Aunt Mattie's Library, a series of books for children including: “Merry Christmas,” “Drifting Goodword,” “Fun and Profit” and “Sabbath Schools.” (4 vols., Boston, 1871)
Spicy, chronicles the great Chicago fire (New York, 1873)
“Unsuccessful Candidates for the Presidency of the Nation”
“The Van Rensselaer Manor”
Magazine of American History, 1885
“The Framers of the Constitution”
“The Manor of Gardiner's Island”
“Sketch of Major-General John A. Dix”
Magazine of American History, 1886
“The Van Cortlandt Manor House”
“Historic Homes in Lafayette Place”
“The Founder, Presidents and Homes of the New York Historical Society”
Magazine of American History, 1887
“The Historic Homes of our Presidents”
“Historic Homes on Golden Hills”
“The Manor of Shelter Island”
Magazine of American History, 1888
“Foundation of Civil Government beyond the Ohio River, 1788-1888”
“The Inauguration of Washington in 1789,” written by special request of the New York Historical Society
Magazine of American History, 1889
“Historic Homes and Landmarks in New York,” three papers
“The Story of the Washington Centennial”
Magazine of American History, 1890
“America's Congress of Historical Scholars”
“Our South American Neighbors”
“American Outgrowths of Continental Europe”
“The Golden Age of Colonial New York”
“Formative Influences,” The Forum, 1890
Magazine of American History, 1891
“William H. Seward, a Great Public Character”
“Glimpses of the Railroad in History”
“The Royal Society of Canada”
“Some Interesting Facts about Electricity”
“A Group of Columbus Portraits”
“Judge Charles Johnson McCurdy”
Magazine of American History, 1892
“The Walters Collection of Art Treasures”
“Progression of Steam Navigation, 1807-1892”
The History of the City of New York: Its Origin, Rise, and Progress. (2 vols.) 1877-81 (her most noted work, the product of about fifteen years of patient labor and research