Shea, John Gilmary 1824-1892

Overview

Works:	414 works in 1,886 publications in 3 languages and 20,312 library holdings
Genres:	History Bibliography Bibliographies Church history Biography Dictionaries Sources Bio-bibliography Apologetic writings
Roles:	Author, Translator, Editor, Composer, Other, Author of introduction, Arranger, Printer, Annotator
Classifications:	F352, 282.73

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about John Gilmary Shea

John Gilmary Shea, father of American Catholic History, 1824-1892 by Peter Guilday( Book )
History and general description of New France by Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix( )
Prosas (en verso) by Jon Juaristi( Book )
On the creation of an Institute for American church history by Peter Guilday( Book )
Regionalism and nationalism in Victorian American writing : Stoddard, Guiney, Tabb, and Shea by Paul Gerard Robichaud( Book )

Interpretations of American Catholic church history : a comparative analysis of representative Catholic historians, 1875-1975 by J. Douglas Thomas( )
A new and elegant national gift book! : Ready December 10th, The fallen brave: a biographical memorial of officers killed in defense of the Union! With nine elegant portraits on steel, and an appropriate title page, engraved by J.A. O'Neill, edited by John Gilmary Shea. This work will form a beautiful quarto volume of about 200 pages, printed by Alvord, on tinted paper. The memoirs, nearly thirty in number, are from the pens of George W. Curtis, Bishop Chase, of Rhode Island, Rev. James Freeman Clarke, George Wilkes, and others, and are compiled from the most authentic materials. The portraits taken from likenesses approved by the families, are accurately and artistically engraved. ... The work may be ordered through any of the leading booksellers in Boston, Philadelphia, or New York. Appealing, as it does, to the patriotic feelings of all, and being the most elegant work to be offered this season to the trade, a large sale is anticipated and early orders are necessary. by C.B. Richardson & Co( Book )
Shea, John Dawson Gilmary, historian( )
by Eugene Vetromile( )
John Gilmary Shea papers by John Gilmary Shea( )
John Gilmary Shea by John Gilmary Shea( )
Shea, John Dawson Gilmary( )
In press, and to be issued uniform with the early voyages up and down the Mississippi, of the same author, the discovery and exploration of the Mississippi ... by John Gilmary Shea, LL. D. ... by Joel Munsell( Book )
John Dawson Gilmary Shea by New England Historic Genealogical Society( )
John Dawson Gilmary Shea letter by John Gilmary Shea( )
The Monsignor Arthur Theodore Connolly papers by Arthur T Connolly( )
Papers by John Gilmary Shea( )
Francis Parkman papers by Francis Parkman( )
Joseph Mèdard Carrière microfilm collection( )
E.B. O'Callaghan papers by E. B O'Callaghan( )

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Most widely held works by John Gilmary Shea

A description of Louisiana by Louis Hennepin( Book )

43 editions published between 1880 and 1980 in English and held by 1,319 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

History and general description of New France by Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix( Book )

135 editions published between 1866 and 1985 in English and held by 1,269 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

History of the Catholic missions among the Indian tribes of the United States, 1529-1854 by John Gilmary Shea( Book )

69 editions published between 1854 and 2009 in English and Spanish and held by 1,160 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Compiled local and family histories from Mid-Continent Library

Discovery and exploration of the Mississippi Valley: with the original narratives of Marquette, Allouez, Membré, Hennepin, and Anastase Douay by John Gilmary Shea( Book )

69 editions published between 1852 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,073 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Early voyages up and down the Mississippi by John Gilmary Shea( Book )

38 editions published between 1861 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 650 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

First establishment of the faith in New France by Chrestien Le Clercq( Book )

45 editions published between 1881 and 1980 in English and held by 518 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A history of the Catholic church within the limits of the United States : from the first attempted colonization to the present time by John Gilmary Shea( Book )

12 editions published between 1886 and 1978 in English and held by 428 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Perils of the ocean and wilderness: or, Narratives of shipwreck and Indian captivity. Gleaned from early missionary annals by John Gilmary Shea( Book )

36 editions published between 1856 and 2015 in English and held by 423 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Catholic Church in colonial days. The thirteen colonies -- The Ottawa and Illinois country -- Louisiana -- Florida -- Texas -- New Mexico and Arizona, 1521-1763 by John Gilmary Shea( )

25 editions published between 1886 and 2016 in English and held by 369 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The life of Father Isaac Jogues : missionary priest of the Society of Jesus, slain by the Mohawk Iroquois, in the present state of New York, Oct. 18, 1646 by Félix Martin( Book )

21 editions published between 1885 and 1982 in English and held by 367 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Life and times of the Most Rev. John Carroll, bishop and first archbishop of Baltimore. Embracing the history of the Catholic church in the United States. 1763-1815 by John Gilmary Shea( Book )

24 editions published between 1888 and 1985 in English and held by 346 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The operations of the French fleet under the Count de Grasse in 1781-2 : as described in two contemporaneous journals by John Gilmary Shea( Book )

20 editions published between 1864 and 2012 in English and held by 337 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Catholic church in the United States: a sketch of its ecclesiastical history by Henri de Courcy( Book )

33 editions published between 1856 and 1985 in English and held by 336 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Catholic missions among the Indian tribes of the United States by John Gilmary Shea( Book )

10 editions published between 1855 and 1973 in English and held by 329 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Partial summary (p. 466-479). Short secondary sketch of the early years of the flathead mission

A French-Onondaga dictionary, from a manuscript of the seventeenth century by John Gilmary Shea( )

29 editions published between 1860 and 1999 in English and French and held by 319 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The original manuscript of the present volumes is preserved in the Mazarin Library at Paris, and is supposed to be of the close of the seventeenth century. It is apparently the work of one of the Jesuit Fathers whose missions in New York extended from the middle of the seventeenth to the close of the first decade in the succeeding century."--Preface

The Lincoln memorial : a record of the life, assassination, and obsequies of the martyred president by John Gilmary Shea( Book )

12 editions published between 1865 and 2012 in English and held by 292 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This biography of Abraham Lincoln focuses on his legacy and popularity with the American people

History of the Catholic church in the United States by John Gilmary Shea( Book )

11 editions published between 1886 and 1892 in English and held by 291 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The hierarchy of the Catholic Church in the United States : embracing sketches of all the archbishops and bishops from the establishment of the See of Baltimore to the present time. Also, an account of the plenary councils of Baltimore, and a brief history of the church in the United States by John Gilmary Shea( )

13 editions published between 1886 and 1969 in English and held by 290 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The life of Pope Pius IX. and the great events in the history of the Church during his pontificate by John Gilmary Shea( Book )

16 editions published between 1877 and 2017 in English and held by 239 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The history of the five Indian nations depending on the province of New-York by Cadwallader Colden( Book )

14 editions published between 1866 and 2009 in English and held by 238 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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