It looks like you're offline.
Donate
English (en) Change Website Language
Open Library logo
additional options menu
Last edited by Tom Morris
September 23, 2022 | History
Edit

C. Edwards Lester

We need a photo of C. Edwards Lester

American historian

Born 1815
Died 1890

47 works Add another?

Showing all works by author. Would you like to see only ebooks?

  • Cover of: The artists of America: a series of biographical sketches of American artists: with portraits and designs on steel.

    First published in 1846 — 2 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The condition and fate of England ...

    Cover of edition conditionandfat00lestgoog First published in 1843 — 2 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Life and achievements of Sam Houston: hero and statesman

    First published in 1883 — 2 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Life and public services of Charles Sumner.

    First published in 1874 — 2 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The Life of Sam Houston

    First published in 2018 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The glory and the shame of England

    First published in 1841 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The artist, the merchant and the statesman of the age of the Medici: and of our own times.

    First published in 1845 — 1 edition
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The gallery of illustrious Americans: containing the portraits and biographical sketches of twenty-four of the most eminent citizens of the American republic, since the death of Washington.

    First published in 1850 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Glances at the metropolis.

    First published in 1854 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Life and achievements of Sam Houston, hero and statesman

    First published in 1883 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Life and character of Peter Cooper

    First published in 1883 — 1 edition
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The life and voyages of discovery of Americus Vespucius, after whom the western half of the world was named: never before written, full and complete, including the translation of his important and interesting letters : with memoirs, etc. of de Gama, Ojeda, Columbus, and de Balboa, the discoverer of the Pacific Ocean

    First published in 1881 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The mountain wild flower, or, Memoirs of Mrs. Mary Ann Bise: a lady who died at the age of twenty-three, in the valley of the Green River

    First published in 1981 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Napoleon dynasty, or, The history of the Bonaparte family: an entirely new work by the Berkeley Men, with twenty authentic portraits.

    First published in 1852 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Sam Houston and his republic

    First published in 1846 — 1 edition
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The social life and national spirit of America: an oration, delivered at Great Barrington, July 4, 1849

    First published in 1849 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: THe life and voyages of Americus Vespucius

    First published in 1855 — 1 edition
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Life and public services of Charles Summer

    First published in 1874 — 1 edition
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The history of twelve thousand fugitive slaves, who have emancipated themselves by flight

    First published in 1840 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Our first hundred years: the life of the republic of the United States of America illustrated in its four great periods : colonization, consolidation, development, achievement

    First published in 1874 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
We need a photo of C. Edwards Lester

American historian

Born 1815
Died 1890

Subjects

Biography, History, Social life and customs, Discovery and exploration, Politics and government, Spanish, Explorers, Slavery, Artists, Colonies, Description and travel, Découverte et exploration espagnoles, Legislators, Portraits, Portuguese, Social conditions, Abolitionists, African American soldiers, American Artists, Art journal, Artistes, British colonies, Correspondence, Discoveries in geography, Discovery and exporation

Places

United States, America, England, Spain, Texas, Great Britain, Italy, Portugal, Amérique, Mexico, New York (N.Y.), New York (State)

People

Amerigo Vespucci (1451-1512), Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Sam Houston (1793-1863), Alonso de Ojeda (ca. 1466-ca. 1515), Benjamin West (1738-1820), Bonaparte family, Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828), Henry Inman (1801-1846), John Trumbull (1756-1843), Juan de la Cosa (d. 1510), Marco Polo (1254-1323?), Napoleon I Emperor of the French (1769-1821), Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860), Thomas Crawford (1813 or 14-1857), Vasco da Gama (1469-1524), Vespucci family, Washington Allston (1779-1843), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), James De Veaux (1812-1844), James DeVeaux (1812-1844), Mary Ann (Reed) Bise (1811-1835), Mary Ann Reed Bise (1811-1835), Peter Cooper (1791-1883), Peter Wheeler (b. 1789), Sam Houston (1793-1863,)

Time

1861-1865, 19th century, Republic, 1836-1846, 1849-1861, To 1846

Lists

Add to List

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

ID Numbers

Links outside Open Library

No links yet. Add one?

Alternative names

  • C. Edwards (Charles Edwards) 18 Lester
  • C Edwards (Charles Edwards) 18 Lester
  • C Edwards 1815-1890 Lester
  • C[harles] Edwards Lester
  • C. Edwards 1815-1890 Lester

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
September 23, 2022 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import