The book "Historical Essays. Part 3 of the Sixth Volume of the Collected Works of John Greenleaf Whittier" tells about important historical events that became important reasons for the development of modern society. The author, John Greenleaf Whittier, pays much attention to the analysis of political, social and cultural aspects of past events, revealing their influence on the formation of world history. Each essay in this book is a unique testimony of the past that helps to better understand the modern world. "Historical Essays. Part 3" will allow the reader to get to know the past more deeply and, perhaps, find answers to some urgent questions of the present.