The New English Canaan of Thomas Morton with Introductory Matter and Notes
Thomas Morton
History
Book language: English
429 pages
The New English Canaan is a 17th-century historical account by Thomas Morton of New England's landscape, peoples, and colonial disputes. It combines observations of Indigenous customs and natural resources with criticism of Puritan settlers. It offers a distinctive contemporary window into early English colonization.
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Publications of the Prince Society.
Org 1858 Prince Society Inc 1874
THE NEW ENGLISH CANAAN.
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Publications of the Prince Society.
Established May 25th, 1858.
THE NEW ENGLISH CANAAN. Org 1858 Prince Society Inc 1874 Boston: PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY, BΏ JLjƒƿ WƗƯǪLjƿ ĵƿŠ SLjƿ. 1883. TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY COPIES. THE NEW ENGLISH CANAAN OF THOMAS MORTON. WITH INTRODUCTORY MATTER AND NOTES BY CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, Jǡ. Boston: PUBLISHED BY THE PRINCE SOCIETY. 1883.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE PREFACE v-vi THOMAS MORTON OF MERRY-MOUNT 1-98 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NEW ENGLISH CANAAN 99-105 NEW ENGLISH CANAAN 106-345 115-78 Book I. The Origin of the Natives; their Manners and Customs Book II. A Description of the Beauty of the Country 179-242 Book III. A Description of the People 243-345 347-9 TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE NEW ENGLISH CANAAN Officers of THE PRINCE SOCIETY 353 THE PRINCE SOCIETY, 1883 354-8 PUBLICATIONS OF THE PRINCE SOCIETY 359 VOLUMES IN PREPARATION BY THE PRINCE SOCIETY 360 361-81 INDEX
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