Humans, Animals, and U.S. Society in the Long Nineteenth Century: A Documentary History

Volume 3: Domesticated and Companion Animals (Part 1)

General Introduction

Volume 3 Introduction

Part 1. Agrarian Labor and Production

1. Samuel Deane, [Keeping and Caring for Farm Animals], The New-England Farmer; or Georgical Dictionary (Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, 1790), pp. 42-4, 111-12, 132-35, 154-55, 167, 275-77.

2. James Mease, "Observations on Sheep." Archives of Useful Knowledge 1, no. 1 (July 1810): 66-70, 106-11, 115-18.

3. Enslaved People and Domesticated Animals (1837-1855)

3.1 Charles Ball, [Canine Friends and Canine Foes], Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball (New York: J. S. Taylor, 1837), pp. 354-56, 387-92, 408-13

3.2 Anon., [James Smith and His Dog Escape from a Georgia Plantation]. "The Lost Is Found", Voice of the Fugitive 2, no. 6, 9, 14 (March 11, April 22, June 17, 1852): n. p.

3.3 Frederick Douglass, [Working with a Pair of Unbroken Oxen], My Bondage and My Freedom (New York: Miller, Orton and Mulligan, 1855), p. 208-14

4. Richard Lamb Allen, "The Ass, the Mule, and the Comparative Labor of Working Animals", A Brief Compend of American Agriculture (New York: Saxton and Miles, 1846), pp. 398-409.

5. Educating Animal Workers (1843-1858)

5.1 W. Bacon, "Training Domestic Animals" The Cultivator 4, no. 4 (April 1847): 122-23.

5.2 Anon., "Education of Animals" The Cultivator 9, no. 12 (December 1852): 394-95.

5.3 Anon., "How Mr. Rarey Tames Horses" Harper's Weekly 2, no. 84 (August 7, 1858): 508-10.

6. John L. Blake, "The Poultry Yard", The Farm and the Fireside: Or, the Romance of Agriculture. (Auburn: Alden, Beardsley & Co., 1852), pp. 19-35.

7. Lewis F. Allen, [How to Succeed in Cattle Breeding], American Cattle: Their History, Breeding and Management (New York: O. Judd and Company, 1868), pp. 187-207

8. James Law, "A Plea for Veterinary Surgery" American Veterinary Review 2 (July 1878): pp. 158-75.

9. Mary L. Taylor, "A Woman's Success and Experience", Keeping One Cow: Being the Experience of a Number of Practical Writers, in a Clear and Condensed Form, Upon the Management of a Single Milch Cow (New York: Orange Judd Company, 1880), pp. 119-22.

10. Cowboys, Horses and Cattle Trails (1886-1939)

10.1 John Baumann, "Experiences of a Cow-Boy" Lippincott's Magazine 38 (September 1886): pp. 308-20.

10.2 Henry F. Cope, "Sheep-Herder vs. Cow-Puncher." The World Today 7, no. 2 (August 1904): pp. 1037-45.

10.3 'Ben Kinchlow: Range Lore and Negro Cowboy Reminiscences before and after 1875', U.S. Work Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project: Folklore Project, Life Histories, 1936-39.

11. Nathaniel S. Shaler, 'Domesticated Birds', Domesticated Animals: Their Relation to Man and to His Advancement in Civilization (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1895), pp. 152-59, 162-67, 176-7, 179-80, 187-89.

12. Buying and Selling Equine Workers (1897-1913)

12.1 Alexander Joseph Burkholder, "The Examination of Horses for Soundness" American Veterinary Review 20 (March 1897): pp. 834-37.

12.2 Alexander Septimus Alexander, "Secret Tricks in Horse Trading" From Horse Secrets (Philadelphia: Wilmer Atkinson Co., 1909), p. 18-20, 22, 24-6, 28-31

12.3 Oscar Micheaux, "Dealin' in Mules" From The Conquest: The Story of a Negro Pioneer (Lincoln: Woodruff Press, 1913), pp. 79-85.

13. Eugene Davenport, The Market Classes of Horses, University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 62. Urbana: University of Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, February 1901, pp. 17-27.

14. Alexander Hannum and M. L. Osborne, "Belgian Hares for Pleasure and Profit" The Colored American Magazine 2, no. 6 (April 1901): pp. 414-19.

15. Mary H. Austin, "The Sheep-Dog" Harper's Monthly Magazine 113, no. 677 (October 1906): pp. 757-61.

16. Chester E. Faris, "The Indian as a Wool Grower" The National Wool Grower 15, no. 11 (November 1925): pp. 23-25.

Part 2. Travel and Transportation

17. Lansford W. Hastings, "The Equipment, Supplies, and the Method of Traveling", The Emigrants' Guide to Oregon and California (Cincinnati: George Conclin, 1845), pp. 143-49.

18. John R. Forsyth, [Animal Suffering on the Overland Trails], "Journal of a Trip from Peoria, Ill. to California on the Pacific" 1849, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

19. William B. Lorton, [The Dangers of the Stampede], "California Journal" (1849), William B. Lorton, Diaries and Papers, September 1848-January 1850, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

20. Henry W. Herbert , "Riding, Driving, and Road Management", Frank Forester's Horse and Horsemanship of the United States and British Provinces of North America, vol. 2. )New York: Stringer & Townsend, 1857), pp. 446-54.

21. Anon., "How Horses Are Hired" Brooklyn Daily Eagle [Brooklyn, NY], June 19, 1873, p. 4.

22. Samuel J. Barrows, "The Northwestern Mule and His Driver" The Atlantic Monthly 35, no. 211 (May 1875): pp. 550-59.

23. Edward S. Farrow, "Pack Mules and Packing" Mountain Scouting: A Handbook for Officers and Soldiers on the Frontiers (New York: E. S. Farrow, 1881), pp. 111-29.

24. Richard I. Dodge, [The Indian Pony], Our Wild Indians: Thirty-Three Years' Personal Experience Among the Red Men of the Great West (Hartford: A. D. Worthington and Co., 1882), pp. 584-89, 592-95.

25. Horses and the Urban Railway System (1884-1891)

25. 1 Committee on Stables and Care of Horses, "Stables and Care of Horses" The Street Railway Journal 1, no. 1 (November 1884): 3-5.

25. 2 Anon., "Street Car Horses" The Street Railway Journal 1, no. 7 (May 1885): 145.

25. 3 James A. Waugh, "Electrical Accidents to Domestic Animals" American Veterinary Review 15 (December 1891): 507-9.

26. Frank Swales, [What Makes a Good Coachman], Driving as I Found It (New York: Eclipse Publishing Co., 1891), pp. 17-29.

27. Berkeley R. Davids, [Legal Rulings and Regulations Concerning Horses and Automobiles] The Law of Motor Vehicles (Northport, Long Island: Edward Thompson Co., 1911), pp. 103-37.

28. Townsend W. Thorndike, "Indian Sled Dogs of North America" Recreation 34, no. 2 (February 1911): pp. 74-77, 101-102.

Part 3. Entertainment and Competitions

29. Cadwallader R. Colden, "The Great Match Race between Eclipse and Sir Henry-Minutely Described by an Old Turfman" American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine 2, no. 1 (September 1830): 3-11.

30. Anon., "Rules of the Saratoga Association, to Govern All Trials of Speed of Thoroughbreds over Their Grounds, at Saratoga, N.Y." Rules and Regulations for the Government of Racing, Trotting and Betting (New York: M. B. Brown & Co., 1866), pp. 28-37.

31. Cockfighting Coverage in the New York Herald (1868)

31.1 Anon., "Cock Fighting Extraordinary. Long Island Vs. New York - Main of Seven for $600 and $50 on Each Battle" New York Herald, January 22, 1868, 5.

31. 2 Anon., "Cock Fighting. Return Main of Five in the Great Match between New York and Long Island - $500 the Main and $50 Each Battle" New York Herald, January 29, 1868, 5.

31. 3 Anon., "Cock Fighting. Termination of an Unparalleled Encounter - New York at Last Victorious - Prolonged and Spirited Fighting" New York Herald, January 30, 1868, 6.

32. Anon., "Kit Burn's Dog Pit Gone." The Sun [New York City, NY], February 7, 1870, 3.

33. Charles Stewart, "My Life as a Slave, ed. Annie Porter, Harper's New Monthly Magazine 69, no. 413 (October 1884): 730-38.

34. Bernard Waters, [Training Dogs for Field Trial Competitions], Modern Training and Handling (Boston: J. L. Thayer Publishing Co., 1894), pp. 160-66, 257-61, 263-64.

35. Pigeon Racing and Pigeon Fancying: Articles from Country Life (1904-1905)

35. 1 F. H. S. Morrison, "The Exciting Sport of Pigeon-Racing." Country Life in America 7, no. 1 (November 1904): pp. 37-40.

35. 2 ----, "The Care of Racing-Pigeons." Country Life in America 7, no. 1 (November 1904): p. 83.

35. 3 Alfred Henry Goodwin, "The Strange Art of Pigeon Fancying." Country Life in America 7, no. 6 (April 1905): pp. 611-14.

35. 4 ----, "The Abnormal Fancy Pigeon." Country Life in America 7, no. 6 (April 1905): pp. 647-49.

36. Charles E. Trevathan, "Luck and the Race Track" New-York Tribune, June 16, 1907, 7-8.

37. Williams Haynes, "Dog Shows and Showing" Outing 59, no. 3 (December 1911): 372-375.

38. Esther B. Darling, [Adventures of a Sled-Racing Dog], Baldy of Nome: An Immortal of the Trail (San Francisco: A. M. Roberston, 1913), pp. 39-44, 47-69.

39. Monroe Woolley, "'Breaking' the Outlaw" Outdoor World & Recreation 49, no. 6 (December 1913): 313-17.

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