geographical, political, and historical; with comparative views of other countries

with an alphabetical analysis; the declaration of independence; the prominent political acts of George Washington; electoral votes for all the presidents and vice-presidents; the high authorities and civil officers of government, from March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1847; chronological narrative of the several states; and other interesting matter; with a descriptive account of the state papers, public documents, and other sources of political and statistical information at the seat of government

a complete history and description of the semaphoric, electric and magnetic telegraphs of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, ancient and modern

made during the second Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, in 1853, 1854 and 1855 at Van Rensselaer Harbor, and other points in the vicinity of the northwest coast of Greenland

eine ethnographische Skizze