The American dictionary of dates, 458-1920

"Including also as supplements to the main work, the period of discovery from the Norsemen to Columbus, 458 to 1492; the period of colonization, 1492 to 1607; the period of English settlement, 1607-1620; the Declaration of independence, with a complete sketch of the lives of each of the fifty-six signers; comprehensive 100-word biographical sketches of all the presidents; the ratification of the Constitution by the thirteen original states and the origin and statehood of all the states of our present Union; including the development of the territories."