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Table of Contents of CD #1 -- US History

  • Colonial Period
  • Revolution
  • Early Republic
  • Civil War
  • After Civil War
  • Native American
  • Black History, Slavery, and Abolition
  • History Documents
  • Special Topics
  • General
  • Table of Contents of CD #2 -- All History Except US History

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    Table of Contents of CD #4 -- Social Science, Philosophy, etc.

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    Mercy Otis Warren, conscience of the American Revolution

    I entered these works by Mercy Otis Warren by hand. (The old type, with "s" that looks like "f" and other peculiarities characteristic of the time, makes this text impossible to scan). I have modernized the spelling and punctuation and made other edits for readability. Please let me know of typos, so I can fix them promptly. Richard Seltzer seltzer@samizdat.com

     Mercy Warren's entry in the Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th edition, 1911:

    "Warren, Mercy (1728-1814), American writer, sister of James Otis, was born at Barnstable, Mass., and in 1754 married James Warren (1726-1808) of Plymouth, Mass., a college friend of her brother. Her literary inclinations were fostered by both these men, and she began early to write poems and prose essays. As member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1766-1774) and its speaker (1776-1777 and 1787-1788), member (1774 and 1775) and president (1775) of the Provincial Congress, and paymaster-general in 1775, James Warren took a leading part in the events of the American revolutionary period, and his wife followed its progress with keen interest. Her gifts of satire were utilized in her political dramas, The Adulator (1773) and The Group (1775); and John Adams, whose wife Abigail was Mercy Warren's close friend, encouraged her to further efforts. Her tragedies "The Sack of Rome" and "The Ladies of Castile," were included in her Poems, Dramatic and Miscellaneous (1790), dedicated to General Washington. Apart from their historical interest among the beginnings of American literature, Mercy Warren's poems have no permanent value. In 1805 she published a History of the American Revolution, which was colored by somewhat outspoken personal criticism and was bitterly resented by John Adams (see his correspondence, published by the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1878). James Warren died in 1808, and his wife followed him on the 19th of October 1814."

    Plays

    Observations on the new Constitution, and on the Federal and State Conventions, 1788. Pamphlet against the Constitution, formerly attributed to Elbridge Gerry, now acknowledged as written by Mercy Otis Warren

    Chronology of Mercy Otis Warren 1728 - 1814 by King Dykeman, Philosophy Department, Fairfield University

    Introduction to the work of Mercy Otis Warren 1728 - 1814 by King Dykeman, Philosophy Department, Fairfield University

    Introduction to Observations on the New Constitution by Mercy Otis Warrenby King Dykeman, Philosophy Department, Fairfield University

    The Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution

    "Mercy Warren: Conscience of the American Revolution" a detailed review of this book by Richard Seltzer

    The original 3-volume work is 1317 pages long. Mercy wrote early drafts of this work near the time of the events described, and completed the work about four years before its appeared in 1805. She explains the delay as due to health problems, temporary bouts of blindness, and grief at the death of her only son.

    Mercy writes in the third person even when dealing with events involving her immediate family. Keep in mind that James Otis (early advocate of the rights of the colonies) was her brother, James Warren (speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives) was her husband, and Winslow Warren (would-be diplomat) was her son.



    Table of Contents of CD #2 -- All History Except US History

    African History (see also South Africa)

    Ancient History

    Arab

    Armenia

    History of Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea

    Balkan States

    Belgium

    British History

    Canadian History

    Ceylon, Sri Lanka

    Chinese History

    Czechoslovakia, Czech, Slovakia, and Bohemia

    Danish History

    Egyptian History (modern)

  • Quinze Jours en Egypte by Fernand Neuray
  • Exploration in Africa, Asia, Antarctica, the Arctic, and the South Pacific


    French History