| Magazines |
Books for children
JA: by Jacob Abbot SGG: by Samuel Goodrich (also see "Literary Activities of Samuel Goodrich") |
Events in US & some works for adults |
People born |
Transcriptions at this site |
| The Children's Magazine |
George Washington becomes president
US Congress meets in New York City |
| 1st US census: pop = 3,929,214 |
The Urban Frontier: The Rise of Western Cities, 1790-1830, Richard C. Wade
The Reshaping of Everyday Life, 1790-1840, Jack Larkin |
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First 10 amendments to the US Constitution ratified; first allows for freedom of the press
Vermont becomes 14th state |
| White House cornerstone laid |
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Fugitive Slave Law
Capitol cornerstone laid Eli Whitney creates cotton gin |
Aug 19: Samuel Griswold Goodrich b. (Recollections of a Lifetime) | Recollections of a Lifetime, Samuel Goodrich |
| Whiskey Rebellion |
| 1st US circus |
| Tennessee becomes a state |
| The Youth's News Paper | Love Triumphant; or, Constancy Rewarded, Abner Reed | John Adams becomes president |
| Life of Washington, Mason Locke Weems |
US pop = 5,308,483: black = 1,002,000; free black = 108,000 2nd Great Awakening begins -1840s DC becomes US capitol |
John Dunn Hunter b. abt this year (Memoirs of a Captivity Among the Indians of North America) | The American Spelling Book, Noah Webster |
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Thomas Jefferson becomes president
Robert Fulton creates the first submarine |
Harriet & Maria Trumbull visit New York City (A Season in New York) |
| The Juvenile Magazine, or Miscellaneous Repository of Useful Information |
| Louisiana Territory sold to US |
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Population of Louisiana Territory: 10,350 non-Native American, 15%
of which are slaves; 3/5 of inhabitants are Americans
May 14: Meriwether Lewis & William Clark start up Missouri River July 11: Alexander Hamilton dies in a duel with Aaron Burr |
| The Fly; or Juvenile Miscellany | Love Triumphant; or, Constancy Rewarded, Abner Reed (1797) presented to Anna Mills by her teacher | Thomas Jefferson begins second term as president |
| A complete eclipse of the sun darkens New England |
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Robert Fulton's paddle steamer navigates the Hudson River
Dec 14: A meteorite breaks up over Connecticut around dawn, in a dramatic display which deposits fragments near Weston |
| Slave importation to US prohibited |
| James Madison becomes president (-1817) | "Gertrude of Wyoming," Thomas Campbell |
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US pop = 7,239,881: black = 1,378,000; free black = 186,000 New York City = most populated in US |
Quest for America, 1810-1824
The Painters' America: Rural and Urban Life, 1810-1910, Patricia Hills |
| The Juvenile Magazine |
Steamboats on Mississippi River
Battle of Tippecanoe Great Comet (still visible early 1812) Dec 16: First of hundreds of earthquakes which devastate southeast Missouri, change the course of the Mississippi River, & are felt over much of the US; the largest probably would register over 8.0 on Richter scale; aftershocks felt until Feb 1812 |
The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812, James Penick, jr |
| Juvenile Port-folio and Literary Miscellany |
Great Comet still visible
War breaks out between the US & Great Britain -1815 |
| Youth's Repository of Christian Knowledge | Harriet Jacobs b. (Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl) |
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René, Françoise-René Chateaubriand (SGG translation)
British invade DC Creek nation defeated by American forces "Star-Spangled Banner" written Dec 24: end of War of 1812; treaty signed in Ghent |
Life in America One Hundred Years Ago, Gaillard Hunt |
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Monthly Preceptor; or, Universal
Repository of Knowledge, Instruction and Amusement
Youth's Cabinet |
Jan 8: Battle of New Orleans is last battle of the War of 1812 |
The Flowering of New England, 1815-1865, Van Wyck Brooks
A Shopkeeper's Millennium: Society and Revivals in Rochester, New York, 1815-1837, Paul E. Johnson |
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Regular transatlantic shipping inaugurated
Florida purchased by US Indiana becomes a state |
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James Monroe becomes president (-1825)
Mississippi becomes a state Construction of Erie Canal begun -1825 |
Frederick Douglass b. (Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass) |
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Youth's Magazine: or, Evangelical
Miscellany
The Sunday Visitant, or, Weekly Repository of Christian Knowledge |
The Child's Arithmetic, SGG |
National Road reaches Wheeling, Virginia
Illinois becomes a state |
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The Guardian, or Youth's Religious
Instructor
Juvenile Gazette |
The Young Florists' Companion, SGG The Man and the Snake, SGG The History of Ralph Raymond, SGG The History of a Little Silver Fish, SGG A Story of Little Thomas and Betsey, SGG The Two Doves and the Owl, SGG The Youth's Arithmetic, SGG The Vagabond, SGG The Sketch Book, Washington Irving |
Financial panic & depression -1823
Alabama becomes a state |
The Two Doves and the Owl, SGG |
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US pop = 9,638,453: black = 1,772,000; free black = 234,000 Missouri Compromise New England textile mills expand as decade progresses |
James L. Smith b. this decade (The Autobiography of James L. Smith) |
"On Novel Reading"
"Novels and Romances" |
| The Sunday Scholars' Magazine; or, Monthly Reward Book | The Children's Friend (1st lithographed book published in America) |
James Monroe begins 2nd term as president
Missouri becomes a state Santa Fe trail established |
William Nowlin b. (The Bark Covered House) | The Two Doves and the Owl, SGG |
| Juvenile Museum |
Cabinet of Curiosities, Natural, Artifical, and Historical, SGG
Bracebridge Hall, Washington Irving |
Ulysses S. Grant b. (Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant)
Edward Everett Hale b. (A New England Boyhood) |
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Youth's Instructer and Guardian;
Youth's Instructer and Sabbath School and Bible Class Assistant
The Sabbath School Repository and Teacher's Assistant The Monitor Teacher's Offering; or Sabbath's Scholar's Magazine; Teacher's Offering; or Sunday Scholar's Magazine; The Youth's Friend, and Scholar's Magazine |
"A Visit from St. Nicholas," Clement Moore (in the Troy Sentinel)
Leatherstocking series begins, James Fenimore Cooper |
poem about Sarah Bishop, SGG
Monroe Doctrine Memoirs of a Captivity Among the Indians of North America, John Dunn Hunter Mexico becomes a republic |
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Sabbath School Visitant
The Moral and Religious Repository, or Youth's Christian Monitor; Youth's Christian Monitor |
Evenings in New England, Lydia Maria Child |
Lafayette tours US
Memoirs of a Captivity Among the Indians of North America, 3rd ed., John Dunn Hunter |
Lucy Larcom b. (A New-England Girlhood) |
"Birth, Nursing, & Education
of Infants; Education & Amusements of Youths," John Dunn Hunter
"The Waverly Novels" |
| The Guardian and Monitor |
John Quincy Adams becomes president
Erie Canal finished |
"Family Patterns and Social Values in America, 1825-1875," William E. Bridges | extract from Blair's Outlines of Chronology |
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Children's Friend
The Juvenile Miscellany |
The Riddle Book
The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper |
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The Baptist Tract and Youth's Magazine;
The Baptist Tract Magazine
Youth's Gazette The Juvenile Magazine Youth's Companion; Youth's Companion and Sabbath School Recorder; The Youth's Companion The Child's Magazine Juvenile Gazette |
Tales of Peter Parley about America, SGG A Geographical View of the United States, SGG Emily Parker, Lydia Maria Child |
The Legendary: Prospectus for a periodical work to be called the Legendary, SGG | Lew Wallace b. (Lew Wallace: An Autobiography) |
"Female Resources for Writing," P. P.
To the readers of Juvenile Gazette (JG; 24 Nov 1827) Marriages & deaths in Juvenile Gazette (JG; 1827-1828) |
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Youth's Journal
The Scholar's Quarterly Journal; The Scholar's Journal The Hive The Juvenile Repertory The Sabbath School Messenger, and Children's Friend |
Outlines of Chronology, Ancient and Modern, SGG Tales of Peter Parley about Europe, SGG The Child's Botany, SGG Outlines of the History of Ancient Rome, SGG The Bible Class Book, JA with N.W. Fiske Ditties for Children, Nancy Sproat The Riddle Book |
The Legendary, edited by N. P. Willis
Seventy-Five Receipts, for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats, Eliza Leslie The Token SGG, (edited) -1842 |
Ben Ely b. ("Mark Twain & Ben Ely: Two Missouri Boyhoods")
Andrew Taylor Still b. (Autobiography of Andrew Taylor Still) |
"Books for Children" (1828; American Annals of Education)
Eliza Leslie's recipe for curds and whey "Remarks on Children's Play," by Oliver Kendall, jr (JG; 1828) |
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New-Jersey Sabbath School Journal
Children's Magazine The Infants' Magazine Youth's Herald and Sabbath School Magazine Juvenile Monthly The Sabbath School Messenger, and Children's Friend |
Peter Parley's Story of the Trapper, SGG
Stories About Captain John Smith, of Virginia, SGG Peter Parley's Method of Telling About Geography to Children, SGG Peter Parley's Story of Alice Green, SGG Peter Parley's Story of the Bird's Nest, SGG Peter Parley's Story of the Truants, SGG Peter Parley's Story of Little Marion, SGG Peter Parley's Story of the Soldier and His Dog, SGG Peter Parley's Story of the Elephant and Other Animals, SGG Peter Parley's Story of the Faithful Dog, SGG Peter Parley's Story of the Little Prisoners, SGG Peter Parley's Story of the Little Soldiers, SGG Peter Parley's Story of the Winter Evening Story, SGG Peter Parley's Winter-Evening Tales, SGG The Little Philosopher, or The Infant School at Home, nos. 1-5, JA Conversations on the Bible, JA The Boy's Own Book, William Clarke The Pearl; or, Affection's Gift (gift annual) -1849 |
Andrew Jackson becomes president
1st steam locomotive in US ("Tom Thumb") Venus begins to brighten in the sky as the planet swings closer to Earth Nov 13: Sam Patch, famous for jumping from great heights, dies jumping the Genesee Falls; his body isn't found until March 1830 |
Joseph Jefferson b. (Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson) |
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The Parent's Gift, or Youth's Magazine
The Juvenile Reformer and Sabbath School Instructor; Journal of Reform The Juvenile Repository Youth's Magazine; or, Spirit of the Juvenile Miscellany Classical Journal and Scholar's Review; Juvenile Rambler; Juvenile Rambler, or, Family and School Journal Expostulator, or Young Catholic's Guide The Juvenile Key; Family Pioneer and Juvenile Key Juvenile Magazine, and Youth's Monthly Visiter Sunday School Journal and Advocate of Christian Education; Sunday-School Journal; Gazette of Education, and Sunday-school Journal; Sunday School Times Mentor and Youth's Instructive Companion |
Peter Parley's Story of the Little Drummer, SGG Peter Parley's Story of the Mocking Bird, SGG One of Peter Parley's Evening Tales, SGG Peter Parley's Winter-Evening Tales, SGG Tales of Peter Parley about Africa, SGG Tales of Peter Parley about Asia, SGG The Malte Brun School Geography, SGG Atlas Designed to Illustrate the Malte-Brun School Geography, SGG A Present from Peter Parley to All His Little Friends, SGG Peter Parley's Tales of Animals, SGG Peter Parley's Juvenile Tales, SGG Scripture Duties, JA The corner-stone; or, A familiar illustration of the principles of Christian truth, JA Early Piety, JA "Mary had a Little Lamb," Sarah Josepha Hale (It's reprinted in Juvenile Miscellany and Youth's Companion) |
US pop = 12,866,020: black = 2,329,000; free black = 320,000 Mormon Church established; Book of Mormon 1st Jack Downing letters, Seba Smith Baltimore & Ohio Railroad begin operation Jan 13: Venus at its brightest |
Young America, 1830-1840, Robert E. Riegel
"Sentimental Womanhood and Domestic Education, 1830-1870," Phillida Bunkle "Heaven Our Home: Consolation Literature in the Northern United States, 1830-1880," Ann Douglas Inventing the American Way of Death: 1830-1920, James J. Farrell The Empire of the Mother, 1830-1860, Mary P. Ryan |
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The Scholar's Gazette; The Scholar's Weekly Gazette
Juvenile Gazette |
The Story of La Peyrouse, SGG Pictorial Geography of the World, SGG Peter Parley's Tales about the Islands in the Pacific Ocean, SGG Peter Parley's Tales of the Sea, SGG Peter Parley's Tales about the Sun, Moon, and Stars, SGG The Child's Book of American Geography, SGG The First Book of History, SGG A Lecture on Moral Education, JA The Little Girl's Own Book, Lydia Maria Child |
Nat Turner leads slave uprising, Virginia
Francis Abbott, who'd for 2 years lived as a hermit at Niagara Falls, drowns while swimming in a small stream Truth, 1st ed., William J. Snelling The Mother's Book, Lydia Maria Child |
Truth, 1st ed., William J. Snelling
"Case of Conviction," by Francis Wayland "Books," Lydia Maria Child "The Busy Bee" (YC; Aug 10, 1831) "The Choice of Companions" (repr Sunday School Journal; YC; October 12, 1831) "Heroism" (YC; 12 Oct 1831) "Lucy Nelson, the Boy-Girl," by Eliza Leslie (YC; Nov 30, 1831) |
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The Child's Cabinet
Sabbath School Magazine The Youth's Temperance Lecturer The Rose Bud Youth's Companion, and Weekly Family Visitor; Youth's Companion and Family Visitor The Sabbath School Messenger, and Children's Friend Illinois Sunday School Banner Rose Bud, or Youth's Gazette; Southern Rose Bud; The Southern Rose Youth's Literary Gazette; The Youth's Miscellany |
Peter Parley's Method of Telling About the History of the World to Children, SGG The Second Book of History, SGG Peter Parley's Tales about the State and City of New York, SGG Peter Parley's Tales about South America, SGG The Captive of Nootka; or, The Adventures of John R. Jewett, SGG A Book of Quadrupeds, SGG Peter Parley's Tales about Ancient and Modern Greece, SGG A Book of Mythology, for Youth, SGG Peter Parley's Book of Curiosities, Natural and Artificial, SGG A New Universal Pocket Gazetteer, SGG Peter Parley's Tales about Ancient Rome, SGG Peter Parley's Tales about Great Britain, SGG Evidences of Christianity, JA A description of the Mount Vernon school in 1832, JA The Young Christian, JA |
Truth, 2nd ed., William J. Snelling
Domestic Manners of the Americans, Frances Trollope; Americans lampoon her |
Nov 29: Louisa May Alcott b., Germantown, Pennsylvania |
Truth, 2nd ed., William J. Snelling
"A Little Girl Who was Burned to Death" (YC; Jan 11, 1832) "Little Edward" (YC; Feb 8, 1832) "Petrified Forests" (JR; May 16, 1832) |
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The Sabbath School Visiter
Youth's Companion Parley's Magazine Juvenile Watchman The Juvenile Repository Pupil's Monitor |
Peter Parley's Story of the Little Gardener, SGG Parley's Spelling-Book, SGG Peter Parley's Book of the United States, SGG The Story of Alexander Selkirk, SGG Peter Parley's Method of Teaching Arithmetic to Children (Parley's Arithmetic), SGG Peter Parley's Story of the Umbrella and the Tiger, SGG Peter Parley's Story of the Two Friends; or, Harry and His Dog, SGG Peter Parley's Story of Robert Seaboy, the Bird Robber, SGG Peter Parley's Story of Alice Gray; or, The Little Dreamer, SGG Peter Parley's Story of the Little Wanderers, SGG Peter Parley's Story of the Freshet; or, The Morning Walk, SGG Peter Parley's Story of the Orphans, SGG The Teacher: or Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young, JA Inquiries Concerning the Intellectual Powers, JA with John Abercrombie The Little Philosopher, for Schools and Families, JA Mother Goose's Melodies The Girl's Own Book, Lydia Maria Child |
The American Frugal Housewife, Lydia Maria Child
Nov 12: Leonid meteor shower so intense that many believe stars are falling from sky as world ends |
America and the Americans--in 1833-4, by an Emigrant, Richard Gooch |
Sarah Tuttle's scrapbook (1834-1860s)
"Prospectus" (PP; 16 Mar 1833) "To the Public" (PP; 16 March 1833) "The Terrified Sailors" (PP; Mar 16, 1833) "Silent Companion" (PP; 30 Mar 1833) "Caspar Hauser" (PP; 30 Mar 1833) "The Little Wood-Cutter" (PP; April 13, 1833) "Narrow Escape from a Bear" (PP; 27 April 1833) "I'd be a Butterfly" (PP; 28 May 1833) "Mr. Durant" (PP; 14 Sept 1833) "For My Youngest Readers" (PP; 14 Sept 1833) |
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Youth's Lyceum and Literary Gazette
The Child's Newspaper The Child's Universalist Gazette, and Monthly Visiter Youth's Magazine |
Peter Parley's Book of Bible Stories, SGG (edited) Peter Parley's Book of Poetry for Children, SGG The Third Book of History, SGG Parley's Dictionary of History, SGG Parley's Dictionary of Commerce, SGG Parley's Dictionary of Botany SGG> Parley's Dictionary of Bible Geography, SGG Child's Own Book of Geography ... Western Hemisphere; ... Eastern Hemisphere, SGG The Every Day Book for Youth, SGG Peter Parley's Book of Fables, SGG Story of Captain Riley and His Adventures in Africa, SGG Parley's Picture Book, SGG The Parent's Present, SGG (edited) The Story of La Peyrouse, SGG The Mother's Friend, JA (abt) The Duties of Parents, in Regard to the Schools Where Their Children are Instructed, JA Fire-side piety; or, The duties and enjoyments of family religion, JA Right and wrong; or, Familiar illustrations of the moral duties of children, JA Every Day Duty, JA The Little Girl's Own Book, Lydia Maria Child |
Mill women strike, Lowell, Massachusetts
In England, Charles Babbage creates the "analytical engine," which will develop into what you're using right now |
"Art of Pen Making" (PP; 13 Sept 1834)
"Fossil Shells" (PP; June 7, 1834) |
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The Branch
The Child's Gazette Sunday School Magazine The Sunday School Visiter; Journal of Religious Education, and Family and Sunday-School Visiter; Journal of Christian education, and Family and Sunday-School Visiter The Juvenile Missionary Intelligencer |
The Benefits of Industry, SGG Parley's Almanac for 1836 Real Dialogues on the Evidence of Christianity, JA The Mount Vernon Reader for Middle Classes, JA The Family Story Book, JA vol. II Sabbath-Day Book for Boys and Girls, JA The Way of Salvation Explained to a Young Inquirer, JA (abt) The Little Scholar Learning to Talk, JA Rollo Learning to Read, JA The Way for a Child to Be Saved, JA New England, and Her Institutions, JA China and the English; or, The character and manners of the Chinese, JA Boy's Own Book of Amusement & Instruction |
2nd war between the Seminole nation & the US -1842
Nov 16: Halley's comet reaches perihelion Nov 17: unusually bright aurora borealis seen in Cincinnati, Ohio Dec 16-17: Fire destroys much of New York City's business district |
Samuel Clemens b. (The Autobiography of Mark Twain) |
"Devouring Books"
"Story of Peter Brown" (PP; 20 June 1835) "About Edwin Finley" (PP; 20 June 1835) |
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The Slave's Friend
The Family School Youth's Guide to Piety and Virtue, and Literary Casket The Young Christian |
Peter Parley's Juvenile Tales, SGG
Peter Parley's Bible Dictionary, SGG Parley's Present, SGG Peter Parley's Dictionary of the Animal Kingdom, SGG Peter Parley's Dictionary of Astronomy, SGG Sketches from a Student's Window, SGG Peter Parley's Book of Anecdotes, SGG Peter Parley's Bible Gazetteer, SGG The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings, JA with John Abercrombie The way to do good, JA Eclectic Reader, McGuffey ( -1857) |
The Outcast, and Other Poems, SGG Texas wins independence from Mexico & becomes the Lone Star Republic ( -1845) |
The Sentimental Years: 1836-1860, Douglas Branch |
The Slave's Friend
Selections from The Token "To the Departing Comet" (American Monthly Magazine; Jan 1836) "Walks About Boston: The Indians" (PP; Jan 1836) "To Our Young Female Readers" (PP; Feb 1836) joke (PP; June 1836) "Confectioners" (PP; July 1836) "Juvenile Celebration of Independence" (PP; Aug 1836) Two pieces about fireworks (PP; Sept & Oct 1836) "The Reading of Young Ladies" |
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The Missionary News
The Juvenile Lyceum Ke Kumu Kamalii Youth's Lyceum Youth's Cabinet; The Youth's Cabinet; New-York Teacher's Lyceum; Woodworth's Youth's Cabinet; Woodworth's Youth's Cabinet and Uncle Frank's Dollar Magazine Youth's Literary Messenger |
Peter Parley's Universal History on the Basis of Geography, SGG Rollo at Work; or, The Way for a Boy to Learn to Be Industrious, JA Rollo at Play; or, Safe Amusements, JA |
Jan 26: unusually bright aurora borealis seen in east & midwest
Financial panic Border tensions begin between the US & Canada -1839 Martin Van Buren becomes president |
Selections from The Pearl; or, Affection's Gift
"The Aurora Borealis," by "Francis" (YMAG; April 14, 1837) "Interview of the Blind with the Deaf and Dumb" (YMAG; April 14, 1837) "Reading is Not Thinking" (YMAG; May 26, 1837) "Reading for Young Ladies" (YMAG; July 7, 1837) "Do Your Duty to Your Brothers and Sisters," by Lydia Sigourney (YMAG; July 7, 1837) "War and Glory," by Samuel Johnson (YMAG; July 7, 1837) "The Beautiful Slave" (YMAG; Sept 1837) "The Noble Negro," by Hannah More (YMAG; Sept 1837) "Exemplary" (YMAG; Oct 1837) |
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Child's Companion
The Youth's Penny Paper The Children's Catholic Magazine Youth's Magazine: A Monthly Miscellany Companion for Youth |
Peter Parley's Common School History, SGG Peter Parley's Cyclopedia of Botany, SGG The Mount Vernon Reader for Junior Classes, JA Rollo at School, JA Hoaryhead, and the Valleys Below; or Truth through fiction, JA |
Man the Subject of Education (lecture), SGG A Letter to Moses Williams, of Roxbury, SGG Fireside Education, SGG Five Letters to My Neighbor Smith, SGG Underground railroad established |
Henry Adams b. (The Education of Henry Adams)
Charlotte L. Forten b. (The Journal of Charlotte L. Forten) Fanny Knight b. ("Miss Knight Abroad") |
New Year's address (PP; Jan 1838)
"Gleanings and Recollections: The New York Fire," by Eliza Leslie (PP; Jan 1838) |
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The Missionary
Youth's Mental Casket, and Literary Star; Casket and Star Family and School Visitor Sabbath School Contributor; Light of Zion, and Sabbath School Contributor Youth's Temperance Advocate; Youth's Temperance Advocate and Band of Hope Recorder |
Robert Merry's Miscellany, SGG (uncredited) The First Reader for Schools, SGG The Second Reader for Schools, SGG Third Reader for the Use of Schools, SGG The Fourth Reader for the Use of Schools, SGG Parley's Picture Book, SGG Rollo's Correspondence, JA Rollo's Vacation, JA Rollo's Travels, JA Rollo's Experiments, JA Caleb in the Country, JA Jonas's Stories, Related to Rollo and Lucy, JA McDonner; or Truth through Fiction, JA Rollo's Museum, JA Caleb in Town, JA |
Aroostook War
The Kentucky Housewife, Lettice Bryan Financial depression -1843 |
Catherine Elizabeth Havens b. (Diary of a Little Girl in Old New York |
"The Dying Boy," by Mrs. Larned (PP; Jan 1839)
"Confessions of a Novel Reader," A. The Ladder of Learning "The Fireside" (PP; March 1839) "Bones of a Mastodon" (Cab; July 11, 1839) |
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The Acorn
The Sabbath School Friend Young Catholic's Magazine Youth's Monitor The Sabbath School Monitor; Sunday School Monitor; Light Ship and Sabbath School Monitor |
Birth Day Stories, Eliza Leslie William and Eliza; or, The Visit (abt) Frustrated by fake Parleys (&, it's tempting to think, by the publisher of Robert Merry's Miscellany & of Robert Merry's Annual, among other publishers), Goodrich kills off "Peter Parley" in Peter Parley's Farewell Peter Parley's Illustrations of Astronomy, SGG The Young American, SGG Jonas a Judge; or, Law Among the Boys, JA |
US pop = 17,069,453: black = 2,874,000; free black = 386,000 2,816 miles of railroad in operation Many stories from The Token reprinted by E. Littlefield (&, at some point, by Nafis & Cornish) as "The Economical Library" Washington Temperance Society formed |
American Life in the 1840s
The Fabulous Forties, 1840-1850, Meade Minnigerode The Anatomy of American Popular Culture, 1840-1861, Carl Bode The Christian Home in Victorian America, 1840-1900, Collen McDannell Dressed for the Photographer: Ordinary Americans and Fashion, 1840-1900, Joan Severa Making the American Home: Middle Class Women and Domestic Material Culture, 1840-1940 |
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Cold Water Army and Youth's Picnic; Cold Water Army
Golden Rule Juvenile Mirror and Youth's Literary Companion The Tutor The Young Ladies' Casket Youth's Magazine and Juvenile Harp Youth's Family Instructor and Sunday School Visitor; Youth's Family Instructor Robert Merry's Museum The Eastern Rose-Bud; Eastern Rosebud and Sabbath School Companion Youth's Medallion The Golden Rule The Young People's Book Sunday School Advocate |
Three Months at Sea; or, A Voyage to India, SGG (edited) A Key to 'Universal History Illustrated'; or, The Stream of Time Made Visible, SGG The Common-School Primer, SGG A General Atlas of the World, SGG (edited) Ireland and the Irish, SGG A Sermon, preached on the National Fast, May 14, 1841, occasioned by the death of William Henry Harrison, JA Cousin Lucy at Play, JA Cousin Lucy at Study, JA The Rollo Code of Morals; or, The Rules of Duty for Children, JA The Rollo Reader, JA Rollo's Philosophy, part 1: Water, JA Rollo's Philosophy, part 2: Air, JA Jonas on a Farm in Winter, JA Jonas on a Farm in Summer, JA Cousin Lucy's Conversations, JA Cousin Lucy's Stories, JA |
William Henry Harrison becomes president; dies after one month
John Tyler becomes president on Harrison's death The Good Housekeeper, Sarah Josepha Hale Brook Farm established (Lousia May Alcott lives here as child) -1847 Women granted university degrees for first time |
"Natural history plates" (MM; 1841)
"My Own Life & Adventures," by "Robert Merry" (MM; 1841-1842) "Story of Philip Brusque" (MM; 1841-1842) "Address to the Reader" (MM; Feb 1841) "My First Whistle," by Samuel Goodrich (MM; Feb 1841) "About Labor & Property" (MM; Feb 1841) "Death of the President" (MM; April 1841) "The Moon" (MM; June 1841) "The Horse & the Bells" (MM; June 1841) "Yankee Energy" (MM; Sept 1841) "The Mammoth" (MM; Nov 1841) "The Squirrel" (MM; Dec 1841) "The Picture Gallery: Organic Remains" (Cab; Dec 9, 1841) |
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Juvenile Repository
Youth's Temperance Enterprise Every Youth's Gazette; Youth's Gazette; Peter Parley's Youth's Gazette Wreath The Youth's Emancipator Boys' and Girls' Literary Bouquet; Boys' and Girls' Monthly Bouquet; Boys' and Girls' Bouquet The Wreath |
Moral Tales; by Robert Merry, SGG A Universal, Illustrated Atlas, SGG Supplement to The Pictorial Geography of the World, for 1841 and 1842, SGG A Pictorial Natural History, SGG New Testament, JA Rollo's Philosophy, part 3: Fire, JA Rollo's Philosophy, part 4: Sky, JA Cousin Lucy Among the Mountains, JA Cousin Lucy on the Sea-shore, JA |
Communes established: Amana; Fruitlands -1843; Hopedale -1856 (Museum subscriber William F. Draper lives here)
P.T. Barnum's American Museum opens in New York City Charles Dickens tours the United States; writes American Notes, which outrages Americans |
"The New Year" (MM; Jan 1842)
"Wonders of Geology" (MM; Jan 1842) "Liberty," by SGG (MM; Jan 1842) "The War in Florida" (MM; Feb 1842) "Names of Different Kinds of Type" (MM; Mar 1842) |
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Jugend-Zeitung
The Juvenile Wesleyan The Youth's Gazette Youth's Guide and Star Boys' and Girls' Magazine; Boys' & Girls' Monthly Library New Church Magazine for Children; The Children's New-Church Magazine Youth's Penny Gazette The Child's Friend; The Child's Friend and Youth's Magazine; The Child's Friend and Family Magazine |
Lives of Benefactors, SGG
Lives of Celebrated American Indians, SGG Lives of Famous Men of Modern Times, SGG Lives of Famous Men of Ancient Times, SGG Persevere and Prosper; or, The Siberian Sable-Hunter, SGG Make the Best of It; or, Cheerful Cherry, and Other Tales, SGG Curiosities of Human Nature, SGG Marco Paul's Travels and Adventures in the Pursuit of Knowledge: On the Erie Canal, JA Marco Paul's Travels and Adventures in the Pursuit of Knowledge: City of New York, JA Marco Paul's Adventures in Pursuit of Knowledge: State of Vermont, JA Marco Paul's Adventures in Pursuit of Knowledge: Springfield Armory, JA Marco Paul's Adventures in Pursuit of Knowledge: Forests of Maine, JA Marco Paul's Adventures in Pursuit of Knowledge: City of Boston, JA |
The Gipsies' Prayer, SGG Comet visible Millerites prepare for the end of the world -1844 |
three little poems for little readers (MM; 1843)
"Jumping Rabbit's Story" (MM; 1843) "John Dunn Hunter" "A New-Year's Bow" (MM; Jan 1843) "Who Filled the Coal Hole?" (PP; Feb 1843) |
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Juvenile Instructor
The Young Reaper The Well-spring; The Wellspring for Young People; The Well-spring and Missionary Echoes; The Wellspring The Bee Uncle Ezekiel's Youth's Cabinet |
Manners and Customs of the Principal Nations of the Globe, SGG Manners, Customs, and Antiquities of the Indians of North and South America, SGG Glance at the Physical Sciences, SGG History of the Indians of North and South America, SGG Lights and Shadows of African History, SGG Lights and Shadows of American History, SGG Lights and Shadows of Asiatic History, SGG Lights and Shadows of European History, SGG Lives of Celebrated Women, SGG Peter Parley's Little Leaves for Little Readers, SGG What to Do and How to Do It; or, Morals and Manners, SGG A Pictorial History of America, SGG A Pictorial History of France, for schools, SGG Wit Bought; or, The Adventures of Robert Merry, SGG The Cardinal Flower & Other Tales, Joseph Alden Flowers for Children, v. 1, Lydia Maria Child |
Great Comet
May 24: first telegraph message (Samuel Morse) sent from Washington, DC, to Baltimore, Maryland Scenes in My Native Land, by Lydia H. Sigourney |
Old Southwest Humor from the St. Louis Reveille, 1844-1850 |
"Precocious Children," SGG
"Three Little Boys in Prison," by Charles Holden (1844) "Reminiscences of a Rag" (MM; 1844) "The Lottery Ticket" (MM; 1844) "Dirk Heldriver" (MM; 1844) "Pictures of Various Nations (MM; 1844) Reaction to Felix Summerly's attack on Peter Parley "January" (MM; Jan 1844) "A Story of the Revolution" (MM; Aug 1844) "Prognostications of the Weather" (MM; Nov 1844) "Novel Writers & Publishers," M. M. Backus |
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Little Truth-Teller: A New-Church Magazine for Children
The Child's Companion and Youth's Friend The Monthly Rose The Penny Library for School Children The Myrtle The Monthly Rose; The Monthly Rose, and Literary Cabinet; The Monthly Rose, and Otis School Cabinet; The Monthly Rose, and School Cabinet; The Monthly Rose, and Literary Cabinet; The Monthly Rose |
Wonders of Geology, SGG The World and Its Inhabitants, SGG A Home in the Sea; or, The Adventures of Philip Brusque, SGG A Pictorial History of England, SGG A Tale of the Revolution, and Other Sketches, SGG Right is Might, and Other Sketches, SGG Truth-Finder; or, Inquisitive Jack, SGG A National Geography, for Schools, SGG Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom, SGG Book of Literature, Ancient and Modern, with specimens, SGG Enterprise, Industry and Art of Man, SGG Glance at Philosophy, Mental, Moral, and Social, SGG Flowers for Children, v. 2, Lydia Maria Child |
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Mar 3: Florida admitted as a state Mar 4: James K. Polk inaugurated as president Aug 18: Mars appears larger & brighter than usual as it reaches perihelic opposition Dec 19: Texas admitted as a state |
"Confinement of Children in School," Dr. James Jackson
"Treatment of Children at School," Dr. S.B. Woodward "Dangers of Childhood, and Means of Obviating Them," George Whippel "Family Education," Lavinia H. Pillsbury "Vicious Novels: Cause of Their Increase," F. C. W. "Moral Poisons: The Antidote," F. C. W. "The Morality of Pictures," William A. Alcott "What Books Shall I Read?," Simon Brown "Alfred Poole" (MM; May 1845) Eliza Piatt's copybook Wonders of Geology, by Samuel Goodrich |
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The Encourager
Youth's Monthly Visitor Young Churchman's Miscellany Young People's Magazine The Satchel Youth's Friend The Golden Rule The Student; The Student and Family Miscellany Boys' and Girls' Weekly Catholic Magazine; Boys' and Girls' Catholic Magazine; Catholic Weekly Instructor; Weekly Catholic Instructor Youth's Monthly Friend; Youth's Friend The Student and Young Tutor |
Tales of Sea and Land, SGG Goodrich's Fifth School Reader, SGG Dick Boldhero; or, The Wonders of South America, SGG Ancient History, from the Creation to the Fall of Rome, SGG Pictorial History of Greece, ancient and modern, SGG Mount Vernon arithmetic: Abbotts' Addition Columns, JA Flowers for Children, v. 3, Lydia Maria Child |
Jan: Double comet visible
Oct 16: Gilbert Abbott first American to be operated on under anaesthetic (ether) War begins between US & Mexico -1848 Ireland's potato famine spurs emigration to US Neptune discovered by Johann Galle, Germany Oregon acquired Bear Flag War Donner Party trapped in the mountains Howe develops sewing machine Dec 28: Iowa admitted as a state |
Caroline M. Hewins b. (A Mid-Century Child & Her Books) |
"A New Year's Address" (MM; Jan 1846)
poem (MM; Jan 1846) "Another Story for Boys," by Orpha (YC; Jan 7, 1846) "Lines, on the Death of W.," by S. (YC; Jan 14, 1846) "Repining and Repentance" (YC; Feb 12, 1846) "The Farmer and Soldier," by Lydia Sigourney (YC; Feb 12, 1846) "The Snow Storm" (YC; Feb 12 1846) "Petrified Forest on the Nile" (YPMag; March 1846) "Child's Grief," by Mary Ann (YC; April 2, 1846) "My Schoolmates: The Contrast," by Abby (YC; June 5, 1846) "My Schoolmates: The Inquirer," by Abbie (YC; June 12, 1846) "My Schoolmates: The Victim," by Abbie (YC; June 19, 1846) "The Boy Who Loved Truth," by Julia A. Fletcher (YC; 26 June 1846) "My Schoolmates: The Widow," by Abbie (YC; June 26, 1846) "My Schoolmates: Kate Kennedy," by Abby (YC; July 2, 1846) "My Schoolmates: The Sensitive Plant," by Abbie (YC; July 9, 1846) two celebrations of American Independence Day (YC; July 23, 1846) "Hay-Making" (YC; July 23, 1846) "Nursery Rhymes: A Dialogue" (MM; Aug 1846) "Pleasant and Profitable" (YC; Aug 27, 1846) "Authorcraft" |
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The Child's Gospel Prize
Fithian's Miniature Magazine: A Student Manual and Fireside Miscellany Devoted to the Useful and Beautiful The Boys' and Girls' Journal; The Boys' and Girls' Weekly Penny Journal; The Boys' and Girls' Penny Journal; Fithian's Magazine for Girls and Boys The Boys' and Girls' Magazine, and Fireside Companion; Forrester's Boys' and Girls' Magazine, and Fireside Companion The Young People's Mirror and American Family Visitor; Young People's Mirror; Mirror Juvenile Gazette The Scholar's Penny Gazette The Youth's Pictorial Magazine The Asteroid Young People's Journal of Science, Literature, & Art |
Life of Louis Philippe, Late King of the French, SGG Modern History, from the Fall of Rome to the Present Time, SGG History of Europe, SGG History of Asia and Oceanica, SGG Take Care of No. 1; or, The Adventures of Jacob Karl, SGG A summer in Scotland, JA A History of France, JA JA with Mrs. John Penrose History of Mary Queen of Scots, JA History of King Charles the First of England, JA History of Alexander the Great, JA |
Jan 24: gold discovered at Sutter's Mill, in California
Feb 2: war with Mexico ends Mar 31: Spirits rap out messages in the presence of Margaretta & Katherine Fox, of Hydesville Village, New York, & Spiritualism sweeps the US May 29: Wisconsin admitted as a state May: by end, half of those in San Francisco, California, gone seeking gold Dictionary of Americanisms, John Russell Bartlett Seneca Falls suffrage meeting |
Robert Bishop b. ("School & Other Days, 1859") |
"Female Education"
"Family & Social Reading" "Adventures of Billy Bump" (MM; 1848-1850) "The Snow-Bird" (MM; Feb 1848) "Professor Morse" (Cab; April 1848) "Wood Engraving" (Cab; April 1848) "I Think I Will Not Change" (YC; April 13, 1848) "Tearing Open the Rosebud" (YC; June 8, 1848) "A Correction" (Cab; Sept 1848) "Fifteen Young Men" (YC; Sept 13, 1848) "Good Night," by Samuel Goodrich (MM; Oct 1848) "My Fortune's Made," by Mary Alexina Smith (YC; Nov 23, 1848) "Popular Similes" (YC; Nov 30, 1848) "Bread Upon the Water," by T.S. Arthur (YC; Nov 30, 1848) "Wonders of Geology," by William Buckland (MM; Dec 1848) "Letter to the Editor" (YC; Dec 28, 1848) |
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Friend of Youth
The Bubble The Scholars' Leaf of the Tree of Knowledge The Schoolfellow Sunday School Gazette; The Dayspring The Gleaner The Daystar |
Peter Parley's Illustrations of Commerce, SGG A Pictorial History of Ancient Rome, SGG Parley's Panorama, SGG A History of All Nations, SGG -1851 History of William the Conqueror, JA History of Elizabeth, Queen of England, JA History of King Charles the Second of England, JA History of King Alfred of England, JA History of Julius Caesar, JA History of Hannibal the Carthaginian, JA |
Zachary Taylor becomes president
Gold rush: 40,000+ arrive in California Cholera epidemic sweeps South Mar 3: Minnesota established as a territory Mar 5: Zacharay Taylor inaugurated May 10: Rivalry between actors Edwin Forrest and William Macready culminates in Astor Place riots in New York City: 31 die; at least 48 injured Great Chinese Museum, containing exhibits on aspects of Chinese life, opens in NYC |
"A New Year's Salutation" (MM; Jan 1849)
"The Skater's Song" (Cab; Jan 1849) "Geology" (Mirror; March 1849) "William, the Negro Boy," by Jane L. Gray (Cab; April 1849) "Hints for Children" (YC; April 12, 1849) "What the Steam Engine Does" (YC; July 19, 1849) "Touching Expression" (YC; 19 July 1849) "Tomo and the Wild Lakes," by Rev. John Todd (YC; July 19, 1849) "Life in the Woods" (YC; July 19, 1849) "The School-Mistress," by M. W. D. (YC; Sept 13, 1849) "Sabbath Scholar Drowned" (YC; Sept 13, 1849) "A Step from the Altar to the Tomb," by J. E. E. (YC; Sept 13, 1849) "The Old School House," by J. A. (YC; Nov 15, 1849) "Hints to Young Men" (YC; Nov 22, 1849) "A Good Girl at School" (YC; Nov 22, 1849) "The Wanderer's Return," by M. W. D. (YC; Nov 22, 1849) "Unnatural Children" (YC; Nov 22, 1849) "Young Men," by Charlotte Gilman (YC; Nov 22, 1849) "Unhappy Elopement" (YC; Nov 22, 1849) "Thy Will Be Done," by W. (YC; Nov 22, 1849) "You Will Be Wanted" (YC; Nov 22, 1849) "Fossil Foot-Prints" (Mirror; Dec 1849) Diary of a Little Girl in Old New York |
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The Sunday-Scholar's Mirror
Youth's Dayspring; Journal of Missions and Youth's Dayspring The Youth's Friend The Juvenile Weekly Gazette The Mentor Youth's Monthly Magazine Fireside Miscellany and Young People's Encyclopedia |
A Comprehensive Geography and History, SGG A History of Africa, SGG A Primer of Geography, SGG History of Darius the Great, JA History of Cyrus the Great, JA Beechnut: A Franconia story, JA Wallace: A Franconia story, JA Mary Erskine: A Franconia story, JA Mary Bell: A Franconia story, JA Malleville: A Franconia story, JA History of Xerxes the Great, JA The Wide, Wide World, "Elizabeth Wetherell" (Susan Bogert Warner) |
US pop = 23,191,876: black = 3,639,000; free black = 435,000 Cholera epidemic sweeps Midwest House sparrows (Passer domesticus) released in New York City; eventually spread continent-wide July 9: Zachary Taylor dies; Millard Fillmore becomes president Sept 9: California admitted as free state Sept 11: Jenny Lind gives first performance in the US -1852 Sept 18: Fugitive Slave Bill passed |
Sylvester Bishop b. ("School & Other Days, 1859") |
Stories for Children, Cousin Sarah (abt now)
"The Arabian Nights" "The Indian's Story" (MM; Jan 1850) "The King of Ashantee" (MM; Mar 1850) "Deer Hunting," by "Simon Sassafras" (MM; May 1850) "Adventures with Ghosts," by Mrs. Hall (Cab; May 1850) "Effie Somers," by W. (YC; May 30, 1850) "Who Will Make a Good Wife" (YC; May 30, 1850) Mary Newell's letter (28 Aug 1850) "Amy's Holiday" (Cab; Sept 1850) "Clara Sinclair," by Caroline Gilman (Cab; Sept 1850) "Caspar Hauser" (MM; Oct 1850) "The Change of the Seasons" (MM; Nov 1850) "Laughing Bill" (Cab; Nov 1850) "Left-Handed Billy" (MM; Dec 1850) |
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Christian Sunday School Journal
The Standard-Bearer Youth's Monitor The Young Christian The Myrtle |
A Primer of History, SGG History of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, JA Stories by Jack Mason, the Old Sailor, Francis Woodworth |
Poems, SGG
Katherine Fox's confession that "spirit rapping" was a fraud is made public Cast-iron frame building constructed Boston, Massachusetts -- mob rescues fugitive slave May 15: Erie Railroad opens Aug 12: patent for a practical sewing machine granted to Isaac Merrit Singer |
"The Adventures of Gilbert Go-ahead" (MM; 1851-1856)
"January" (MM; Jan 1851) "The Spelling Lesson" (Cab; Feb 1851) "Hieroglyphical Letter to the Editor" (Cab; Feb 1851) "The Busy Knitter," by William Oland Bourne (Cab; Aug 1851) "A Siberian Winter" (Cab; Aug 1851) "Join in the Recreation of Your Children," Stephen T. Allen |
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The Flower Basket
Monday Express Youth's Banner The Youth's Instructor; Instructor The Child's Paper The Youth's Casket The Schoolmate The Favourite Magazine of Instruction and Amusement for Boys and Girls; The Favorite Genius of Youth Youth's Instructor; Insight |
Peter Parley's First Book of Spelling and Reading, SGG Les Estats Unis d'Amerique, SGG Rodolphus: A Franconia story, JA Ellen Linn: A Franconia story, JA History of Romulus, JA |
Xenophobic "Young America" movement reaches its peak
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe Double comet visible |
"Wonders of Geology" (SMate; March 1852)
"Distant Worlds" (MM; July 1852) "A Very Odd Grandfather" (MM; Nov 1852) "Fossil Tree in the Coal Rocks" (MM; Dec 1852) |
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Der Schul- und Hausfreund
Youth's Western Banner Forest Garland Little Traveler (Waynesville, OH) The Little Pilgrim |
Histoire des Estats-Unis d'Amerique, SGG Petite Histoire Universelle, SGG History of Pyrrhus, JA History of Nero, JA Rollo on the Atlantic, JA Stuyvesant: A Franconia story, JA Caroline: A Franconia story, JA Agnes: A Franconia story, JA The Holiday Book, Francis C. Woodworth |
Yellow fever epidemic rages in Louisiana and Mississippi until 1855
Boston Public Library opens Railroad goes from New York to Chicago Elisha Kane leads an unsuccessful expedition to find Arctic explorer John Franklin -1855 Comet Jan 12: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad completed Mar 4: Franklin Pierce inaugurated as president July 8: trade with Japan opened after a show of force by Commodore Matthew C. Perry Fern Leaves from Fanny's Portfolio, "Fanny Fern" (Sara Payson Willis) The Behaviour Book, Eliza Leslie |
"Children and Children's Parties," S.B.S.
"Physical Education of Children" "Early Culture of Children," G.M.J. "Clothing for Girls," G.M.J. "Children's Rights," "Fanny Fern" "Conversation. To Young Ladies" "Love of Nature" "Henry Sanford's Teacher," by Eliza A. Chase (ST; May 1853) "Riddle," by Samuel Goodrich (MM; June 1853) Review of Fern Leaves from Fanny's Portfolio (ST; Sept 1853) "Placing a Daughter at School," Motte Hall (ST; Nov 1853) "Novel Reading" (The Western Gem) "Negro Songs--American Music," by Ser. Longley (Western Gem; Oct 1853) "Letters About Geology," by "Professor Pickaxe" (ST; 1853) |
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The Little Wolverine
Youth's Galaxy The Little Forester The Little Traveler (Cincinnati, OH) Schuylkill County School Journal Juvenile Temperance Watchman; Juvenile Watchman Monthly Instructor and Fire Side Companion; Forrester's Playmate; Youth's Casket and Playmate Children's Friend |
A Winter Wreath of Summer Flowers, SGG Parley's Present for All Seasons, SGG Geographie Elementaire, SGG Parley's Wanderers by Sea and Land, SGG Harper Story Books: Rambles among the Alps, JA Rollo in Paris, JA Rollo in Switzerland, JA Rollo in London, JA Harper Story Books: Bruno; or, Lessons of Fidelity, Patience, and Self-denial Taught by a Dog, JA Harper Story Books: Willie and the Mortgage: Showing How Much may Be Accomplished by a Boy, JA Yacht Club series, "Oliver Optic" (William T. Adams) |
Trade treaty between Japan & US
Railroad reaches Mississippi River Free-Soil party promotes settlement of Kansas (family of Museum subscribers Viola & Lawrence Drinkwater move to Kansas Territory in 1855, as Free-Soilers) Annular eclipse of the sun visible in much of North America May 26: Kansas-Nebraska bill passed Ruth Hall, "Fanny Fern" (Sara Payson Willis) Buds, Blossoms, and Leaves, "Eulalie" (Mary Eulalie Fee Shannon) |
Joanna Draper b. ("From a Federal Writers' Project interview") |
"Early Training of Children"
"Novels, Their Meaning and Mission" "Daguerreotypes of the Moon" (SMate; January 1854) advertisement for Tuttle's Emporium (Cab; Jan 1854) Two pieces about books (ST; Feb 1854) "Curious Rhymes" (MM; March 1854) "True Courage," by "Aunt Kate" (YC; 3 Aug 1854) "Snake Fascination" (YC; Aug 24, 1854) "The Miser and His Dinner" (Cab; Sept 1854) "The Four Wills" (Cab; Sept 1854) "Indian Youth's Newspaper" (YC; 7 Sept 1854) |
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Schul- und Jugend-Zeitung
Sunday School Visitor; The Children's Visitor; The Visitor The Children's Book of Choice and Entertaining Reading for the Little Folks at Home The Student and Schoolmate; The Student and Schoolmate, and Forrester's Boy's and Girl's Magazine; The Schoolmate |
The Gem Book of British Poetry, SGG (edited) The Picture Play-Book, SGG Faggots for the Fireside, SGG Balloon Travels of Robert Merry and His Young Friends in Various Parts of Europe, SGG The little Learner: Learning to Think, JA The little Learner: Learning to Talk, JA The Rollo story books: The freshet, JA The Rollo story books: Georgie, JA Rollo in Scotland, JA Harper Story Books: Virginia; or, A Little Light on a Very Dark Saying, JA Harper Story Books: Timboo and Fanny; or, The art of self-instruction, JA Harper Story Books: Timboo and Joliba; or, The Art of Being Useful, JA Harper Story Books: The Studio; or, Illustrations of the Theory and Practice of Drawing: for young artists at home, JA Harper Story Books: The Story of Ancient History: from the earliest periods to the fall of the Roman Empire, JA Rollo on the Rhine, JA Prank; or, The Philosophy of Tricks and Mischief, JA Harper Story Books: The Little Louvre; or, The Boys' and Girls' Gallery of Pictures, JA Harper Story Books: The Harper Establishment; or, How the Story Books are Made, JA Harper Story Books: Emma; or, The Three Misfortunes of a Belle, JA Harper Story Books: Franklin, the Apprentice Boy, JA Harper Story Books: The Strait Gate; or, The rule of exclusion from heaven, JA Harper Story Books: Frank, JA Flower Fables, Louisa May Alcott |
"Carrier's Address" (MM; Jan 1855)
"Mrs. Warner's Prejudice," by Lesina (YC; Aug 16, 1855) "Give Your Child a Paper" (YC; Aug 23, 1855) "Singular Adventure of a Lost Child" (YC; Aug 23, 1855) |
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Die Glocke
Der Christliche Kinderzeitung The Young Spectator |
The Travels, Voyages, and Adventures of Gilbert Go-Ahead, SGG
Recollections of a Lifetime, SGG Harper Story Books: The Story of English History, JA Harper Story Books: The Story of American History, JA Harper Story Books: The Museum, JA Harper Story Books: The Three Gold Dollars, JA Rollo in Holland, JA Rollo in Geneva, JA Narrative of the General Course of History: from the earliest periods to the establishment of the American Constitution, JA Harper Story Books: Dialogues for the Amusement and Instruction of Young Persons, JA Harper Story Books: John True; or, The Christian Experience of an Honest Boy, JA Harper Story Books: The Great Elm; or, Robin Green and Josiah Lane at School, JA Harper Story Books: The Gibraltar Gallery: Being an account of various things both curious and useful, JA Harper Story Books: The engineer; or, How to Travel in the Woods, JA Harper Story Books: Elfred; or, The Blind Boy and his Pictures, JA Harper Story Books: Aunt Margaret; or, How John True Kept his Resolutions, JA The little learner: Learning to Read, JA The little learner: Learning about Common Things, JA Harper Story Books: The Alcove; containing some further account of Timboo, Mark, and Fanny, JA |
"Who are the Aggressors?" SGG
Violence in Kansas by both pro- and anti-slavery factions Charter Oak in Hartford, Connecticut, where Connecticut's charter had been hidden in 1687 when it was demanded by the power-hungry governor of Massachusetts, falls during a storm; souvenirs are made of its wood May 22: Preston Brooks, US senator from South Carolina, takes issue with remarks by Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner, & attacks him with a cane on the floor of the Senate; a measure to expell Brooks from the Senate fails to pass Aug 18: copyright law passed by Congress |
Pretty-Shield b. in late 1850s (Red Mother) |
"Carrier's Address" (MM; Jan 1856)
"A Happy New Year," by Francis Forrester (Cab; Jan 1856) "Cross Questions and Crooked Answers," by Susanna Newbould (Cab; February 1856) "Diligent David," by Francis Forrester (Cab; February 1856) "Uncle Frank in Kansas," by Francis Woodworth (Cab; June 1856) "Thanksgiving Memories," by Francis Woodworth (Cab; Oct 1856) "The Prairies of Kansas," by Francis Woodworth (Cab; Nov 1856) "Degeneracy of Stature," Thrace Talmon "A Literary Man in Distress," "Literatus" |
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Der Lämmer-Hirte; Der Lämmerhirt; Der Lämmer Hirte; Der Lammerhirte
Republication of Parley's Magazine Pioneer Young America The Young Reaper Youth's Cabinet and Little Joker Clark's School Visitor; Our Schoolday Visitor; Schoolday Visitor; Schoolday Magazine for all Homes and Schools The Child's Magazine Boys' Monthly Gazette Young America The Catholic Youth's Magazine The Young American |
Parley's Adventures of Billy Bump, SGG Peter Parley's Kaleidoscope, SGG Peter Parley's Thousand and One Stories of Fact and Fancy, Wit and Humor, Rhyme, Reason, and Romance, SGG Goodrich's Sixth School Reader, SGG History of King Richard the First of England, JA Harper Story Books: Vernon, JA Harper Story Books: Viola and Her Little Brother Arno, JA Harper Story Books: Minigo; or, The fairy of Cairnstone abbey, JA Harper Story Books: Lapstone; or, The sailor turned shoemaker, JA The Rollo Story Books: Blueberrying, JA The Rollo Story Books: Georgie, JA The Rollo Story Books: The Halo Round the Moon; or, Lucy's Visit, JA The Little Learner: Learning about Right and Wrong, JA Harper Story Books: Judge Justin; or, The Little Court of Morningdale, JA Harper Story Books: Little Paul; or, How to be patient in sickness and pain, JA Harper Story Books: Orkney the peacemaker; or, The various ways of settling disputes, JA The Rollo Story Books: The Two Wheelbarrows, JA Harper Story Books: Jasper; or, The Spoiled Child Recovered, JA Harper Story Books: Congo; or, Jasper's Experience in Command, JA Harper Story Books: Carl and Jocko; or, The Adventures of the Little Italian Boy and His Monkey, JA Madeline, a Story of the Early Spring-time, JA |
Company formed by Cyrus W. Field begins to lay Transatlantic Cable
between Ireland and Newfoundland
James Edward Allen Gibbs perfects the first practical sewing machine Mar 4: James Buchanan inaugurated as president Mar 6: Dred Scott case decided Aug 24: financial panic |
"Uncle Hiram's Pilgrimage," by William C. Cutter (M; 1857-1860)
"The Sewing-Machine" (MM; Jan 1857) "A Crooked Tree (MM; Feb 1857) "Skating--Woman's Rights," by William C. Cutter (MM; Feb 1857) advertisement for The New York Tribune (MM; Oct 1857) |
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The Excelsior
The Orphans' Friend The Sparkling Fount The Young Christian Soldier Sargent's School Monthly Young America Monthly Magazine Young People's Monthly |
Rollo in Naples, JA Rollo in Rome, JA History of King Richard the Second of England, JA History of King Richard the Third of England, JA |
Religious revival sweeps the nation
May 11: Minnesota admitted as a state Aug 5: laying of Transatlantic Cable finished Aug 16: first message sent via Transatlantic Cable Sept-Oct: Comet Donati visible, one of 3 comets in the skies Oct 9: first cross-country mail delivery |
Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa) b. (Indian Boyhood)
Theodore Roosevelt b. (Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography) |
"The Elves of the Forest Centre," by Pansy (MM; Jan 1858)
"The Song of the Snow-Bird" (MM; Jan 1858) "Pukkwana," by Susanna Newbould (MM; April 1858) "Of What is the Alphabet Composed?," by Mattie Bell (MM; July 1858) "Old Times & New," by Margaret (MM; Aug 1858) "The Atlantic Telegraph" (MM; Oct 1858) "The Atlantic Telegraph" (S&S; Oct 1858) "The Comet" [Comet Donati] (MM; Oct 1858) "The Telegraph Cable," by Laura Elmer (MM; Nov 1858) "The Comet" [Comet Donati] (MM; Nov 1858) |
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The Youth's Temperance Visitor
Youth's Gazette Children's Guest Youth's Magazine Sunday School Journal; Sunday School Journal for Teachers and Young People; Sunday School Journal for Teachers; Sunday School Journal and Bible Student's Magazine; The Sunday School Journal The Lutheran Sunday-School Herald |
First of Beadle's dime novels published: Malaeska, by Ann
Stephens History of Genghis Khan, JA The Florence Stories: Florence and John, JA The Florence stories: Grimkie, JA The Florence stories: Excursion to the Orkney Islands, JA The Florence Stories: The English Channel, JA (abt) Stories of Rainbow and Lucky: Up the River, JA American History, 1: Aboriginal America, JA American History, 2: Discovery of America, JA |
US population = 31,443,321: black = 4,442,000; free black = 488,000 Pony Express -1861 The Virginia Housewife, Mary Randolph Nov 6: Abraham Lincoln wins presidential election Dec 20: South Carolina secedes from the Union |
Luther Standing Bear b. this decade (My Indian Boyhood) |
"Letter to My Daughter Margaretta, with a Set of Merry's Museum," by William Ross Wallace (April 1860)
"Death of Samuel Goodrich" "'Peter Parley'--As Known to His Daughter," Emily Goodrich Smith |
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Young Folks' Monitor, and The World We Live In
Sunday School Paper for the South, The The Portfolio The Deaf Mute Casket |
American History, 3: The Southern Colonies, JA History of Margaret of Anjou, Queen of Henry VI of England, JA Woodville series begins, "Oliver Optic" (William T. Adams) -1867 The Seven Little Sisters Who Live on the Round Ball that Floats in the Air, Jane Andrews |
Great Comet
Southern states secede from the Union: Jan 9: Mississippi; Jan 10: Florida; Jan 11: Alabama; Jan 19: Georgia; Jan 26: Louisiana Jan 29: Kansas admitted as a free state Feb 4: Confederate States of America formed Feb 8: the Confederate States of America officially formed Feb 18: Jefferson Davis becomes president of Confederacy Mar 4: Abraham Lincoln becomes president of Union April 12-13: Fort Sumter, South Carolina, standing against Confederacy, is fired on until it is surrendered April 17: Virginia secedes from the Union April 19: blockade of Southern ports ordered More states secede: May 6: Arkansas; May 20: North Carolina; June 8: Tennessee |
The Imagined Civil War, 1861-1865, Alice Fahs |
"Crooked Spines in Girls," Helen C. Lewis
"Children, from One to Three Years of Age" "Baby Education" "How to Make Boys Love Home" "The Literary Gazette" Animals in the Civil War (YC; 1861, 1865) "The Union" (S&S; Jan 1861) "Rules for Winter" (YC; Jan 3, 1861) "The Opera Cloak" (YC; 6 June 1861) "Hail, Columbia!" (S&S; Aug 1861) "The Stars and Stripes," by John A. Andrews (S&S; July 1861) "How a Man Feels When He is Shot" (YC; Oct 3, 1861) "The Knitters" (YC; Dec 26, 1861) |
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Child's World
Monthly Voice Young People's Helper; Young People's Helper and Temperance Visitor The Children's Friend The Child's Index; Child's Delight Little American |
The Harlie Stories: The Sea-shore; or, How to Plan Pic-nics and Excursions, JA The Harlie Stories: Harlie's Letter; or, How to Learn with Little Teaching, JA American History, 4: Northern Colonies, JA The Boys of Chequasset, A.D.T. Whitney |
"Renny's Uniform" (MM; 1862)
"Why Have the Indians Disappeared?" (MM; Jan 1862) "Who Wants $4 a Day?" (MM; Mar 1862) "The Grateful Indian," by Martha G. (MM; Aug 1862) "What is a Darling?" (MM; Oct 1862) |
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Little Joker
Children's Guide |
The Florence Stories: Visit to the Isle of Wight, JA
The Harlie Stories: The New Shoes; or, Productive Work by Little Hands, JA The Harlie Stories: The French Flower; or, Be Kind and Obliging to Your Teacher, JA The Harlie Stories: Wild Peggie, JA The Harlie Stories: Friskie, the Pony; or, Do No Harm to Harmless Animals, JA American History, 5: Wars of the Colonies, JA Little Prudy series begins, "Sophie May" (Rebecca Clarke) -1865 The Good Scholar Faith Gartney's Girlhood, A.D.T. Whitney |
Free delivery of mail in cities established
Jan 1: Emancipation Proclamation takes effect June 20: West Virginia admitted to the Union Gala Days, "Gail Hamilton" (Abigail Dodge) |
Black Elk b. (Black Elk Speaks) |
"Happiest Days," "Gail Hamilton"
"Blessings of Work," by Julia E. McConaughy (MM; May 1863) "Our Heroic Dead" (S&S; Feb 1863) editorial from "The Teacher's Desk" (S&S; Feb 1863) "To the Boy Who Will Be President of the United States A. D. 1900," by Samuel Wilson (MM; April 1863) "Independence Day" (MM; July 1863) "Working Girls" (MM; Oct 1863) "Gardening for Ladies" (MM; Nov 1863) "Dreaming and Doing," by Mrs. N. McConaughy (MM; Dec 1863) |
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California Youths' Companion
The Experiment: a Juvenile Monthly The Youth's Visitor The School and Family Visitor |
Peter Parley's Own Story, SGG The Florence Stories: Florence's Return, JA John Gay; or, Work for Boys: Work for Winter, JA (abt) John Gay; or, Work for Boys: Work for Spring, JA John Gay; or, Work for Boys: Work for Summer, JA John Gay; or, Work for Boys: Work for Autumn, JA (abt) American History, 6: Revolt of the Colonies, JA American History, 7: War of the Revolution, JA Cudjo's Cave, John Townsend Trowbridge |
Oct 31: Nevada admitted as a state |
"Beadle's Dime Books"
"A New-Year's Welcome" (MM; Jan 1864) "White and Colored Slaves (Harper's Weekly; Jan 30, 1864) "Clara's Medal," by Christie Pearl (S&S; Sept 1864) "The Best Girl in School," by Phoebe H. Phelps (S&S; Oct 1864) "Industry & Idleness," by William L. Williams (S&S; Nov 1864) |
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Child's Banner
The Sunday School Standard The Young Evangelist Our Young Folks The Little Sower The Little Corporal Our Friend |
American History, 8: Washington, JA
Mary Gay; or, Work for Girls: Work for Winter, JA Mary Gay; or, Work for Girls: Work for Spring, JA Mary Gay; or, Work for Girls: Work for Summer, JA Mary Gay; or, Work for Girls: Work for Autumn, JA Army & Navy series, "Oliver Optic" (William T. Adams) -1894 Hans Brinker, Mary Mapes Dodge |
Free mail delivery established in cities of more than 50,000
Mar 4: Abraham Lincoln inaugurated for second term April 9: General Robert E. Lee capitulates to General Ulysses S. Grant April 14: Abraham Lincoln assassinated April 15: Andrew Johnson inaugurated as president Dec 13: 13th amendment adopted |
"Elva Seeking Her Fortune," by Sophie May (MM; 1865)
Eye and Ear Notes, by "Uncle James" (James Redpath) (YC; 1865) Science & technology notes (YC; 1865) Animals in the Civil War (YC; 1861, 1865) Children & changing times (YC; 1865) assassination of Abraham Lincoln (YC; 1865) "The Volunteer's Thanksgiving," by Lucy Larcom (OYF; Jan 1865) "The Color-Bearer," by John Townsend Trowbridge (OYF; Jan 1865) "The Capture of Savannah" (YC; Jan 5, 1865) "Our Exchanged Prisoners" (YC; Jan 5, 1865) advertisements for Our Young Folks & Robert Merry's Museum (YC; 12 Jan 1865) "The Veteran's Farewell," by "Blue-Eyed Lora" (MM; Feb 1865) memorial page for Adelbert Older (Feb 1865), with poetry by Belle P. R. and Adelbert Older "Adventures of a 'Merry' Boy" (MM; Feb 1865) "Allie's Christmas Eve," by "Lillie Linden" (MM; Feb 1865) "Neglected Children" (YC; Feb 23, 1865) "The City Girl," by "Gail Hamilton" (Abigail Dodge) (OYF; March 1865) "White Slaves (YC; March 9, 1865) "The Inauguration of President Lincoln" (YC; March 9, 1865) "The Would-be Lady and the True One," by Mrs. P. P. Bonney (YC; March 16, 1865) "A True Story" (reprinted; YC; March 23, 1865) "Turn About, Fair Play," by Augusta Moore (YC; April 13, 1865) "The Great National Tragedy" (YC; 27 April 1865) "Booth and Bad Literature" (YC; 11 May 1865) "Unella," by Madge (MM; June 1865) advertisements for Dr. Brown's Baby-Tender (MM; June & July 1865) two poems for July 4, 1865 (MM; July 1865) "July 4, 1865," by "Lulie" (S&S; July 1865) "The Boys' Fourth-of-July," by Julia Pratt Ballard (MM; July 1865) "The American Flag," by Mrs. P. A. Hanaford (S&S; July 1865) "The Army of the American Eagle" (LC; July 1865) editorial comment on July 4, 1865 (MM; July 1865) editorial from "The Teacher's Desk" (S&S; July 1865) "Willie Lincoln," by Emily J. Bugbee (LC; July 1865) "Victory at Last," by C. C. (MM; July 1865) "The Conspirators" (YC; 6 July 1865) "Imagination or Affectation" (YC; 13 July 1865) "The Execution" (YC; 20 July 1865) "A Soldier To-night is Our Guest" (YC; Aug 10, 1865) "Going into Business for Himself," by Mrs. P. P. Bonney (YC; 31 Aug 1865) |
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The Juvenile Instructor; Instructor; New Era
Little Bouquet; Little Bouquets; Lyceum Banner; Little Bouquet Kind Words for the Sunday School Children Spare Hours Youth's Temperance Banner Ke Alaula The Children's Friend Frank Leslie's Children's Friend; Frank Leslie's Boys' and Girls' Weekly Demorest's Young America The Busy Bee |
A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life, A. D. T. Whitney |
Woman's Rights, John Todd
Cholera epidemic ravages several cities 14th amendment adopted |
"Children's Books of the Year"
"Among the Studios, no. 3," by T. B. Aldrich & Winslow Homer (OYF; July 1866) "How Engravings are Made" (LC; Aug 1866) "Patriotic Eagle" (YC; 9 Aug 1866) "The Veteran Eagle," by Maria S. Cummins (OYF; Oct 1866) "The Veteran Eagle: A Correction" (LC; Nov 1866) "The Veteran Eagle; and What the Children Did," by Alfred Sewell (LC; Dec 1866) "How to Go to School," by H. E. B. (LC; Dec 1866) |
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Die Christliche Kinderzeitung
Young Americans The Children's Hour Little Chief The Nursery Riverside Magazine for Young People Southern Boys' and Girls' Monthly Oliver Optic's Magazine: Our Boys and Girls; Oliver Optic's Magazine The School and Fireside The Young Catholic's Guide The Burke's Weekly for Boys and Girls; Burke's Magazine for Boys and Girls |
Ragged Dick, Horatio Alger
Starry Flag series, "Oliver Optic" (William T. Adams) Good Old Times, Elijah Kellogg |
Wool-Gathering, by "Gail Hamilton" [Abigail Dodge]
US purchases Alaska from Russia: $7,200,000 Mar 1: Nebraska admitted as a state Dec 2: Charles Dickens gives his first reading during his second tour of the US |
Wool-Gathering, by "Gail Hamilton" [Abigail Dodge]
Rogers groups in the Little Corporal (1867) "Swinging on a Birch-Tree," by Lucy Larcom & Winslow Homer (OYF; June 1867) "Bird-Catching," by R. H. Stoddard & Winslow Homer (OYF; Aug 1867) "Living in an Omnibus," by Louisa May Alcott (MM; Oct 1867) "The Two Burials," by Julia Pratt Ballard (MM; Nov 1867) |
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The Sunday School Messenger
Young People's Magazine The Little Gleaner Guiding Star: A Sunday Paper for Boys and Girls Little Messenger Boys' and Girls' New Monthly Magazine Good Words for the Young The Young Folks' News |
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
Elsie Dinsmore, Martha Finley |
Dec 3: trial of Jefferson Davis begins
Woman's Wrongs, "Gail Hamilton" |
"Two Ways of Being Manly," by F. W. A. P. (MM; 1868)
Cousin Tribulation's story, by Louisa May Alcott (MM; Jan 1868) "Watching the Crows," by John Townsend Trowbridge & Winslow Homer (OYF; June 1868) "Strawberries," by John Townsend Trowbridge & Winslow Homer (OYF; July 1868) "Green Apples," by John Townsend Trowbridge & Winslow Homer (OYF; Aug 1868) |
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Golden Hours
The Little Folks Scattered Seeds Onward; Mayne Reid's Magazine Onward The Bright Side; Bright Side and Family Circle Sunday School Companion The Young Crusader The Young American |
An Old-Fashioned Girl, Louisa May Alcott
Little Women, part 2, Louisa May Alcott |
Popular Amusements, by J. T. Crane
Cross-continental railroad completed Feb 15: charges against Jefferson Davis dropped Mar 4: Ulysses S. Grant becomes president (-1877) |
Popular Amusements, by J. T. Crane
"A Frightened Tiger" (YC; 29 July 1869) "Not Complimentary to Utah" (YC; Oct 28, 1869) Review of John Greenleaf Whittier's Illustrated Ballads of New England (YC; Nov 1869) "Sissy's Ride in the Moon," by Annette Bishop & Mary Ann Hallock (OYC; Nov 1869) |
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Der Jugend-Pilger
The Infants' Delight; Infants' Delight The Pacific Youth Pictures and Stories Young Folks' Monthly Young Folks' Rural The Young Sportsman Young Sportsman The Little Corporal's School Festival; School Festival; National School Festival Work and Play The Pious Youth Our Leisure Moments American Boy's Magazine; Philadelphia Monthly The Young Catholic |
The Juno Stories: Juno and Georgie, JA
The Juno Stories: Juno on a Journey, JA The Juno Stories: Mary Osborne, JA The Juno Stories: Hubert, JA We Girls, A Home Story, A.D.T. Whitney Little Pussy Willow, Harriet Beecher Stowe William Henry's Letters to His Grandmother, Abby Morton Diaz |
US population = 39,818,449
Jan 26: Virginia readmitted to the Union Feb 23: Mississippi readmitted to the Union Mar 30: Texas readmitted to the Union; 15th amendment adopted July 15: Georgia readmitted to the Union |
"The Doctor's Little Girl," by C. Alice Baker (MM; 1870)
"Young Italy in Boston," by "Stella" (MM; Jan 1870) "Hunting Eggs," by Mary Ann Hallock (OYF; Jan 1870) "The Chinese in California," by Lucy St. John (MM; Feb 1870) "At Grandma' |