The Historical New York Book Collection is a collection of 72 volumes relating to the history of New York and its people primarily in the 18th and 19th centuries. Several of the volumes have great period illustrations and portraits of relevant historical figures. All the titles contained on this DVD are listed below.

History of New Netherland; or, New York under the Dutch Volume 1 (1848) - O'Callaghan, E. B. (Edmund Bailey) - 493 pages
History of New Netherland; or, New York under the Dutch Volume 2 (1848) - O'Callaghan, E. B. (Edmund Bailey) - 608 pages
Leslie's History of Greater New York. Biographical (1899) - Van Pelt, Daniel - 415 pages
History of New York (1889) - Walworth, Jeannette H. - 186 pages
New York (1891) - Roosevelt, Theodore - 232 pages
Valentine's manual of old New York (1922) - Brown, Henry Collins - 325 pages
Knickerbocker's History of New York Volume 1 (1865) - Irving, Washington - 285 pages
Knickerbocker's History of New York Volume 1 (1865) - Irving, Washington - 319 pages
History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress volume 1 The period prior to the Revolution, closing in 1774 (1877) - Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna); Harrison, Burton - 786 pages
History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress volume 2 The century of national independence, closing in 1880 (1877) - Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna); Harrison, Burton - 820 pages
History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress volume 3 History of the city of New York : externals of modern New York (1877) - Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna); Harrison, Burton - 561 pages
History of New York ship yards (1909) - Morrison, John H. (John Harrison) - 167 pages
Bibliography of New York colonial history (1901) - Flagg, Charles Allcott; Jennings, Judson T. (Judson Toll) - 272 pages
The history of Kingston, New York (1888) - Schoonmaker, Marius - 558 pages
History of Jefferson County, New York (1878) - Durant, Samuel W; Peirce, H. B. (Henry B.) - 590 pages
History of Kenmore. Erie County, New York (1926) - Parkhurst, Frederick S. (Frederick Shrewsbury) - 96 pages
History of Monroe county, New York ; (1877) - McIntosh, W. H. - 320 pages
History of Onondaga County, New York (1878) - Clayton, W.W. (W. Woodford) - 430 pages
History of Orange County, New York (1881) - Ruttenber, Edward Manning; Clark, L. H. (Lewis H.) - 820 pages
History of Oswego County, New York (1877) - Johnson, Crisfield - 449 pages
History of Jefferson County, New York (1878) - Durant, Samuel W; Peirce, H. B. (Henry B.) - 593 pages
History of Ontario county, New York (1893) - Aldrich, Lewis Cass; Conover, George S. (George Stillwell) - 394 pages
The history of Orange County, New York (1908) - Headley, Russel - 997 pages
History of Washington Co., New York (1878) - Johnson, Crisfield - 502 pages
Manual of Westchester county. Past and present. Civil list to date. Volume 1 (1898) - Smith, Henry T. (Henry Townsend) - 300 pages
Manual of Westchester county. Past and present. Civil list to date. Volume 2 (1898) - Smith, Henry T. (Henry Townsend) - 246 pages
Manual of Westchester county. Past and present. Civil list to date. Volume 3 (1898) - Smith, Henry T. (Henry Townsend) - 335 pages
History of Herkimer county, New York (1893) - Hardin, George Anson; Willard, F. H. (Frank Hallett) - 550 pages plus 276 pages of family sketches
History of the city of New York in the seventeenth century Volume 1 (1909) - Van Rensselaer, Schuyler - 533 pages
History of the city of New York in the seventeenth century Volume 2 (1909) - Van Rensselaer, Schuyler - 640 pages
Spafford, Onondaga County, New York (1917) - Collins, George Knapp - 112 pages
History of the New York times, 1851-1921 (1921) - Davis, Elmer Holmes - 434 pages
A history of the Moravian Church in New York City (1922) - Stocker, Harry Emilius - 389 pages
History of the town of Kirkland, New York (1874) - Gridley, A. D. (Amos Delos) - 232 pages
A political history of the state of New York (1906) - Alexander, De Alva Stanwood - 444 pages
Constitutional history of the state of New York (1915) - Dougherty, J. Hampden (John Hampden) - 408 pages
Morris's memorial history of Staten Island, New York Volume 1 (1898-1900) - Morris, Ira K - 415 pages
Morris's memorial history of Staten Island, New York Volume 2 (1898-1900) - Morris, Ira K - 541 pages
The Diocese of Western New York : history and recollections (1905) - Hayes, Charles Wells - 406 pages
The origin and history of Grace church, Jamaica, New York (1914) - Ladd, Horatio Oliver - 441 pages
A brief history of Chemung county, New York (1907) - Towner, Ausburn - 103 pages
History of Chautauqua County, New York, and its people Volume 1 (1921) - Downs, John Phillips; Hedley, Fenwick - 475 pages
History of Chautauqua County, New York, and its people Volume 2 (1921) - Downs, John Phillips; Hedley, Fenwick - 316 pages
History of Bronx borough, city of New York; (1906) - Comfort, Randall; Steurer, Charles David; Meyerhoff, Charles A. D. - 421 pages
History of the town of Flushing, Long Island, New York (1899) - Waller, Henry D. - 287 pages
Pioneer history of Camden, Oneida County, New York .. (1897) - Pike, Elizabeth T.; Frisbie, W. J.; Edic, E.; Conant, E. H. - 559 pages
Pioneer history of the Holland purchase of Western New York: (1850) - Turner, O. (Orsamus) - 670 pages
Pleasant Valley : a history of Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York (1905) - Brown, George Levi - 474 pages
New York City during the American Revolution (1861) - 194 pages
Historical gazetteer of Tioga County, New York, 1785-1888 (1887) - Gay, W. B. (William Burton) - 826 pages
Landmarks of Rensselaer county, New York (1897) - Anderson, George Baker - 735 pages plus 460 pages of family sketches
Palmyra, Wayne County, New York (1907) - Western Presbyterian Church. Woman's Society - 80 pages
Landmarks of Albany County, New York (1897) - Parker, Amasa J. (Amasa Junius) - 557 pages plus 417 biographical
Landmarks of Orleans County, New York (1894) - Signor, Isaac S. - 1073 pages (includes biographical section)
Broome County, New York, rural directory (1917) - 308 pages
Landmarks of Niagara County, New York; (1897) - Pool, William - 807 pages (includes biographical section)
Landmarks of Monroe County, New York (1895) - Raines, Thomas; Peck, William F. (William Farley); Aldreich, Lewis Cass; Fairchild, Herman L. (Herman Le Roy) - 1131 pages (includes biographical section)
Flushing, Queens County, Long Island, New York (1913) - Eardeley, William Applebie Daniel - 16 pages
Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York (1891) - Dilley, Butler F.; Edson, Obed - 730 pages
Quaker records : Rochester Monthly Meeting, Monroe County, New York (1900) - Cox, John - 123 pages
The Dutch records of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (1912) - Oppenheim, Samuel - 171 pages
Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York (1897) - 950 pages
Landmarks of Steuben County, New York (1896) - Hakes, Harlo; Aldrich, Lewis Cass - 1131 pages (includes biographical section)
A biographical record of Schuyler County, New York (1903) - 546 pages
Schenectady County, New York : its history to the close of the nineteenth century (1902) - Yates, Austin A. - 732 pages (includes biographical section)
Albany bi-centennial. Historical memoirs - 460 pages
Biographical directory of the state of New York, 1900 (1900) - 567 pages
Longworth's American almanac, New-York register and city directory (1816) - 794 pages
Trow's general directory of the boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx, city of New York [Part 2 only] (1853) - 614 pages
The story of Manhattan (1901) - Hemstreet, Charles - 249 pages
Who's who in New York City and State (1904) - Hamersly, Lewis Randolph; Leonard, John William; Mohr, William Frederick; Knox, Herman Warren; Holmes, Frank R - 706 pages
Historical guide to the city of New York (1909) - Kelly, Frank Bergen - 420 pages

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