Google Books Continues Addition of Content With Much More Now Available on the History of Pelham, NY

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Google continues to expand the content available through its "Google Books" service. (Google Books previously was known as "Google Print".) The expanded content contains much additional material relating to the history of Pelham, NY and surrounding areas.

For those who may wish to learn more about using the Google Books service, see:

Wed., September 7, 2005: Using Google Print to Further Your Local History Research

Fri., November 4, 2005: Google Print Adds Many Public Domain Books of Use to Local Historians to its Virtual Library

Since I last blogged about Google's virtual library, the company has continued to add content to the collection. The constantly expanding collection includes an ever-growing set of materials relating to the history of Pelham and surrounding areas including many publications now in the public domain.

For example, a search for the phrase "Pell's Point" limited to return only "Full Books" (i.e., complete publications and not just excerpts of publications) now turns up nine interesting items that reference the Battle of Pell's Point that occurred on October 18, 1776. Among those nine items are:

1. The Parliamentary Register; or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons: Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Speeches and Motions; Accurate Copies of the Most Remarkable Letters and Papers; of the Most Material Evidence, Petitions, &c. Laid Before and Offered to the House, During the Fifth Session of the Fourteenth Parliament of Great Britain. In Seventeen Volumes, Vol. X (London, UK: Wilson and Co. 1802).

2. The Parliamentary Register; or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons: Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Speeches and Motions; Accurate Copies of the Most Remarkable Letters and Papers; of the Most Material Evidence, Petitions, &c. Laid Before and Offered to the House, During the Fifth Session of the Fourteenth Parliament of Great Britain. In Seventeen Volumes, Vol. XI (London, UK: Wilson and Co. 1802).

The first item cited above includes an extract of the letter from Sir William Howe to Lord George Germaine dated November 28, 1776 in which Lord Howe describes the Battle of Pelham on October 18, 1776 (see pp. 353-61). The second item cited above includes the record of a hearing conducted by the house sitting as a "committee on the American war" on April 29, 1779. The record of that session includes the testimony of Sir William Howe touching upon the Battle of Pelham (see pp. 319-39).

These are not the only interesting items that such a search query reveals about the Battle of Pelham. Hopefully this will serve as a reminder that if you are using Google Books to assist you will local history research, the online collection is constantly expanding and should be searched periodically for newly-added content.

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