Folly Cove 01930: 249 books

Mining Cinnabar, Quicksilver, Mercury, a necessity for process of removing gold and silver from ore, started at New Almaden just in time for the gold production in California. The heavily contaminated site is now closed to all, but in 1865 it was in full production.

This mid nineteenth century account of Eaton's efforts to restore Hamet Bashaw to the Throne of Tripoli was one of the first accounts of the expedition to come to print.

In The Cradle Lands at Lent and Good Friday 1868 describes a mid nineteenth century visit to the Holy Lands, Jerusalem and Palestine, with a trip to the Holy Sepulcher and a description of the services on Good Friday.

Follow a barge of Ore from the mines to Boonton New Jersey in the mid 19th century, with glimpses of the tow boat life and the New Jersey wilds, into the hands of the nail makers, with their furnaces and machinery. A good look at New Jersey and at the manufacturing of Nails in New Jersey at the time of the Civil War.

Written in 1859, this introduction to the Croton, as it winds its way to New York City, gives a pleasant insight into the city of New York and the surrounding areas during the mid Nineteenth century, highlighting the engineering accomplishment that is the Croton Aqueduct and the improvements to city life that it provided.

Take a cruise on the Iron Clad Passaic as it survives rough seas and storms to take part in the bombardment of Sumter in 1862.

Ancient Monuments of the United States is a brief survey of the remains of Native American Fortifications, Places of Worship, Sepulchral Mounds and other remains of the civilization that occupied the Eastern Seaboard and Mississippi Valley prior to European Colonization. Written in the mid 19th century...

The Civil War Era Adventure of a ship on Blockade duty as she goes after two Confederate Blockade Runners, the Wilde Dayrell and the Nutfield. Illustrated.

Making money in 1861 takes us on a tour through the process of producing money – from the receipt of gold and silver bullion at the assay office, to the production of coins at the mint, with a final stop at the American Bank Note Company where the process of producing notes – paper money is explained.

Silver mining was a hot topic in the mid nineteenth century, with one discovery following another in the western United States. Across the border in Mexico the mines were much older, and not being worked with the modern methods of US mining. This is a mid nineteenth century tour of some of those mines.

This is a first person narrative of the Perry expedition to Japan. Sailing in November 1852, Perry arrived in China in May of 1853 before proceeding to Japan. His small fleet, through determined action and implied threats, forced the Japanese to open their country to  trade with the United States,...