Early American Imprints,
Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker,
1801-1819
An Archive of Americana Collection
Quick Facts
Contains virtually every book, pamphlet and broadside published in the U.S. during the first decades of the 19th century
More than 36,000 items from the renowned bibliography by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker
Published in cooperation with the American Antiquarian Society
“A major event for early Americanists of all fields.
The collection is rich, expansive, and easy to access... ”
— Philip Gould, Professor of English, Brown University
Overview
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 provides a comprehensive set of American books, pamphlets
and broadsides published in the early part of the 19th century. It is based on the noted “American Bibliography, 1801-1819” by
Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker. With more than 36,000 items—including 1,000 catalogued new items unavailable in
previous microform editions—this digital edition from Readex is an essential complement to Early American Imprints, Series I:
Evans, 1639-1800, the definitive resource for researching 17th- and 18th-century America.
Explore the early 1800s in unprecedented depth and detail
Through Early American Imprints, Series II, students and scholars can extensively research westward expansion, the development of American arts (literature, music, painting, etc.), the progression of American political thought and much more. In
addition to books, broadsides and pamphlets, the collection includes published reports and the works of many European authors
reprinted for the American public. Additionally, a large number of state papers and early government materials—including presidential letters and congressional, state and territorial resolutions—chronicle the political and geographic growth of the developing American nation.
Extensive indexing by subject
The imprints in Series II are expertly indexed and grouped by genre, subject, author, history of printing, place of publication and
language. Subjects include the following: 12th Amendment, abolitionism, Adams-Onis Treaty, Bible societies, canals, Embargo
Act, fur trade, Hartford Convention, Lewis & Clark Expedition, Louisiana Purchase, nationalism, Panic of 1819, Romanticism,
Seminole War, Tippecanoe, Treaty of Ghent, U.S. Military Academy, War of 1812 and hundreds more. In addition to searchable,
OCR-generated ASCII text that is associated with each image, Early American Imprints, Series II features bibliographic records
from the American Antiquarian Society, which has upgraded the MARC records for the Readex digital edition.
Also available...an expansion of Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819
From the holdings of the Library Company of Philadelphia comes a broad range of recently uncovered books, pamphlets, broadsides, and U.S. House and Senate Bills and Resolutions, most of which were not included in Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker’s “American Bibliography.” Early American Imprints, Series II: Supplement from the Library Company of Philadelphia
offers nearly 1,000 items printed during the Early Republic, spanning the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson and passage of the
Indian Civilization Act. Fully integrated, these two modules enable students and scholars to locate relevant material from both
collections simultaneously.
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