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Birth Dates, Pre-1600 - 1730 Colonization and Formation of the American Spirit

ANNE HUTCHINSON, b. 1591  An American Jezebel; the life of Anne Hutchinson.  Call number: F 67 .H906  Cuny+ catalog information Anne Hutchinson, troubler of the Puritan Zion.  Call number: F 67.H92 A56  Cuny+ catalog information Divine rebel: the life of Anne Marbury Hutchinson.  Call number: F 67.H92 W54  Cuny+ catalog information Unafraid; a life of Anne Hutchinson.  Call number: F 67 .H932  Cuny+ catalog information   ROGER WILLIAMS, b. 1604?  Liberty of conscience: Roger Williams in America.  Call number: BX 6495 .W55 G38 1991  Cuny+ catalog information    ANNE BRADSTREET, b. 1612? Anne Bradstreet, "the tenth muse.”  Call number: PS 712 .W54     2 copies  Cuny+ catalog information     ROBERT MORRIS, b. 1634  Robert Morris: revolutionary financier.  Call number: E302.6.M8 V4 1954  Cuny+ catalog information     INCREASE MATHER, b. 1639  The last American Puritan: the life of Increase Mather.  Call number: F 67 .M468 H35 1988  Cuny+ catalog information Increase Mather, the foremost American Puritan.  Call number: F 67 .M477  Cuny+ catalog information     WILLIAM PENN, b. 1644  The World of William Penn.  Call number: F 152.2 .W65 1986  Cuny+ catalog information William Penn's holy experiment; the founding of       Pennsylvania, 1681-1701.  Call number: F 152 .B84  Cuny+ catalog information     COTTON MATHER, b. 1663  Cotton Mather: the young life of the Lord's Remembrancer.  Call number: F 67 .M43 L48 1978  Cuny+ catalog information  The life and times of Cotton Mather  Call number: F 67 .M43 S57 1984  Cuny+ catalog information      JAMES OGLETHORPE, b. 1696  Oglethorpe in America.  Call number: F 289 .O367  Cuny+ catalog information     JONATHAN EDWARDS, b.  1703  Jonathan Edwards, 1703-1758 ; a biography.  Call number: BX 7260 .E3 W5 1940  Cuny+ catalog information     BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. 1706  Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin  Call number: E 302.6 .F7 A2 1868  Several different editions are in the collection -  Cuny+ catalog information for the 1868 edition  Benjamin Franklin (by Morgan).  Call number: E302.6 .F8 M86 2003  Copy 1: Cuny+ catalog information Copy 2: Cuny+ catalog information Benjamin Franklin.  Call number: E 302.6.F8 V32  Cuny+ catalog information The Devious Dr. Franklin, colonial agent: Benjamin Franklin's years in London.  Call number: E 302.6. F8 M85 1999  Cuny+ catalog information Franklin of Philadelphia.  Call number: E 302.6.F8 W89 1986  Cuny+ catalog information Franklin: the essential founding father.  Call number: E 302.6.F8 S85 2002  Cuny+ catalog information JOHN MITCHELL, b.  1711  Dr. John Mitchell: the man who made the map of North America.  Call number: QK 31 .M48 B47 1974  Cuny+ catalog information      JONATHAN MAYHEW, b. 1720  Called unto liberty; a life of Jonathan Mayhew.  Call number: BX 9869 .M45 A7  Cuny+ catalog information     EDMUND PENDLETON, b. 1721  Edmund Pendleton, 1721-1803; a biography.  Call number: F 230 .P425  Cuny+ catalog information     ELIZA LUCAS PINCKNEY, b. 1723  The letterbook of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, 1739-1762.  Call number: F 272 .P6416  Cuny+ catalog information     CHRISTOPHER GADSDEN, b. 1724  Christopher Gadsden and the American Revolution.  Call number: E 302.6.G15 G62  Cuny+ catalog information     WILLIAM ALEXANDER, b. 1726  William Alexander, Lord Stirling.  Call number: E 207.A3 N45 1987  Cuny+ catalog information     EZRA STILES, b. 1727  The gentle Puritan; a life of Ezra Stiles.  Call number: LD 6330 1778 .M6  Cuny+ catalog information     MERCY OTIS WARREN, b. 1728 Cast for a revolution; some American friends and enemies, 1728-1814.  Call number: PS 858 .W8 F7  Cuny+ catalog information     CHARLES THOMSON, b. 1729 Charles Thomson and the making of a new nation, 1729-1824. Call number: E 302.6 .T48 H4 1979 Cuny+ catalog information

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Birth Dates, 1730-1800 Revolution and the  Early Republic

BENJAMIN BANNEKER, b. 1731  The life of Benjamin Banneker.  Call number: QB 36 .B22 B4  Cuny+ catalog information      MARTHA WASHINGTON, b. 1731  Martha Washington: first lady of liberty.  Call number: E 312.19 .B79 2002  Cuny+ catalog information     FRANCIS MARION, b. 1732  Francis Marion, Swamp Fox of the Revolution.  Call number: E 207.M3 E6  Cuny+ catalog information The life of Major Gen. Francis Marion, the most celebrated partisan officer in the Revolutionary war.  Call number: E 207 b.M3W3 1835  Cuny+ catalog information     JOHN DICKINSON, b. 1732  John Dickinson, conservative revolutionary.  Call number: E 302.6.D5 F57 1983  Cuny+ catalog information     PHILIP SCHUYLER, b. 1733  Philip Schuyler and the America Revolution in New York, 1733-1777.  Call number: E 207.S3 G4  Cuny+ catalog information Proud patriot : Philip Schuyler and the War of Independence, 1775-1783.  Call number: E 207.S3 G423 1987  Cuny+ catalog information     MARTHA BALLARD, b. 1735 A midwife's tale: the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812. Call number: F 29.H15 U47 1990 Cuny+ catalog information     PATRICK HENRY, b. 1736  Patrick Henry; a biography.  Call number: E 302.6.H5 B44  Cuny+ catalog information     THOMAS PAINE, b. 1737  Paine.  Call number: JC 178.V2 H34 1974  Cuny+ catalog information Thomas Paine.  Call number: JC 178.V2 A97 1988  Cuny+ catalog information       ETHAN ALLEN, b. 1738  A narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's captivity: containing his voyages & travels.  Call number: E 207.A4 A494 1930  Cuny+ catalog information       MOSES BROWN, b. 1738  Moses Brown, reluctant reformer.  Call number: F 83 .B875  Cuny+ catalog information       HENRY CLINTON, b. 1738?  Portrait of a general; Sir Henry Clinton in the War of Independence.  Call number: DA 67.1.C55 W5  Cuny+ catalog information       ARTHUR LEE, b. 1740  Arthur Lee, a virtuous revolutionary.  Call number: E 302.6.L38 P67  Cuny+ catalog information       BENEDICT ARNOLD, b. 1741  Benedict Arnold, revolutionary hero: an American warrior reconsidered.  Call number: E 278.A7 M37 1997  Cuny+ catalog information Traitorous hero: the life and fortunes of Benedict Arnold.  Call number: E 278.A7 W26 1970  Cuny+ catalog information       JAMES WILSON, b. 1742  James Wilson, Founding Father, 1742-1798.  Call number: E 302.6.W64 S6 1956  Cuny+ catalog information       GEORGE ROBERT TWELVES HEWES, b. 1742  The shoemaker and the tea party: memory and the American Revolution.  Call number: E 215.7 .Y68 1999  Cuny+ catalog information       ABIGAIL ADAMS, b. 1744  Abigail Adams, an American woman, 2nd Edition.  Call number: E 322.1.A38 A35 2000  Cuny+ catalog information Abigail Adams: witness to a revolution. Call number: E 322.1.A38 B63 1995  Cuny+ catalog information Dearest friend: a life of Abigail Adams.  Call number: E 322.1 .A38 W56  Cuny+ catalog information       TIMOTHY PICKERING, b. 1745  Timothy Pickering and American diplomacy, 1795-1800.  Call number: E 302.6.P5 .C55  Cuny+ catalog information       ANTHONY WAYNE, b. 1745  Anthony Wayne, soldier of the early republic.  Call number: E 207.W35 N34 1985  Cuny+ catalog information       BENJAMIN RUSH, b. 1746  The autobiography of Benjamin Rush; his "Travels through life" together with his Commonplace book for 1789-1813.  Call number: E 302.6.R85 R8 Q11.P612 vol. 25  Cuny+ catalog information Benjamin Rush; revolutionary gadfly.  Call number: E 302.6.R85 .H3  Cuny+ catalog information       JOHN PAUL JONES, b. 1747  John Paul Jones' Memoir of the American Revolution presented to King Louis XVI of France.  Call number: E 207.J7 A34  Cuny+ catalog information Knight of the seas; the adventurous life of John Paul Jones.  Call number: E 207.J7 T53  Cuny+ catalog information       DAVID RAMSEY, b. 1749  To be an American: David Ramsay and the making of the American consciousness.  Call number: E 175.5.R27 S53 1990  Cuny+ catalog information       GOUVERNEUR MORRIS, b. 1752  Gouverneur Morris and the American Revolution.  Call number: E 302.6.M7 .M5 Cuny+ catalog information       PHILLIS WHEATLEY, b. 1753  Life and works of Phillis Wheatley: containing her complete poetical works, numerous letters, and a complete biography of this famous poet of a century and a half ago  Call number: PS 866 .W5 1988  Cuny+ catalog information       RUFUS KING, b. 1755  Rufus King, American federalist.  Call number: E 302.6.K5 E7  Cuny+ catalog information       AARON BURR, b 1756  Aaron Burr, the conspiracy and years of exile, 1805-1836.  Call number: E 302.6.B9 L79 1982  Cuny+ catalog information Aaron Burr, the years from Princeton to Vice President, 1756-1805.  Call number: E 302.6.B9 L7 1979  Cuny+ catalog information       HENRY LEE, b. 1756  Light-Horse Harry Lee and the legacy of the American Revolution.  Call number: E 207.L5 R69  Cuny+ catalog information       ALEXANDER HAMILTON, b. 1757  Alexander Hamilton.  Call number: E 302.6. H2 C73 1982  Cuny+ catalog information Alexander Hamilton: a biography.  Call number: E 302.6.H2 M32 1979  Cuny+ catalog information Alexander Hamilton, American.  Call number: E 302.6 .H2 B76 1999  Cuny+ catalog information       ELI WHITNEY, b. 1765  Eli Whitney and the birth of American technology.  Call number: TS 1570.W4 G7  Cuny+ catalog information       JOHN JAY, b. 1768 John Jay: colonial lawyer.  Call number: E 302 .6 .J4 J63 1989 Cuny+ catalog information       DOLLY MADISON, b. 1768 Dolly Madison, the nation's hostess.  Call number: E 342.1 .D28  Cuny+ catalog information       ELIZABETH ANN SETON, b.1774 Mrs. Seton, foundress of the American Sisters of  Charity.  Call number: BX 4705 .S57 D5  Cuny+ catalog information       HENRY CLAY, b. 1777 Henry Clay. Call number: E 340.C6 M2 1937 Cuny+ catalog information The life of Henry Clay. Call number: E 340.C6 M2 1937 Cuny+ catalog information       EDWARD HICKS, b. 1780 Edward Hicks, his life and art.  Call number: ND 237 .H58 F6 1985 Cuny+ catalog information       REBECCA GRATZ, b. 1781  Rebecca Gratz: women and Judaism in antebellum America.  Call number: F 158.9.J5 A84 1997  Cuny+ catalog information       JOHN C. CALHOUN, b. 1782 The life of John Caldwell Calhoun, 2 volumes. Call number: E 340 .C15 M52 1970 Cuny+ catalog information John C. Calhoun, American portrait. Call number: E 340 .C15 C63 1950 Cuny+ catalog information       DANIEL WEBSTER, b. 1782 Speak for yourself, Daniel; a life of Webster in his own words. Call number: E 340 .W4 .A13 1969 Cuny+ catalog information       MARTHA BALLARD, b.  1785  A midwife's tale: the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary.  Call number: F 29.H15 U47 1990  Cuny+ catalog information       SACAGAWEA, b. 1786 Sacagawea of the Lewis and Clark expedition.  Call number: F 592.7 .S123 C55  Cuny+ catalog information       MARY JEMISON, b. 1787 A narrative of the life of Mary Jemison: De-he-wa-mis, the white woman of the Genesee.  Call number: E 87.J48 N3 1913  Cuny+ catalog information       SARAH JOSEPHA HALE, b. 1788 Sarah Josepha Hale: a New England pioneer.  Call number: PN 4874 .H22 R6 1985  Cuny+ catalog information       GRIMKE SISTERS - SARAH, b. 1792 & ANGELINA,  b. 1805  The Grimke sisters from South Carolina; pioneers for woman's rights and abolition.  Call number: E 4499 .G89 1971  Cuny+ catalog information The Grimke sisters: Sarah and Angelina Grimke, the first American women advocates of abolition and woman'srights.  Call number: E 449 .G88  Cuny+ catalog information       LUCRETIA MOTT, b. 1793 The greatest American woman, Lucretia Mott.  Call number: E 449 .M96  Cuny+ catalog information       FRANCES WRIGHT, b. 1795 Fanny Wright: rebel in America.  Call number: HQ 1413 .D2  E25 1984  Cuny+ catalog information       JUNIUS BRUTUS BOOTH, b. 1796 Junius Brutus Booth: theatrical Prometheus.  Call number: PN 2287.B6 A88 1992 Cuny+ catalog information       HORACE MANN, b. 1796 Horace Mann; a biography. Call number: LB 695 .M35 M4 1972 (2 copies) Cuny+ catalog information       MARY LYON, b. 1797  Mary Lyon through her letters.  Call number: LD 7092.65 .L9 A3  Cuny+ catalog information

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Birth Dates, 1800-1820 America Enters the  19th Century

SOJOURNER TRUTH, b. 18??  Sojourner Truth: a life, a symbol.  Call number: E 185.97. T8  P35 1996  Cuny+ catalog information Glorying in tribulation: the lifework of Sojourner Truth.  Call number: E 185.97 .T8  S74 1994  Cuny+ catalog information Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a bondswoman of olden time: with a history of her labors and correspondence drawn from her "Book of Life" (reprint of 1968 edition).  Call number: E 185.97 .T8 G55 1991  Copy 1: Cuny+ catalog information Copy 2: Cuny+ catalog information       CATHARINE ESTHER BEECHER, b. 1800 Catharine Esther Beecher (pioneer educator).  Call number: LA 2317 .B35 H3 1969  Cuny+ catalog information       JOHN BROWN, b. 1800  To purge this land with blood: a biography of John Brown.  Call number: E 451 .O17 1984   2 copies  Cuny+ catalog information       DAVID FARRAGUT, b. 1801  David Glasgow Farragut.  Call number: E 467.1.F23 L48  Cuny+ catalog information       GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, b. 1801 George Perkins Marsh: versatile Vermonter. Call number: E 415.9 .M185 .L6 1958 Cuny+ catalog information       BRIGHAM YOUNG, b.  1801 Brigham Young: American Moses.  Call number: BX 8695 .Y7 A85 1985  Cuny+ catalog information       LYDIA MARIA CHILD, b. 1802 The first woman in the republic: a cultural biography of  Lydia Maria Child.  Call number: HQ 1413 .C45 K37 1994  Cuny+ catalog information       DOROTHEA DIX, b. 1802 Dorothea Dix, forgotten samaritan.  Call number: HV 28 .D6 M3  Social Work Stacks Cuny+ catalog information       GIDEON WELLES, b. 1802  Gideon Welles; Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy.  Call number: E 467.1 .W46 .N58  Cuny+ catalog information       WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, b. 1805  The liberator, William Lloyd Garrison, a biography.  Call number: E 449 .G26    4 copies  Cuny+ catalog information       CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, b. 1807  Charles Francis Adams.  Call number: E 467.1.A2 D8  Cuny+ catalog information       ROBERT E. LEE, b. 1807  R. E. Lee, a biography.  Call number: E 467.1 .T48 1997  Copy 1: Cuny+ catalog information Copy 2: Cuny+ catalog information       JEFFERSON DAVIS, b.1808  Jefferson Davis, political soldier.  Call number: E467.1.D26 C95 1930  Cuny+ catalog information       NARCISSA WHITMAN, b. 1808  Converting the West: a biography of Narcissa Whitman.  Call number: E 99 .C32 W474 1991  Cuny+ catalog information       EDGAR ALLAN POE, b. 1809 Edgar A. Poe: mournful and never-ending remembrance. Call number: PS 2631 .S525 1991 Cuny+ catalog information       MARGARET FULLER, b. 1810 Margaret Fuller: an American romantic.  Call number: PS 2506 .W37 1988  Cuny+ catalog information The Roman years of Margaret Fuller; a biography.  Call number: PS 2506 .D39  Cuny+ catalog information The woman and the myth: Margaret Fuller's life and writings.  Call number: PS 2506 .C48     2 copies  Cuny+ catalog information       P. T. (PHINEAS TAYLOR) BARNUM, b. 1810 P. T. Barnum: America's Greatest Showman.  Call number: GV1811 .B3 K85 1995 Cuny+ catalog information Selected Letters of P. T. Barnum.  Call number: GV1811 .B3 A4 1983     2 copies  Cuny+ catalog information       HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, b. 1811 Harriet Beecher Stowe: a life.  Call number: PS 2956 .H43 1994  Cuny+ catalog information       WENDELL PHILLIPS, b. 1811  Wendell Phillips, liberty's hero.  Call number: E 449 .P56 S74 1986  Cuny+ catalog information       MARTIN R. DELANEY, b. 1812  Martin R. Delany: the beginnings of black nationalism.  Call number: E 185.97 .D4 U5 1971     2 copies  Cuny+ catalog information       HARRIET ANN JACOBS, b. 1813 Incidents in the life of a slave girl.  Call number: E 444 .J17 A3 1988  Cuny+ catalog information       EDWIN STANTON, b.1814  Stanton; the life and times of Lincoln's Secretary of War.  Call number: E 467.1 .S8 T45  Cuny+ catalog information       WILLIS AUGUSTUS HODGES, b.  1815  Free man of color: the autobiography of Willis Augustus Hodges.  Call number: E 185.97 .H69 A33 1982  Cuny+ catalog information       ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, b. 1815  Eighty years and more: reminiscences.  Call number: JK 1899.S7 A3 1993  Cuny+ catalog information In her own right : the life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.  Call number: HQ 1413 .S67 G74 1984  Cuny+ catalog information       GEORGE HENRY THOMAS, b. 1816  Education in violence.  (United States. Army. Dept. of the Cumberland.)  Call number: E 467.1.T4 M17  Cuny+ catalog information       FREDERICK DOUGLASS, b.  1817?  Frederick Douglass.  Call number: E 449 .D75 M374 1991  Cuny+ catalog information Frederick Douglass, by Booker T. Washington.  Call number: E 449 .D76 1906  1964 Reprint: Cuny+ catalog information 1906 Edition: Cuny+ catalog information Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass.  Call number: E 449 .D7493 F74 1988  Cuny+ catalog information       G. T. (GUSTAVE TOUTANT) BEAUREGARD, b. 1818  P. G. T. Beauregard; Napoleon in gray.  Call number: E 467.1.B38 W5 1955  2 copies  Cuny+ catalog information       ALICE (LUCY) STONE BLACKWELL, b. 1818 Lucy Stone : speaking out for equality.  Call number: HQ 1413 .S73 K47 1992  Cuny+ catalog information Lucy Stone, pioneer of women's rights.  Call number: JK 1899 .S8 B62  Cuny+ catalog information       BENJAMIN F. BUTLER, b. 1818  Stormy Ben Butler.  Call number: E 467.1 .B87 H6  Cuny+ catalog information       GEORGE COPWAY, b. 1818  The life, history, and travels of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh (George Copway): a young Indian chief of the Ojebwa nation, a convert to the Christian faith, and a missionary to his people for twelve years.  Call number: E 99 .C6 C75  Cuny+ catalog information       MARY TODD LINCOLN, b. 1818  Mary Lincoln; biography of a marriage.  Call number: E 457.25 .R3  Cuny+ catalog information Mary Todd Lincoln: her life and letters.  Call number: E 457.25 .T87 1972  Cuny+ catalog information       MARIA MITCHELL, b. 1818  Maria Mitchell: a life in journals and letters.  Call number: QB 36 .M7 M37 2001  Cuny+ catalog information       JULIA WARD HOWE, b. 1819 Julia Ward Howe.  Call number: PS 2018 .R5 1915a  Cuny+ catalog information Julia Ward Howe and the woman suffrage movement.  Call number: JK 1901 .H7 1969  Cuny+ catalog information Private woman, public person : an account of the life of Julia Ward Howe from 1819-1868.  Call number: PS 2018 .G73 1994  Cuny+ catalog information       WALT WHITMAN, b. 1819 Walt Whitman. Call number: PS 3231 .K58 1993 Cuny+ catalog information Walt Whitman: a gay life.  Call number: PS 3232 .S36 1997 Cuny+ catalog information

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Birth Dates, 1820-1840 New Voices, New Demands (Slaves and Women Speak Out)

HARRIET TUBMAN, b. 1820?  Harriet Tubman: the road to freedom.  Call number: E444 .T82 C 2004  Cuny+ catalog information Bound for the promised land: Harriet Tubman, portrait of an American hero.  Call number: E444 .T82 L 2004  Cuny+ catalog information Harriet Tubman: the life and the life stories.  Call number: E444 .T82 H86 2003  Cuny+ catalog information       SUSAN B. ANTHONY, b. 1820 Failure is impossible: Susan B. Anthony in her own words.  Call number: HQ 1413 .A55 S48 1995  Cuny+ catalog information Susan B. Anthony: a biography: the singular feminist.  Call number: HQ 1413 .A55 B36 1988  Cuny+ catalog information       WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN, b. 1820  Sherman, fighting prophet.  Call number: E 467.1.S55 L48  Cuny+ catalog information       CLARA BARTON, b. 1821 Angel of the Battlefield; the life of Clara Barton.  Call number: HV 569 .B3 R6  Cuny+ catalog information Clara Barton, daughter of destiny.  Call number: HV 569 .B3 W55  Cuny+ catalog information The life of Clara Barton: founder of the American Red.  Call number: HV 569 .B3 B4 1922  Cuny+ catalog information The story of Clara Barton of the Red cross.  Call number: HV 569 .B3 N6  Cuny+ catalog information       ELIZABETH BLACKWELL, b. 1821 Child of destiny; the life story of the first woman doctor.  Call number: R 154.B623 R6  Cuny+ catalog information       JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE, b. 1821 Breckinridge: statesman, soldier, symbol. Call number: E 302.6 .B84 D38 1974 Cuny+ catalog information       MARY BOYKIN CHESNUT, b. 1823 Mary Boykin Chesnut: a biography.  Call number: CT 275 .C548 M84  Cuny+ catalog information       THOMAS E. (STONEWALL) JACKSON, b. 1824  Mighty Stonewall.  Call number: E 467.1 .J15 V3  Cuny+ catalog information       ANTOINETTE BROWN BLACKWELL, b. 1825  Antoinette Brown Blackwell, a biography.  Call number: BX 9869 .B6 C38 1983  Cuny+ catalog information       LAURA KEENE, b. 1826 Laura Keene: a biography.  Call number: PN 2287.K5 H46 1990 Cuny+ catalog information       GEORGE B. McCLELLAN, b. 1826  General George B. McClellan, shield of the Union. Call number: E 467.1 .M2 H4  Cuny+ catalog information       LOUIS MOREAU GOTTSCHALK, b. 1829  Bamboula! The life and times of Louis Moreau Gottschalk.  Call number: ML 410 .G68 S7 1995  Cuny+ catalog information Where the world ends: the life of Louis Moreau Gottschalk.  Call number: ML 410 .G68 L6 1958  Cuny+ catalog information       JOHN MERCER LANGSTON, b. 1829  John Mercer Langston and the fight for Black freedom.  Call number: E 185.97 .L27 C48 1989  Cuny+ catalog information       CARL SCHURZ, b. 1829 Carl Schurz, a biography.  Call number: E 664 .S39 T7 1982 Cuny+ catalog information       OLIVER OTIS HOWARD, b. 1830  Yankee stepfather: General O. O. Howard and the freedmen.  Call number: CB 53 .Y3 15  Cuny+ catalog information       HELEN HUNT JACKSON, b. 1830  Helen Hunt Jackson: A lonely voice of conscience.  Call number: PS 2108 .M39 1987  Cuny+ catalog information       LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, b. 1832 Louisa May Alcott.  Call number: PS 1018 .S75 1996  Cuny+ catalog information The journals of Louisa May Alcott.  Call number: PS 1018 .A425 1989  Cuny+ catalog information       ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNIWAY, b. 1834 Rebel for rights: Abigail Scott Duniway.  Call number: HQ1413 .D86 M69 1983 (Social Work Library) Cuny+ catalog information       SITTING BULL, b. 1834?  The lance and the shield : the life and times of Sitting Bull  Call number: E 99 .D1 S625 1993  Cuny+ catalog information        ANDREW CARNEGIE, b. 1835 Andrew Carnegie. Call number: CT 275 .C3 W33 1970 Cuny+ catalog information  Andrew Carnegie and the rise of big business. (2 copies) Call number: HD 9520 .C3 L58 1975 Cuny+ catalog information        MARK TWAIN, b. 1835 Mark Twain. Call number: PS 1331 .W37 2001 Cuny+ catalog information  Mark Twain: a literary life.  Call number: PS 1331 .E48 2000 Cuny+ catalog information       JAY GOULD, b. 1836 Jay Gould, his business career, 1867-1892. Call number: CT 275 .G6 G7 1957 Cuny+ catalog information        WINSLOW HOMER, b. 1836 The life and work of Winslow Homer. Call number: ND 237 .H7 H46 1979 (2 copies) Cuny+ catalog information        CHARLOTTE FORTEN GRIMKE, b. 1837 The journals of Charlotte Forten Grimké.  Call number: LA 2317 .F67 A3 1988  Cuny+ catalog information       QUEEN LILIUOKALANI, b. 1838  Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii.  Call number: DU625 .L5 1964  Cuny+ catalog information       JOHN MUIR, b. 1838  Rediscovering America: John Muir in his time and ours .  Call number: QH 31 .M9 T87 1985  Cuny+ catalog information John Muir and his legacy: the American conservation movement .  Call number: QH 76 .F69  Cuny+ catalog information       ALBION WINEGAR TOURGEE, b. 1838  Carpetbagger's crusade; the life of Albion Winegar Tourgée.  Call number: PS 3088 .O5  Cuny+ catalog information       VICTORIA WOODHULL, b. 1838 The woman who ran for president: the many lives of Victoria Woodhull.  Call number: HQ 1413 .W66 U53 1995  Cuny+ catalog information Mrs. Satan; the incredible saga of Victoria C. Woodhull.  Call number: JK 1899 .M3 J6 1967  Cuny+ catalog information       GEORGE CUSTER ARMSTRONG, b.  1839  Cavalier in buckskin: George Armstrong Custer and the western military frontier  Call number: E 467.1 .C99 U85 1988 Cuny+ catalog information       JAMES T. RAPIER, b. 1839 James T. Rapier and Reconstruction. Call number: E 185.97 .R3 S38 1978 Cuny+ catalog information       ROBERT SMALLS, b.  1839  From slave to Civil War hero: the life and times of Robert Smalls.  Call number: E 185.97.S6 C66 1994  Cuny+ catalog information       JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, b.  1839 Titan: the life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. Call number: CT275 .R75 C47 1998 Cuny+ catalog information       FRANCES WILLARD, b. 1839 Frances Willard: a biography.  Call number: HV 5232.W6 B67 1986  Cuny+ catalog information

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Birth Dates, 1840-1860 Prelude to Civil War and  Western Expansion Conflicts

AGNES LEE. b. 1841  Growing up in the 1850's: The journal of Agnes Lee.  Call number: E467.1 .L4 L37 1984  Cuny+ catalog information       SARAH EMMA EVELYN EDMONDS, b. 1841 Memoirs of a soldier, nurse, and spy: a woman's adventures in the Union Army.  Call number: E 628 .E36 1999  Cuny+ catalog information Nurse and spy in the Union Army: comprising the adventures and experiences of a woman in hospitals, camps, and battlefields.  Call number: E 628 .E36 1999   2 copies  Cuny+ catalog information       OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, b. 1841 Honorable justice: the life of Oliver Wendell Holmes.  Call number: KF 8745 .H6 N69 1989 Cuny+ catalog information       CRAZY HORSE, b. 1842?  Crazy Horse, the strange man of the Oglalas: a biography.  Call number: E99 .O3 C728 1992  Cuny+ catalog information       WILLIAM JAMES, b. 1842 William James remembered. Call number: B 945 .J24 W475 1996 (2 copies) Cuny+ catalog information       MARIAN HOOPER ADAMS, b. 1843 The education of Mrs. Henry Adams.  Call number: CT 275.A34 K34  Cuny+ catalog information       MOTHER JONES, b. 1843 Autobiography of Mother Jones.  Call number: HD 8073.J6 A3 1969  Cuny+ catalog information Mother Jones: the most dangerous woman in America.  Call number: HD 8073.J6 G67 2000  Cuny+ catalog information       BELLE BOYD, b. 1844  Belle Boyd, siren of the South.  Call number: E 608.B785 S28 1983  Cuny+ catalog information       MARY CASSATT, b. 1844 Mary Cassatt:  a life. Call number: ND 237.C3 M28 1994 Cuny+ catalog information       SARAH WINNEMUCCA, b. 1844 Sarah Winnemucca of the Northern Paiutes.  Call number: E 99.P2 H722 1983  Cuny+ catalog information       WILLIAM F. CODY, b. 1846  The lives and legends of Buffalo Bill.  Call number: F 594 .R87 1960  Cuny+ catalog information       CARRY NATION, b. 1846 Vessel of wrath; the life and times of Carry Nation.  Call number: HV 5232 .N3 T3  Cuny+ catalog information       ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, b. 1847 Bell: Alexander Graham Bell and the conquest of solitude Call number: TK 140 .B37 B78 1973 Cuny+ catalog information       THOMAS A. EDISON, b. 1847 Thomas A. Edison and the modernization of America. Call number: TK 140 .E3 M625 1990 Cuny+ catalog information Edison and the business of innovation Call number: TK 140.E3 M647 1990 Cuny+ catalog information       JOSEPH PULITZER, b. 1847 Pulitzer. Call number: PN4874 .P8 S9 1967 (3 copies) Cuny+ catalog information       MAURICE BARRYMORE, b. 1849 Great times, good times: the odyssey of Maurice Barrymore.  Call number: PN 2287 .B36 K6 1977 Cuny+ catalog information       WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE, b. 1849 William Merritt Chase, a genteel bohemian. Call number: ND 237.C48 B79 1991 Cuny+ catalog information       JACOB RIIS, b. 1849 Jacob A. Riis: photographer & citizen. Call number: HV 4045 .R5 1974 Cuny+ catalog information       JOHN TWACHTMAN, b. 1853 John Twachtman. Call number: ND 237 .T85 A4 1979 Cuny+ catalog information       LOUIS D. BRANDEIS, b. 1856 Louis D. Brandeis: justice for the people. Call number: E 664 .B819 A4 1971 Cuny+ catalog information       CLARENCE DARROW, b. 1857 Darrow, a biography. Call number: KF 373 .D35 T53 1979 Cuny+ catalog information       BOOKER T. (TELIAFERRO) WASHINGTON, b. 1856? or 1859?  Booker T. Washington: the making of a Black leader, 1856-1901.  Call number: E 185.97.W4 H37  Cuny+ catalog information Booker T. Washington: the wizard of Tuskegee, 1901-1915.  Call number: E 185.97.W4 H373 1983  Cuny+ catalog information Up from slavery: an autobiography.  Call number: E 185.97 .W4  A37 1971  Cuny+ catalog information       JOHN SINGER SARGENT, b. 1856 John Singer Sargent, his portrait. Call number: ND 237 .S3 O4 1986 Cuny+ catalog information       IDA M. TARBELL, b. 1857 Ida Tarbell: portrait of a muckraker. Call number: PN 4874 .T23 B7 1984 Cuny+ catalog information       CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT, b. 1859 Carrie Catt: feminist politican. Call number: HQ 1413 .C3 F69 1986 Cuny+ catalog information Carrie Chapman Catt: a public life. Call number: HQ 1413 .C3 V25 1987 Cuny+ catalog information       JOHN DEWEY, b. 1859 The education of John Dewey: a biography.  Call number: B 945 .D44 M29 2002 Cuny+ catalog information       FLORENCE KELLEY, b. 1859 Florence Kelley Call number: HN 57 .B55 1966 (Social Work Library) Cuny+ catalog information Florence Kelley and the nation's work. Call number: HQ 1413 .K45 S58 1995 (2 copies) Cuny+ catalog information Impatient crusader. Call number: HN 57 .K4 G6 1953 (2 copies) Cuny+ catalog information

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THE PRESIDENTS

GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. 1732  Term 1789-1797 (served two terms)  Call number: E 312  Recommended titles:  The first of men: a life of George Washington.  Call number: E 312 .F47 1988  Cuny+ catalog information The invention of George Washington.  Call number: E 312.17 .L84 1989  Cuny+ catalog information Washington: the indispensable man.  Call number: Juv 92  Cuny+ catalog information Call number: E 312 .A58 1984  George Washington: a biography.  Cuny+ catalog information JOHN ADAMS, b. 1735  Term 1797-1801  Call number: E 322  THOMAS JEFFERSON, b.1743  Term 1801-1809 (served two terms)  Call number: E 332  Thomas Jefferson and the new nation: a biography.  Call number: E 332 .P45 1975    2 copies  Cuny+ catalog information Thomas Jefferson: an intimate history.  Call number: E 332 .B787   2 copies  Cuny+ catalog information In pursuit of reason: the life of Thomas Jefferson.  Call number: E 332 .C95 1987  Cuny+ catalog information JAMES MADISON, b. 1751  Term 1809-1817 (served two terms)  Call number: E 342  James Madison; a biography.  Call number: E 342 .K46,1971  Cuny+ catalog information JAMES MONROE, b. 1758  Term 1817-1825 (served two terms)  Call number: E 372  James Monroe: a bibliography.  Call number: E 372 .A44 1991  Cuny+ catalog information James Monroe: the quest for national identity.  Call number: E 372 .A65  Cuny+ catalog information       JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, b. 1767  Term 1825-1829  Call number: E 377    ANDREW JACKSON, b. 1767  Term 1829-1837 (served two terms)  Call number: E 382    MARTIN VAN BUREN, b. 1782  Term 1837-1841  Call number: E 387    WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, b. 1773  Term 1841 (served only 31 days)  Died in office  Call number: E 392    JOHN TYLER, b. 1790 Term 1841-1845  Succeeded Harrison upon his death  Call number: E 397    JAMES KNOX POLK, b. 1795  Term 1845-1849  Call number: E 417    ZACAHARY TAYLOR, b. 1784  Term 1849-1850 (served 16 months)  Died in office  Call number: E 422    MILLARD FILLMORE, b. 1800  Term 1850-1853  Succeeded Taylor upon his death  Call number: E 427    FRANKLIN PIERCE, b. 1804  Term 1853-1857  Call number: E 432    JAMES BUCHANAN, b. 1791  Term 1857-1861  Call number: E 437    ABRAHAM LINCOLN, b. 1809  Term 1861-1865  Assassinated at start of second term  Call number: E 457    ANDREW JOHNSON, b. 1808  Term 1865-1869  Succeeded Lincoln upon his death  Call number: E 667    ULYSSES S. GRANT, b. 1822  Term 1869-1877  Call number: E 672

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