The Comic History of the United States

About this eBook

Author

Sherwood, John D., 1818-1891

Title

The comic history of the United States, from a period prior to the discovery of America to times long subsequent to the present

Original Publication

United States: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1869.

Credits

Emmanuel Ackerman, KD Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

E151: History: America: United States

Subject

United States -- History -- Humor

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 70987

Release Date

June 16, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE COMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES,
2. 2.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.PREFATORY.
5. 5.BOOK FIRST. DISCOVERIES. B. C. TO 1607 A. D. — CHAPTER I. OF AMERICA BEFORE ITS DISCOVERY IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. B. C.-1000 A. D. — CHAPTER II. OF THE DISCOVERIES IN AMERICA DURING THE ELEVENTH, FIFTEENTH, SIXTEENTH, AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES. 1000–1607. — CHAPTER III. ON THE INDIAN CHARACTER.
6. 6.BOOK SECOND. SETTLEMENTS AND COLONIES. 1607 TO 1775. — CHAPTER I. OF AMERICAN SETTLEMENTS GENERALLY. — CHAPTER II. THE SETTLEMENTS OF VIRGINIA, DELAWARE, MARYLAND, THE CAROLINAS, AND GEORGIA. — CHAPTER III. JOHN SMITH. — CHAPTER IV. OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. — CHAPTER V. THE SETTLEMENT OF NEW YORK. — CHAPTER VI. THE SETTLEMENT OF NEW JERSEY. — CHAPTER VII. THE SETTLEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA. — CHAPTER VIII. THE COLONIES IN THE UPPER HALF OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. — CHAPTER IX. WITCHCRAFT. — CHAPTER X. OF THE MANNERS, MORALS, HABITS, AND LAWS OF THE COLONISTS IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. — CHAPTER XI. THE COLONIES IN THE LOWER HALF OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. — CHAPTER XII. THE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE AMERICAN BELT. 1754 TO 1763. — CHAPTER XIII. CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
7. 7.BOOK THIRD. THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 1775 TO 1789. — CHAPTER I. THE FIRST TURN OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WHEEL. GRIEVANCES; THE PREPARATION; THE START. — CHAPTER II. JULY FOURTH, 1776, AND SO FORTH. — CHAPTER III. SECOND TURN OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WHEEL; ITS ECCENTRIC BUT ONWARD MOVEMENTS. 1776–1780. — CHAPTER IV. THE LAST TURN OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WHEEL; ACCELERATIONS; SLOWINGS; THE GRIST. 1780–1783. — CHAPTER V. HOW A POOR CONSTITUTION BROKE DOWN.
8. 8.BOOK FOURTH. THE UNITED STATES. 1789 TO 1869 AND ONWARDS. — CHAPTER I. THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. 1777–1787. — CHAPTER II. CONSTRUCTION; OR, WASHINGTON’S ADMINISTRATION. 1789–1797. — CHAPTER III. OLD FAMILY PORTRAITS. — CHAPTER IV. THE STRUGGLE AND FALL OF FEDERALISM; OR, JOHN ADAMS’S ADMINISTRATION. 1797–1801. — CHAPTER V. THE CHIEF AMERICAN PRODUCTIONS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. — CHAPTER VI. DEMOCRACY IN POWER; OR, JEFFERSON’S ADMINISTRATION. 1801–1809. — CHAPTER VII. THE UNITED STATES AT SEA; OR, MADISON’S CRUISE. 1809–1817. — CHAPTER VIII. THE ERA OF GOOD-WILL; OR, MONROE’S NESTING. 1817–1825. — CHAPTER IX. TROUBLES BUBBLE; OR, THE SORROWS OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 1825–1829. — CHAPTER X. THE AGE OF HICKORY; OR, JACKSON’S EPOCH. 1829–1837. — CHAPTER XI. THE DUTCH REIGN OF MARTIN VAN BUREN. 1837–1841. — CHAPTER XII. THE HARRISON-TYLER TROUPE; HOW IT PLAYED. 1841–1845. — CHAPTER XIII. POLK’S WHIRL; OR, THE AMERICAN POLKA. 1845–1849. — CHAPTER XIV. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ON THE AMERICAN HALF-SHELL. — CHAPTER XV. THE BEGINNING OF STRIFE; OR, THE TAYLOR AND FILLMORE WEBBING. 1849–1853. — CHAPTER XVI. THE UNION PIERCED; OR, PIERCE’S TURN. 1853–1857. — CHAPTER XVII. COTTON-SEEDS SPROUT; OR, BUCHANAN’S ADMINISTRATION. 1857–1861. — CHAPTER XVIII. OUR NEWER NATIONAL ALBUM. — CHAPTER XIX. THE WAR OF IDEAS AND MUSKET; OR, LINCOLN’S ADMINISTRATION. 1861–1865. — Division First. — Division Second. — Division Third. Cotton Worsted. January 1, 1864, to April 14, 1865. — CHAPTER XX. VELOCIPEDAL. — CHAPTER XXI. PUZZLES AND CROSS-READINGS; OR, JOHNSON’S ENTERTAINMENTS. APRIL 14, 1865, TO MARCH 4, 1869. — CHAPTER XXII. TAKEN FOR GRANTED; OR, WHAT IS EXPECTED OF GRANT AND THE AMERICAN FUTURE. MARCH 4, 1869, TO ——.

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