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New England Primer (1802) (011.01.00)

New England Primer (1802)
The New England Primer, Improved: for the More Easy Attaining the True Reading of English: to which is added the Assembly of Divines’ Catechism. Hartford: Printed by Lincoln & Gleason, and Hudson & Goodwin, 1803. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (011.00.00)

Meriwether Lewis, History of the Expedition Under the Command of the Captains Lewis and Clark (1814) (012.01.00)

Meriwether Lewis, History of the Expedition Under the Command of the Captains Lewis and Clark (1814)
Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809). History of the Expedition Under the Command of the Captains Lewis and Clark. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep; New York: Abm. H. Inskeep, 1814. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (012.01.00)

Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820) (013.00.00)

Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820)
Washington Irving (1783–1859). The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1899. Margaret Armstrong Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (013.00.00)

William Holmes McGuffey, McGuffey’s Newly Revised Eclectic Primer (1836) (014.00.00)

William Holmes McGuffey, McGuffey’s Newly Revised Eclectic Primer (1836)
McGuffey’s Newly Revised Eclectic Primer. With Pictorial Illustrations. Cincinnati: W. B. Smith & Co., 1849. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (014.00.00)

Samuel Goodrich, Peter Parley’s Universal History (1837) (015.00.00)

Samuel Goodrich, Peter Parley’s Universal History (1837)
Samuel Goodrich (1793–1860). Peter Parley’s Universal History, on the Basis of Geography: for the Use of Families, Illustrated by Maps and Engravings. Boston: American Stationers’ Company, John B. Russell, 1837. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (015.00.00–016.00.00)

Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845) (017.00.00)

Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845)
Frederick Douglass (1818–1895). Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (017.00.00)

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