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100 1  Williams, Mark,|d1948- 
245 14 The brittle thread of life :|bbackcountry people make a 
       place for themselves in early America /|cMark Williams. 
264  1 New Haven :|bYale University Press,|c[2009] 
264  4 |c©2009 
300    xi, 265 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-261) and 
       index. 
505 0  Prologue : nothing for history to say? -- A place called 
       Sammon Brooke -- On penalty of loosing our freeholds -- 
       Zeal for the support of the darling liberty -- In our 
       corporate capacity -- Settled our land according to your 
       command -- We ought to obey God rather than man -- We do 
       not want any goviner but the goviner of the univarse -- As
       they shall judge necessary -- Epilogue : a hazardous state
       and condition. 
650  0 Land settlement|zConnecticut|zGranby (Town)|xHistory. 
650  0 Social classes|zConnecticut|zGranby (Town)|xHistory. 
650  0 Rural poor|zConnecticut|zGranby (Town)|xSocial conditions.
650  0 Country life|zConnecticut|zGranby (Town) 
650  0 Land settlement|zMassachusetts|zAshfield (Town)|xHistory. 
650  0 Social classes|zMassachusetts|zAshfield (Town)|xHistory. 
650  0 Rural poor|zMassachusetts|zAshfield (Town)|xSocial 
       conditions. 
650  0 Country life|zMassachusetts|zAshfield (Town) 
651  0 Granby (Conn. : Town)|xHistory. 
651  0 Ashfield (Mass. : Town)|xHistory. 
994    02|bWHP