Reading American Horizons: Primary Sources for U.S. History in a Global Context [1, 3 ed.] 9780190698034, 0190698039

Table of contents :
1.1. SWIMMER AS TOLD TO JAMES MOONEY, "ORIGIN OF DISEASE AND MEDICINE,"
(1880s AND UNDATED ORAL TRADITIONS)......Page 14
1.2. FERNANDO AND JUANA, MONARCHS OF CASTILE AND ARAGON (SPAIN), "INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BY THE MONARCHS TO RODRIGO DE ALBURQUERQUE AND TO LICENTIATE IBARRA TO BE CARRIED OUT DURING THE GENERAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE INDIANS IN THE ISLAND OF HISPANIOLA," EXCERPTS (1513)......Page 16
1.3. LETTERS FROM AFONSO, KING OF KONGO, TO JOÃO Ill, KING OF PORTUGAL (1526)......Page 19
1.4. RODRIGO RANGEL, "ACCOUNT OF THE NORTHERN CONQUEST AND DISCOVERY OF HERNANDO DE SOTO" (1540)......Page 21
1.5. VISUAL DOCUMENT: TEXAS FRAGMENT, "ARRIVAL OF CORTÉS AND MALINTZÍN ATLIHUETZYAN" (1530s OR 1540s)......Page 22
2.1. RICHARD HAKLUYT, EXCERPTS FROM "A BRIEF RELATION OF TWO SUNDRY VOYAGES" (1598)......Page 24
2.2. VISUAL DOCUMENT: SIMON VAN DE PASSE AND COMPTON HOLLAND, PORTRAIT OF POCAHONTAS (1616)......Page 26
2.3. FRAY ALONSO DE BENAVIDES, EXCERPTS FROM "PETITION TO RESTRICT INDIAN TRIBUTE AND PERSONAL SERVICE" (c. 1630)......Page 27
2.4. JACQUES GRAVIER'S ACCOUNT OF THE MARRIAGE OF MARIE ROUENSA (1694)......Page 29
3.1. VISUAL DOCUMENT: RICHARD FORD, A NEW MAP OF THE ISLAND OF BARBADOES (1674)......Page 31
3.2. COMMITTEE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY GENERAL COURT, "A MEMORANDUM OF INDIAN CHILDREN PUT FORTH INTO SERVICE TO THE ENGLISH" (1676)......Page 32
3.3. DECLARATION OF JOSEPHE FOLLOWING THE PUEBLO REVOLT (1681)......Page 34
3.4. GERMANTOWN QUAKER MEETING, "REASONS WHY WE ARE AGAINST THE TRAFFIC OF MEN-BODY" (1688)......Page 36
4.1. BOSTON NEWS-LETTER, EDITORIAL FAVORING INDENTURED SERVITUDE OVER SLAVERY (1706)......Page 38
4.2. VISUAL DOCUMENT: GUILLAUME DE L'ISLE, CARTE DE LA LOUISIANE ET DU COURS DU MISSISSIPI (MAP OF LOUISIANA AND COURSE OF THE MISSISSIPPI) (1718)......Page 40
4.3. A FRENCH COLONIST'S ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGINS OF THE FIRST FRANCO-CHICKASAW WAR (1736)......Page 41
4.4. EXCERPTS FROM SAUKAMAPPEE'S ACCOUNT OF THE ADVENT OF HORSES AND GUNS TO THE BLACKFEET, AS TOLD TO DAVID THOMPSON (1787-1788)......Page 42
5.1. ENGLISH COPY OF A CATAWBA DEERSKIN MAP (c. 1721)......Page 45
5.2. FUTURE RESIDENTS OF GRACIA REAL DE MOSE, FLORIDA, LETTER TO PHILIP V, KING OF SPAIN (1738)......Page 47
5.3. CANASSATEGO (ONONDAGA), EXCERPTS FROM HIS RESPONSE TO A DELAWARE COMPLAINT CONCERNING THE WALKING PURCHASE (1742)......Page 48
5.4. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, EXCERPTS FROM "OBSERVATIONS ON THE INCREASE OF MANKIND" (1751)......Page 50
5.5. DIARY OF HANNAH HEATON, EXCERPTS FROM HER RECOLLECTIONS OF THE GREAT AWAKENING (1750s)......Page 53
6.1. KING CHARLES Ill OF SPAIN, APPOINTMENT OF JOSÉ DE GÁLVEZ AS VISITOR GENERAL TO NEW SPAIN (1765)......Page 55
6.2. WILLIAM PITT, OPPOSING THE STAMP ACT IN PARLIAMENT (1766)......Page 56
6.3. JOHN DICKINSON, "THE LIBERTY SONG" (1768)......Page 57
6.4. THOMAS HUTCHINSON, EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS TO GREAT BRITAIN DESCRIBING POPULAR UNREST (1768, 1769)......Page 58
6.5. ABIGAIL ADAMS, EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS TO JOHN ADAMS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL AND CONDITIONS IN BOSTON (1775)......Page 59
7.1 VISUAL DOCUMENT: PIERRE LE BEAU, PORTRAIT OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1780s)......Page 61
7.2. DIARY OF SURGEON ALBIGENCE WALDO, EXCERPTS DESCRIBING THE CONTINENTAL ARMY'S ENCAMPMENT AT VALLEY FORGE (1777)......Page 62
7.3 BOSTON KING, EXCERPTS FROM "MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF BOSTON KING: A BLACK PREACHER" (1798)......Page 63
7.4. JAMES MADISON, EXCERPTS FROM "FEDERALIST NO. 51" (1788)......Page 65
7.5. MERCY OTIS WARREN, OBSERVATIONS ON THE NEW CONSTITUTION, AND THE FEDERAL AND STATE CONVENTIONS BY ACOLUMBIAN PATRIOT (1788)......Page 66
8.1. GREENLEAF'S NEW YORK JOURNAL, ANONYMOUS LETTERS REPORTING ON CROWD PROTESTS AGAINST THE JAY TREATY IN PHILADELPHIA (1795)......Page 68
8.2. VISUAL DOCUMENT: ANONYMOUS CARTOONIST, THE PROVIDENTIAL DETECTION (c. 1797-1800)......Page 69
8.3. JAMES BAYARD, EXCERPTS FROM A LETTER TO ALEXANDER HAMILTON DESCRIBING HIS DILEMMA IN THE DISPUTED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1800 (JANUARY 7, 1801)......Page 71
8.4. JAMES MATHER AND WILLIAM CLAIBORNE, EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS REGARDING CARIBBEAN MIGRANTS IN NEW ORLEANS (1809)......Page 72
8.5. VISUAL DOCUMENT: JOHN WESLEY JARVIS, PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN SAMUEL CHESTER REID (1815)......Page 73
9.1. JOURNAL OF BENJAMIN CARPENTER, REFLECTIONS ON THE INDIA TRADE (1790)......Page 75
9.2. ELI WHITNEY AND THOMAS JEFFERSON, LETTERS ON THE PATENTING OF THE COTTON GIN (1793)......Page 76
9.3. SUSANNAH ROWSON, PREFACE TO CHARLOTTE TEMPLE (1794)......Page 77
9.4. VISUAL DOCUMENT: TODDY JUG WITH PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON (c. 1800-1820)......Page 79
10.1. WILLIAM SAMPSON, EXCERPTS FROM PEOPLE V. MELVIN IN DEFENSE OF THE NEW YORK JOURNEYMEN SHOEMAKERS (1809)......Page 80
10.2. BASIL HALL, EXCERPTS FROM TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA IN THE YEARS 1827 AND 1828 (1829)......Page 81
10.3. VISUAL DOCUMENT: PAPER ELECTION TICKET FOR MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY (1828)......Page 83
10.4. EDITOR OF THE EASTERN ARGUS, EXCERPTS FROM COVERAGE OF FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS IN PORTLAND, MAINE(JULY 9, 1830)......Page 84
10.5. ANDREW JACKSON, VETO OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES (JULY 10, 1832)......Page 85
11.1. VISUAL DOCUMENT: FAN WITH VIEW OF FOREIGN FACTORIES AT CANTON (1790-1800)......Page 87
11.2. CHEROKEE WOMEN, "PETITION" (JUNE 30, 1818)......Page 88
11.3. THE PHALANX, EXCERPTS FROM "THE STRIKE FOR WAGES" (NOVEMBER 4, 1843) AND "THE TEN HOUR SYSTEM" (MAY 18, 1844)......Page 89
11.4. JOSÉ ENRIQUE DE LA PEÑA, EXCERPT FROM WITH SANTA ANNA IN TEXAS: A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF THE REVOLUTION (1836)......Page 90
11.5. AMY MELENDA GALUSHA, LETTER TO AARON LELAND GALUSHA (APRIL 3, 1849)......Page 92
12.1 DAVID WALKER, "PREAMBLE" FROM APPEAL TO THE COLORED CITIZENS OF THE WORLD (1829)......Page 94
12.2. VISUAL DOCUMENT: WOODCUT, ''A HORRID MASSACRE'' (1831)......Page 96
12.3. CHARLES G. FINNEY, EXCERPTS FROM "WHAT A REVIVAL OF RELIGION IS" (1835)......Page 97
12.4. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, "DECLARATION OF SENTIMENTS" (1848)......Page 99
12.5. WALT WHITMAN, ONE'S SELF I SING (1871)......Page 101
13.1 VISUAL DOCUMENT: GEORGE CATLIN, COMANCHE FEATS OF HORSEMANSHIP (1834)......Page 102
13.2. EXCERPT FROM ARTICLE 11, TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO (FEBRUARY 2, 1848)......Page 103
13.3. GOVERNOR JAMES HENRY HAMMOND,EXCERPTS FROM A LETTER TO THOMAS CLARKSON (1845)......Page 104
13.4. REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM (1856)......Page 108
13.5. VICTOR HUGO, VISUAL DOCUMENT: "JOHN BROWN" (DECEMBER 2, 1859)......Page 110
13.6. STEPHEN F. HALE, EXCERPTS FROM A LETTER TO B. MAGOFFIN (DECEMBER 27, 1860)......Page 111
14.1. CORPORAL WILBUR FISK, EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS TO THE GREEN MOUNTAIN FREEMAN (MAY 20, 1862, AND APRIL 7, 1864)......Page 115
14.2. SPOTSWOOD RICE, LETTERS WRITTEN FROM HOSPITAL (SEPTEMBER 3, 1864)......Page 117
14.3. CATHERINE EDMONSTON, EXCERPTS FROM DIARY (JANUARY 9, 1865)......Page 119
14.4. VISUAL DOCUMENT: ANDREW J. RUSSELL, RUINS IN RICHMOND (1865)......Page 120
14.5. VISUAL DOCUMENT: ALBANY EVENING JOURNAL, "GENERAL LEE AND HIS ARMY HAVE SURRENDERED" (APRIL 10, 1865)......Page 121
15.1. JOURDON ANDERSON, LETTER TO P. H. ANDERSON (AUGUST 7, 1865)......Page 122
15.2. VISUAL DOCUMENT: THOMAS NAST, ANDREW JOHNSON'S RECONSTRUCTION IN HARPER'S WEEKLY (SEPTEMBER 1, 1866)......Page 123
15.3. GEORGES CLEMENCEAU, EXCERPT FROM AMERICAN RECONSTRUCTION, 1865-1870, ANDTHE IMPEACHMENT OF ANDREW JOHNSON(1867)......Page 125
15.4. KU KLUX KLAN, LETTER TO MRS. I. A. BALDWIN (1868)......Page 126
15.5. NORTH CAROLINA SHARECROPPING CONTRACT (JULY 21, 1882)......Page 127