Deaton, Stan. Footnotes: A Message from the editor. pp. 13.
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Books of the Day - Surrender at Yorktown - Oct 19, 1781

Books of the Day

Today is the anniversary of the surrender at Yorktown in 1781 when General Cornwallis surrendered to General George Washington, ending the war.

Here is an oration given on the 10oth anniversary of the victory along with other histories of the battle, the men that fought and the details of the conflict.

You especially want to read this scare item by General Cornwallis that was published in London in 1783.

Winthrop, Robert Charles. Oration on the hundredth anniversary of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis to the combined forces of America and France, at Yorktown, Virginia, 19th October, 1781: delivered at Yorktown, 19th October, 1881. Boston, MA: Boston, Little, Brown, 1881. 73p.
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Johnston, Henry P. The Yorktown Campaign and the surrender of Cornwallis, 1781. NY: Harper & Bros., 1881. 206p.
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and of particular interest is this item with an account by General Cornwallis (1738-1805)

Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis. An answer to that part of the Narrative of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton which relates to the conduct of Lieutenant-General Earl Cornwallis during the campaign in North-America, in the year 1781. London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1783. 260p.
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