Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville Volume II, Part B  THIRD BOOK Influence of Democracy on Manners, Properly so Called Chapter 1 That Manners Are Softened as Social Conditions Become More Equal WE perceive that for several ages social ...
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Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville Volume II, Part A FIRST BOOK Influence of Democracy on the Progress of Opinion in the United States Chapter 1 Philosophical Method Among the Americans I THINK that in no country in the ...
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Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville Volume I, Part B Corruption and Vices of the Rulers in a Democracy, and Consequent Effects Upon Public Morality In aristocracies rulers sometimes endeavor to corrupt the people -- In democracies rulers frequently ...
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Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville Volume 1, Part A Introductory Chapter AMONGST the novel objects that attracted my attention during my stay in the United States, nothing struck me more forcibly than the general equality of conditions. I ...
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The Monroe Doctrine December 2, 1823 ...At the proposal of the Russian Imperial Government, made through the minister of the Emperor residing here, a full power and instructions have been transmitted to the minister of the United States at St ...
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How a Log Cabin Was Built (Contemporary Description) 1822 In building our cabin it was set north and south; my brother used my father's pocket-compass on the occasion, for we had no idea of living in a house that did ...
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A British Account of the Burning of Washington by George Robert Gleig The author, a British soldier present at the burning of the city of Washington by British forces on August 23, 1814, wrote this account in his book, "A ...
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The Burning of Washington by Dolley Madison August 23, 1814 This is taken from a letter by First Lady Dolley Madison to her sister, Anna, written the day before Washington, D.C. was burned by British forces during the War of ...
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Tecumseh to Governor Harrison at Vincennes Tecumseh(Approx. 1768-1813) August 12, 1810 Delivered to Governor William Henry Harrison in council at Vincennes on August 12, 1810 after, in Tecumseh's absence, large amounts of land had been sold by the Indians on ...
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The Battle of Trafalgar Eyewitness report by Lieutenant Paul Harris Nicholas, Royal Marines,Serving on HMS Belleisle Referring to Events on October 21, 1805 The Battle of Trafalgar was the most significant naval battle of the 19th Century and of the Napoleonic ...
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