A much fuller reference list will be found in the appendix to the author's larger work, entitled The Leading Facts of American History.
Balboa: Irving's Companions of Columbus, and Winsor's America, Vol. II.
Baltimore, Lord: William H. Browne's Lords Baltimore;[3] G. W. Burnap's Baltimore.[1]
Boone, Daniel: C. B. Hartley's Boone (including Boone's autobiography); J. M. Peck's Boone;[1] and see the excellent sketch of Boone's life in Theodore Roosevelt's The Winning of the West, Vol. I.
Cabot (John and Sebastian): J. F. Nicholls's Cabot; C. Hayward's Cabot.[1]
Clark, George Rogers: see Theodore Roosevelt's The Winning of the West, Vol. II.
Columbus: Irving's Columbus, abridged edition; Charles K. Adams's Columbus;[3] Edward Everett Hale's Columbus.
De Leon: Irving's Companions of Columbus, and Winsor's America, Vol. II.
De Soto: see Winsor's America, Vol. II.
Franklin, Benjamin: D. H. Montgomery's Franklin (autobiography and continuation of life);[2] John T. Morse's Franklin.[7]