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111 of 111 (100%) sections assigned

111 of 111 (100%) sections completed

This project has a dedicated proof-listener who will listen to all sections: Kitty

SectionTitleReaderNotesListen UrlStatus
1 An August morning with Farragut, by W. H. Overend, American painter, painting, frontispiece  Kitty PL OK
2 The United States, Volume II: Part I: The colonies win their freedom: Historical note  Kitty PL OK
3 Congress and Valley Forge (1777-1778), by John Fiske  Kitty PL OK
4 Baron Steuben drilling the colonial troops at Valley Forge, by Edwin A. Abbey, American artist, 1852, painting p. 4  Kitty PL OK
5 The message of Lydia Darrah (1777), by Elizabeth F. Ellet  neecheelok70 PL OK
6 Mollie Pitcher (1787), by Kate Brownlee Sherwood  alanmapstone PL OK
7 The capture of Major André (1780), by Jared Sparks  ColleenMc PL OK
8 A visit to General Marion (1781), by Charles Carleton Coffin  ColleenMc PL OK
9 When Cornwallis surrendered (1781), By Burton Egbert Stevenson  RitaBoutros PL OK
10 George III acknowledges the independence of the colonies (1782), by Elkanah Watson  RitaBoutros PL OK
11 When Washington resigned his commission (1783), by R. M. Devens  RitaBoutros PL OK
12 The United States, Volume II: Part II: Life in revolutionary days: Historical note  WiltedScribe PL OK
13 The Meschianza at Philadelphia (1778), by John F. Watson  adrianstephens PL OK
14 A New England Thanksgiving dinner in 1779, by Juliana Smith  Piotrek81 PL OK
15 A call on Lady Washington in 1780, by Charles D. Platt  WiltedScribe PL OK
16 How people traveled in revolutionary times (1775-1781), by John Bach McMaster  Piotrek81 PL OK
17 Abraham Davenport (1780), by John G. Whittier  alanmapstone PL OK
18 The United States, Volume II: Part III: The first years of the nation: Historical note  knotyouraveragejo PL OK
19 America, by Samuel Francis Smith  WiltedScribe PL OK
20 How Philadelphia celebrated the ratification of the Constitution (1788), by John Bach McMaster  RitaBoutros PL OK
21 The first Inauguration Day (1789), by John Bach McMaster  RitaBoutros PL OK
22 The death of Washington (1799)  mightyfelix PL OK
23 Red Jacket and the missionary (end of the eighteenth century), by Charles H. L. Johnston  valeriemarino PL OK
24 The burning of the Philadelphia (1804), by Cyrus Townssend Brady  Availle PL OK
25 The trials of the British Minister in Jefferson's administration (1803-1809), by James Parton  neecheelok70 PL OK
26 The Clermont's first advertisement  Kitty PL OK
27 The United States, Volume II: Part IV: The Louisiana Territory: Historical note  knotyouraveragejo PL OK
28 Napoleon plans to sell Louisiana (1803), by A. E. Winship and Robert W. Wallace  GregGiordano PL OK
29 The ''bargain'' purchase of the Louisiana Territory (1803), by James Parton  GregGiordano PL OK
30 Taking possession of Louisiana Territory, by Thure de Thulstrupp, painting p. 114  WiltedScribe PL OK
31 Exploring the Louisiana Territory, by James Parton  GregGiordano PL OK
32 Lewis and Clarke at the source of the Missouri, from their journal  alanmapstone PL OK
33 Sa-Cá-Ga-We-A (1804), by Edna Dean Proctor  alanmapstone PL OK
34 The United States, Volume II: Part V: The war of 1812: Historical note  knotyouraveragejo PL OK
35 What caused the second war with England (1812), by Agnes C. Laut  neecheelok70 PL OK
36 How Winfield Scott rescued the Irishmen, by James Barnes  neecheelok70 PL OK
37 On the capture of the Guerrière, by Philip Freneau  Kitty PL OK
38 The Shannon and the Chesapeake (1813), by Thomas Tracy Bouvé  alanmapstone PL OK
39 How Perry saved the Northwest (1813), by Charles Morris  neecheelok70 PL OK
40 The battle of Lake Erie, from an engraving, painting p. 148  MegH PL OK
41 The Star-Spangled Banner (1814), by Francis Scott Key  WiltedScribe PL OK
42 Tecumseh, the Indian Brigadier-General (1813), by Charles H. L. Johnston  Availle PL OK
43 The Privateers of 1812, by Willis J. Abbot  RitaBoutros PL OK
44 The ''Horse-Marines'' of 1814, by John Bach McMaster  ToddHW PL OK
45 The United States, Volume II: Part VI: A period of growth and expansion: Historical note  knotyouraveragejo PL OK
46 The opening of the Erie Canal, by John Bach McMaster  alanmapstone PL OK
47 The guest of the Nation, by Daniel Webster  ToddHW PL OK
48 The highest peak of the Rocky Mountains, by John Charles Frémont  mightyfelix PL OK
49 The first telegram, by R. M. Devens  adr6090 PL OK
50 A little Scotch pioneer in Wisconsin (the first half of the nineteenth century), by John Muir  ToddHW PL OK
51 The United States, Volume II: Part VII: The Mexican War: Historical note  knotyouraveragejo PL OK
52 ''Remember the Alamo !'', by Cyrus Townsend Brady  mightyfelix PL OK
53 The importance of one vote, by W. H. Vail  thestorygirl PL OK
54 The storming of Chapultepec (1847), by James Barnes  adrianstephens PL OK
55 The United States, Volume II: Part VIII: California: Historical note  WiltedScribe PL OK
56 When the English discovered California (1577-1579), by Edward Everett Hale  Piotrek81 PL OK
57 On the California Coast in the Thirties, by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.  ColleenMc PL OK
58 How the ''Forty-Niners'' reached California, by Henry Childs Merwin  Piotrek81 PL OK
59 Early business days in San Francisco (1849-1853), by Henry Childs Merwin  ColleenMc PL OK
60 The United States, Volume II: Part IX: The shadow of Civil War: Historical note  neecheelok70 PL OK
61 The ''Broadcloth Mob'' of Boston (1835), by Harriet Martineau  adr6090 PL OK
62 On the underground railway (about 1858), by Francis Grierson  neecheelok70 PL OK
63 The great Lincoln-Douglas debate (1858), by Francis Grierson  mleigh PL OK
64 Just before the war (1858), by Morris Schaff  IlliniThom PL OK
65 The last moment of John Brown, by Thomas Hovenden, born in Ireland, 1810, died in America in 1895, painting p. 290  Kitty PL OK
66 The United States, Volume II: Part X: From Fort Sumter to Chancellorsville: Historical note  neecheelok70 PL OK
67 The bombardment of Fort Sumter (1861), by Orville J. Victor  srewis194 PL OK
68 Battle-Hymn of the Republic (1861), by Julia Ward Howe  alanmapstone PL OK
69 The gathering of the Great Army (1861), by Charles Carleton Coffin  neecheelok70 PL OK
70 Jonathan to John, by James Russell Lowell  alanmapstone PL OK
71 The Merrimac and the monitor (1862), by John S. Wise  neecheelok70 PL OK
72 Taken prisoner at Shiloh (1862), by Henry M. Stanley  neecheelok70 PL OK
73 The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation, by Francis Bicknell Carpenter (United States, 1830-1900), painting p. 346  mightyfelix PL OK
74 Boston Hymn, by Ralph Waldo Emerson  alanmapstone PL OK
75 The United States, Volume II: Part XI: The turning-point: Historical note  neecheelok70 PL OK
76 ''Stonewall'' Jackson by the river (1863), by Mary Johnston  valeriemarino PL OK
77 A three-hour truce at Vicksburg (1863), by W. H. Tunnard, of the Confederate Army  valeriemarino PL OK
78 Union gunboats on the Mississippi, from an engraving, painting p. 366  alanmapstone PL OK
79 A drummer-boy at Gettysburg (1863), by Harry M. Kieffer  smlavine PL OK
80 John Burns of Gettysburg (1863), by Bret Harte  alanmapstone PL OK
81 The Gettysburg Address, by Abraham Lincoln  WiltedScribe PL OK
82 Alabama dressmaking in the days of the Blockade (1861-1865), by Parthenia Antoinette Hague  ColleenMc PL OK
83 General order number 11, by G. C. Brigham, painting p. 390  MegH PL OK
84 The United States, Volume II: Part XII: The end of the struggle: Historical note  neecheelok70 PL OK
85 The Battle of the Crater, Petersburg, by J. D. Woodward, painting p. 406  adrianstephens PL OK
86 The day of the evacuation of Richmond (1865), by Morris Schaff  valeriemarino PL OK
87 Carrying a message to General Lee, by John S. Wise  neecheelok70 PL OK
88 Lee's surrender (1865), by Morris Schaff  valeriemarino PL OK
89 America after the Civil War, by William Ewart Gladstone  GregGiordano PL OK
90 The United States, Volume II: Part XIII: Stories of the Western Indians: Historical note  neecheelok70 PL OK
91 A Choctaw holiday (about 1850), by George Catlin  Piotrek81 PL OK
92 What the Indians thought of the White Men, by George Bird Grinnell  neecheelok70 PL OK
93 The Indian story of the Custer tragedy (1877), by James McLaughlin  neecheelok70 PL OK
94 The Temecula Valley, and American Grand Pré (1869), by Helen Hunt Jackson  Availle PL OK
95 The United States, Volume II: Part XIV: The Spanish War: Historical note  Piotrek81 PL OK
96 Cuba to Columbia, by Will Carleton (April, 1896)  alanmapstone PL OK
97 The sinking of the Maine (1898), by Willis J. Abbot  adr6090 PL OK
98 The battle of Santiago (1898), from the account of a newspaper correspondent  MegH PL OK
99 The charge at El Caney, by Frank T. Merrill, painting p. 488  MegH PL OK
100 The flag goes by, by Henry Holcomb Bennett  WiltedScribe PL OK
101 The United States, Volume II: Part XV: The twentieth century: Historical note  knotyouraveragejo PL OK
102 The romance of the reindeer (1905), by Mary Gay Humphreys  Piotrek81 PL OK
103 Totem poles, Alaska, photograph p. 504  Kitty PL OK
104 Learning coal-mining, by Joseph Husband  valeriemarino PL OK
105 The social value of the telephone in the United States, by Herbert N. Casson  Piotrek81 PL OK
106 How the Panama railroad was built (1849-1855), by Hugh C. Weir  Availle PL OK
107 The steam shovel at Panama, by Hugh C. Weir  Availle PL OK
108 The triumph of the wireless (1909), by Captain J. B. Ranson, R.N.R.  Availle PL OK
109 The National Red Cross at work, by Constance D. Leupp  mightyfelix PL OK
110 Gettysburg fifty years after, photograph p. 558  Kitty PL OK
111 ''America for me'', by Henry van Dyke  Kitty PL OK