Richard Hildreth

Richard Hildreth (June 28, 1807 – July 11, 1865), was an American journalist, writer and historian. He is best known for writing his six-volume History of the United States of America covering 1497–1821 and published 1840-1853. Historians consider it a highly accurate political history of the early Republic, but with a strong bias in favor of the Federalist Party and the abolition of slavery. At the time of his death in 1865, he still had many unfinished works.

Early life Hildreth was born at Deerfield, Massachusetts. He was the son of Hosea Hildreth (1782–1835), who was a teacher of mathematics and later a Congregational minister. His mother was Sarah McLeod, who had married Hosea in 1806.

Hosea Hildreth was appointed professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Phillips Exeter Academy in 1811, and young Richard began attending Phillips in 1816, staying for seven years thereafter. This list is not finished; you can help Wikipedia by adding to it.

A Report of the Trial of the Rev. Ephraim K. Avery, before the Supreme Judicial Court of Rhode Island, on an indictment for the murder of Sarah Maria Cornell. 1833

Archy Moore, the white slave; or, Memoirs of a fugitive, 1836 The history of banks; to which is added a demonstration of the advantages and necessity of free competition in the business of banking, 1837 Banks, banking, and paper currencies; In three parts. I. History of banking and paper money. II. Argument for open competition in banking. III. Apology for One-Dollar notes. 1840 Theory of morals an inquiry concerning the law of moral distinctions and the variations and contradictions of ethical codes, 1844 Theory of politics; an inquiry into the foundations of governments and the causes and progress of political revolutions. 1853 Despotism in America: an inquiry into the nature, results, and legal basis of the slave-holding system in the United States, 1854

The History of the United States of America, in six volumes

Japan as it was and is, 1855