class F – Local History of the United States and British, Dutch, French, and Latin America
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Class F is a section of the Library of Congress Classification system that organizes works on the local and regional history of the United States and various parts of the Americas, including areas influenced by British, Dutch, French, and Latin American heritage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| class F – Local History of the United States and British, Dutch, French, and Latin America canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T137267 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: class F – Local History of the United States and British, Dutch, French, and Latin America Context triple: [Library of Congress Classification, hasComponent, class F – Local History of the United States and British, Dutch, French, and Latin America]
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A.
Magnalia Christi Americana
Magnalia Christi Americana is Cotton Mather’s extensive early 18th-century ecclesiastical history of New England, detailing its religious leaders, institutions, and providential events.
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B.
New Netherland
New Netherland was a 17th-century Dutch colonial province in North America that encompassed parts of present-day New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut.
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C.
Colonial America
Colonial America refers to the period of European, primarily British, settlement and rule in what is now the United States, characterized by developing colonies, frontier expansion, and evolving political, social, and religious institutions prior to independence.
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D.
Histoire des guerres civiles de France
Histoire des guerres civiles de France is a historical work by Enrico Caterino Davila that chronicles the French Wars of Religion in the late 16th century.
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E.
American South (colonial and early national periods)
The American South (colonial and early national periods) refers to the Southern British colonies and early U.S. states from the 17th century through the early 19th century, characterized by plantation agriculture, slavery, and the region’s formative role in the American Revolution and the early republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: class F – Local History of the United States and British, Dutch, French, and Latin America Target entity description: Class F is a section of the Library of Congress Classification system that organizes works on the local and regional history of the United States and various parts of the Americas, including areas influenced by British, Dutch, French, and Latin American heritage.
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A.
Magnalia Christi Americana
Magnalia Christi Americana is Cotton Mather’s extensive early 18th-century ecclesiastical history of New England, detailing its religious leaders, institutions, and providential events.
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B.
New Netherland
New Netherland was a 17th-century Dutch colonial province in North America that encompassed parts of present-day New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut.
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C.
Colonial America
Colonial America refers to the period of European, primarily British, settlement and rule in what is now the United States, characterized by developing colonies, frontier expansion, and evolving political, social, and religious institutions prior to independence.
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D.
Histoire des guerres civiles de France
Histoire des guerres civiles de France is a historical work by Enrico Caterino Davila that chronicles the French Wars of Religion in the late 16th century.
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E.
American South (colonial and early national periods)
The American South (colonial and early national periods) refers to the Southern British colonies and early U.S. states from the 17th century through the early 19th century, characterized by plantation agriculture, slavery, and the region’s formative role in the American Revolution and the early republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Library of Congress Classification class ⓘ |
| appliesToMaterial |
books
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maps ⓘ other library resources on local history ⓘ |
| classificationSystem |
Library of Congress Classification
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surface form:
Library of Congress Classification schedules
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| coversRegion |
British America
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Dutch America ⓘ New France ⓘ
surface form:
French America
Latin America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| excludes | general history of the Americas as a whole ⓘ |
| field |
local history
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regional history ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | Class F ⓘ |
| hasSubclass |
F1001–F1145.2 – Canada local history
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F1201–F3799 – Latin America local history ⓘ F1401–F3799 – Latin America, Spanish America, Portuguese America ⓘ F1601–F1699 – British America ⓘ F1701–F1754 – Dutch America ⓘ F1755–F1788 – French America ⓘ F1–F975 – United States local history ⓘ |
| mainTopic | history of specific regions in the Americas ⓘ |
| notationType | single-letter class with numeric subdivisions ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
geographic region
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political jurisdiction ⓘ |
| partOf | Library of Congress Classification ⓘ |
| relatedTo | class E – History of the Americas ⓘ |
| scopeNote | covers historical works focused on particular places rather than entire nations or continents ⓘ |
| systemType | alphanumeric classification ⓘ |
| usedBy | Library of Congress ⓘ |
| usedIn |
collection organization
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library cataloging ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: class F – Local History of the United States and British, Dutch, French, and Latin America Description of subject: Class F is a section of the Library of Congress Classification system that organizes works on the local and regional history of the United States and various parts of the Americas, including areas influenced by British, Dutch, French, and Latin American heritage.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Library of Congress Classification
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hasComponent
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class F – Local History of the United States and British, Dutch, French, and Latin America
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