List of Figures ix
Series Editors' Preface x
Acknowledgments xii
Introduction: Traveling the Early American Republic 1
Part I Building The United States 11
Chapter 1 Origins 13
1 First Inaugural Address of George Washington, 1789 13
2 Tickagiska King Addresses President George Washington, 1789 16
3 Western Pennsylvanians Petition Against Taxes, 1790 17
Chapter 2 The First American Party System 21
1 A Federalist Appeal to Voters, 1792 21
2 Abigail Adams on the Partisan Press, 1797 24
3 Matthew Lyon Criticizes ''Aristocratic'' Politics, 1797 25
4 A Massachusetts Farmer Attacks the Federalists, 1798 27
Chapter 3 Recasting the American Nation 29
1 First Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson, 1801 29
2 A New Name for the United States? 1803 33
3 Rules of Etiquette in Jefferson's White House, 1803 37
Part II Clashes East And West 39
Chapter 4 Whose Land? 41
1 Lewis and Clark Make American Claims in the ''Great West,'' 1805 41
2 Tecumseh Speaks Out Against American Policy in the Old Northwest, 1810 43
3 An Artist's Depiction of Scalping during the War of 1812, 1812 45
Chapter 5 Conflict on Many Fronts 47
1 James Madison Justifies War with the British, 1812 47
2 The Hartford Convention Denounces the War, 1814 50
3 An Eyewitness Account of the Battle of New Orleans, 1816 54
Part III The Postwar Nation Looks Forward 59
Chapter 6 The Year 1819 in Image and Verse 61
1 A Poem about a Panic, 1819 61
2 Americans on Their Way to a Camp Revival, 1819 63
3 A Satirist Looks at the American Militia, 1819 64
Chapter 7 The Future Course of the Republic? 67
1 John C. Calhoun Promotes Federal Internal Improvements, 1817 67
2 The American Colonization Society Appeals to Congress, 1820 70
3 Maine Answers the ''Missouri Question,'' 1820 72
Part IV The Work Of A New Republic 75
Chapter 8 A Nation on the Move 77
1 A Western Editor Endorses ''Old Hickory,'' 1824 77
2 The Erie Canal Hits the American Stage, 1830 79
3 An Englishwoman Remembers Her First Illinois Winter, 1848 83
4 Charles Ball Describes Moving in the Slave Trade, 1837 86
Chapter 9 Work at Home, Factory, and Field 91
1 Lydia Maria Child on the Family Economy and Soapmaking, 1830 91
2 Two Views on the Morality of Capitalism in the Early Republic, 1834 and 1836 96
3 Henry Bibb Describes Slave Labor in the Cotton Fields, 1849 99
Chapter 10 A New Urban America 102
1 Frances Trollope Describes Cincinnati, 1832 102
2 A Poem Composed to Cholera, 1832 105
3 A Raucous Omnibus Ride in New York City, 1839 107
Part V Renewal And Reform 113
Chapter 11 The Soul of the Republic 115
1 Radical Quakers Appeal to Frances Wright, 1828 115
2 Rev. Charles Finney on Changing One's Own Heart, 1836 117
3 Zilpha Elaw Remembers Preaching in the North and South, 1846 119
Chapter 12 Improvement of Body and Soul 122
1 Boston Physicians on Temperance, 1832 122
2 Mathew Carey Advocates Reform for Seamstresses, 1833 124
3 Sylvester Graham Denounces ''The Appetites,'' 1837 127
Chapter 13 Anti-Slavery to Abolition 131
1 African-American Leaders Reject Colonization Schemes, 1831 131
2 Declaration of Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1833 133
3 Maria Stewart Speaks at the African Masonic Hall, 1833 137
Part VI Jackson's America 145
Chapter 14 The Rise of the ''Common Man'' 147
1 The Inauguration of Andrew Jackson, 1829 147
2 David Walker Describes the Condition of Free African-Americans, 1829 152
3 Sarah Grimke¿ Defends the Rights of Women, 1837 155
Chapter 15 Native Americans and the Common Man 159
1 Andrew Jackson Attempts to Justify Indian Removal to Congress, 1830 159
2 John Ross Explains the Position of the Cherokee Nation, 1834 162
3 A Description of Native American Removal in Tennessee, 1835 165
Chapter 16 The Second American Party System 167
1 A Violent Election Season in New York City, 1834 167
2 Henry Clay on Whig Strategy, 1838 169
3 New Hampshire Papers Debate the ''Log Cabin''
Campaign, 1840 171
Part VII The American Continent 175
Chapter 17 The Mississippi and Beyond 177
1 Narcissa Whitman Describes Missionary Life in Oregon, 1836 177
2 George Catlin Describes the Mandan Buffalo Dance, 1841 180
3 Notchininga's Map of the Upper Mississippi, 1837 183
Chapter 18 The Era of Manifest Destiny 185
1 Sam Houston's Inaugural Address for the Republic of Texas, 1836 185
2 An Editor Endorses the Idea of ''Manifest Destiny,'' 1845 188
3 Walter Colton on the Discovery of Gold in California, 1850 191
Chapter 19 War with Mexico 195
1 President Polk's War Message, 1846 195
2 An American Sergeant's Perspective on the War with Mexico, 1847 199
3 Guillermo Prieto Describes the Occupation of Mexico City, 1850 204
Epilogue: The President and the Ex-Slave 208
1 Zachary Taylor's Inaugural Address, 1849 209
2 Frederick Douglass on ''Morals and Men,'' 1849 211
Bibliography 214
Index 219
