Subject: North America

This is the second, revised edition of Josiah Priest's book, *American Antiquities and Discoveries in the West*. Published in 1833, it expands upon the evidence for an ancient, partially civilized population in America, exploring their origins and describing their monumental works. Notably, this edition includes an extensive account of the Jews and a discussion of Mormon origins, new additions to this edition.

This three-volume work, bound as one, recounts Israel Joseph Benjamin's travels and observations of Jewish life in North America from 1859 to 1862. Benjamin's journey took him from San Francisco to the Pacific Northwest, and back east via Salt Lake City and St. Louis. The book includes descriptions of his experiences and his analysis of the condition of Jewish communities he encountered, as well as a significant section on his observations of the Mormon community.

This 1853 Cincinnati edition of Adolphus M. Hart's *History of the Mississippi Valley* offers an account of French discovery and colonization west of the Alleghenies up to 1748, concluding with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. It expands slightly on the content of the 1852 St. Louis first edition. Adolphus M. Hart was a prominent lawyer, son of Ezekiel Hart, and father of Gerald E. Hart, author of *The Fall of New France*.