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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 6 6 Browse Search
James Buchanan, Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion 3 3 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1 1 1 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 1 1 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
but the movement had its fruition after the end of the Napoleonic wars, when several national series were authorized at public expense. Among them the most conspicuous were the Rolls series in Great Britain, projected in 1823, the Monumenta Germanica in Germany, launched in 1823, and the Documents Inedits in France, begun in 1835. The desire to do something similar for the United States led Peter Force to attempt his American Archives, which was authorized by an act of Congress passed 2 March, 1833. It was published at a large profit to the compilers and smacked so much of jobbery that great dissatisfaction was created in Congress and among the executive officers. The result was that it was discontinued by Secretary of State Marcy in 1855 when only nine volumes had been published. Force's materials were badly arranged and his editorial notes were nearly nil, but his ideal was good. Had it been carried out with a fairer regard for economy it might have escaped the rock on which