Richard Hildreth

Richard Hildreth (June 28, 1807 – July 11, 1865), was an American journalist, author and historian.Carnes, Mark C. (2005).  "Richard Hildreth," American National Biography, Supplement 2, pp. 258-260.  He is best known for writing his six-volume History of the United States of America, 1849-1853.Hughes, Lynn Gordon.  "Richard Hildreth,"  Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography; retrieved 2012-11-8.

Selected works
In an overview of writings by and about Hildreth, OCLC/WorldCat lists roughly 270 works in 870+ publications in 11 languages and 12,800+ library holdings. WorldCat Identities: Hildreth, Richard 1807-1865 ; retrieved 2012-11-8. 
This list is not finished; you can help Wikipedia by adding to it.
 Archy Moore, the white slave; or, Memoirs of a fugitive, 1836
 The history of banks; to which is added a demonstration of the advantages and necessity of free competition in the business of banking, 1837 
 Theory of morals an inquiry concerning the law of moral distinctions and the variations and contradictions of ethical codes, 1844
 Theory of politics; an inquiry into the foundations of governments and the causes and progress of political revolutions. 1853 
 Despotism in America: an inquiry into the nature, results, and legal basis of the slave-holding system in the United States, 1854 
 The history of the United States of America, 1854 
 Japan as it was and is, 1855

References

Further reading
 Emerson, Donald E. (1946). Richard Hildreth Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Category:1807 births
Category:1865 deaths
Category:Journalists from Massachusetts
Category:American historians
Category:Harvard University alumni