Abraham Lincoln (1865); 22 of the 56 biographies in The Men of Our Day (1868), one or two campaign biographies of General Ulysses S. Grant, and portions of many other subscription books. He contributed articles to many newspapers and magazines, and brief biographies of publishers in the Round Table for 1866-7; papers in the Historical Magazine, of which he was editor; letters and historical sketches in the Rahway Times, New Jersey, under the nom-de-plume of "Tip Top." In 1884 he edited and largely contributed to the Illustrated History of the County of Kings and the City of Brooklyn, in two volumes, and in 1887 completed editing The Humphreys Family and Genealogy. He helped to organize the American Anthropological Society in 1869, and was one of the seven founders of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, serving as its president from 1869 until 1873. After his full retirement in 1901, he devoted all his time to completing and preparing for publication of The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut. Stiles was described upon his death as having "made it possible for thousands to trace their ancestry to the founders of our American Government and to honored names in the older governments of the world." Stiles died on January 7, 1909. Works Stiles wrote a number of books and also contributed numerous articles to magazines, newspapers, and genealogical publications. These are most of his major works. The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut (Volumes 1 and 2); Including East Windsor, South Windsor, Bloomfield, Windsor Locks (New York, 1859; supplement, Albany, 1863) Genealogy of the Massachusetts Family of Stiles (1863) The Wallabout Prison-Ship Series (2 vols., 1865) Letters from the Prisons and Prison-ships of the Revolution Account of the Interment of the Remains of American Patriots, Who Perished On Board British Prison Ships During the American Revolution The Genealogy of the Stranahan and Joselyn Families (1865) Life of Abraham Lincoln (1865) A History of the City of Brooklyn (Volume 1, 1867; Volume 2, 1869; Volume 3, 1870) Monograph on Bundling in America (Albany, 1861) The Stiles Family in America. Genealogies of the Connecticut Family. Descendants of John Stiles, of Windsor, Conn., and of Mr. Francis Stiles (1895) Historical Magazine: And Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities, History, and Biography of America (2 vols.) A History of the Town of Bushwick, Kings County, N.Y. and of the Town, Village and City of Williamsburgh,