Books by Joan M Dixon

The eighteenth volume in this popular series contains abstracts of the people and events of 1844. President John Tyler was in office. A tragic event was the explosion on the U.S. ship Princeton, in which several prominent government officials were killed.

Covering three years of information, this third volume in the series contains more abstracts from The National Intelligencer [formerly - and Washington Advertiser], the first newspaper printed in Washington, D.C. Entries include advertisements, appointmen