Description |
500 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliography. |
Contents |
pt. 1. Arrivals: William Bradford: the Plymouth Plantation -- Captain John Smith: a description of New England -- Thomas Morton: the new English Canaan -- John and Margaret Winthrop: letters -- Gottfried Mittelberger: the crossing to Pennsylvania -- pt. 2. Daily life: William Bradford: pirates in Plymouth -- William Bradford: Thomas Morton of Merrymount -- Thomas Morton: the Merrymount Colony -- John Winthrop: edifying incidents -- Cotton Mather: an exemplary Christian -- Cotton Mather: inoculation for smallpox -- Samuel Sewall: courtship -- William Byrd: marriage -- Benjamin Franklin: on taking a mistress -- Benjamin Franklin: the speech of Polly Baker -- William Byrd: riding through Virginia -- pt. 3. God and the devil: Roger Williams: religious tolerance -- Nathaniel Ward: in defence of intolerance -- Increase Mather: witchcraft in Salem -- Cotton Mather: witchcraft in Salem -- Samuel Sewall: witchcraft in Salem -- Cotton Mather: the devil in the shape of a woman -- Jonathan Edwards: sinners in the hands of an angry God -- Jonathan Edwards: personal narrative -- pt. 4. Indians: Captain John Smith: the Indians in Virginia -- Captain John Smith: Pocahontas -- William Bradford: the Pequot War -- Edward Johnson: the Pequot War -- Robert Beverley: Indian customs and manners -- Mrs. Mary Rowlandson: captured by Indians -- pt. 5. The South: Robert Beverley: Virginia -- William Byrd: history of the dividing line -- pt. 6. Literature: Anne Bradstreet -- Michael Wigglesworth -- Edward Taylor -- Anonymous: Bacon's epitaph -- Ebenezer Cook -- Benjamin Franklin -- pt. 7. Four colonial views: Dr. Alexander Hamilton: itinerarium -- Benjamin Franklin: autobiography -- John Woolman: journal -- Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur: letters from an American farmer. |
Subject |
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources.
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United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.
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