Introduction: New England Begins -- pt. I. Town Settlement in the Seventeenth Century. 1. Indians, English, and Missionaries: The Plantation of Nashaway. 2. "Indian-Fighters" and Town Founders: The Resettlement of the Wachusett, 1675-1725 -- pt. II. Town Settlement in the Eighteenth Century. 3. Lancaster and Its Offspring: Serial Town Formation Enters the New Century. 4. Narragansett No. 2: Reproducing Families and Farms -- pt. III. The Creation of Greater New England. 5. New England Moves North: The South Shore of Nova Scotia. 6. Town Founding and the Village Enlightenment: Walpole, New Hampshire. Epilogue: The Myth of Town Settlement.
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