▁ ▁R ams ay ' s ▁ 1 7 8 9 ▁History ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁and ▁most ▁successful ▁histor ies . ▁ ▁It ▁located ▁American ▁values ▁within ▁the ▁European ▁En light en ment . ▁R ams ay ▁had ▁no ▁brief ▁for ▁what ▁later ▁was ▁known ▁as ▁American ▁exception al ism , ▁holding ▁that ▁the ▁dest iny ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁nation ▁United ▁States ▁would ▁be ▁con gru ent ▁with ▁European ▁political ▁and ▁cultural ▁development . ▁ ▁H ild re th ▁Richard ▁H ild re th ▁( 1 8 0 7 – 1 8 6 5 ), ▁a ▁Yan kee ▁scholar ▁and ▁political ▁writer , ▁wrote ▁a ▁thorough ▁highly ▁precise ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁nation ▁down ▁to ▁ 1 8 2 0 . ▁His ▁six - volume ▁History ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁( 1 8 4 9 – 5 2 ) ▁was ▁dry ▁and ▁heavily ▁fact ual — he ▁rarely ▁made ▁a ▁mistake ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁names , ▁dates , ▁events ▁and ▁speech es . ▁His ▁Federal ist ▁views ▁and ▁dry ▁style ▁lost ▁market ▁share ▁to ▁George ▁B anc ro ft ' s ▁more ▁ex uber ant ▁and ▁dem ocr atic ▁tom es . ▁H ild re th ▁explicitly ▁fav ored ▁the ▁Federal ist ▁Party ▁and ▁den igr ated ▁the ▁Jefferson ians . ▁He ▁was ▁an ▁active ▁political ▁comment ator ▁and ▁leading ▁anti - s la very ▁intellectual , ▁so ▁President ▁Lincoln ▁gave ▁him ▁a ▁choice ▁diplom atic ▁assignment ▁in ▁Europe . ▁ ▁B anc ro ft ▁George ▁B anc