Download or read book France and Rhode Island 1686 1800 written by Mary Ellen Loughrey and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlines, as a historical background, the various sojourns of Frenchmen during the 17th and 18th centuries and shares evidence of the interest in French culture.
Download or read book Memoir Concerning the French Settlements and French Settlers in the Colony of Rhode Island written by Elisha Reynolds Potter and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1686, the Proprietors of the Narragansett country in Rhode Island made an agreement with some French Protestant emigrants for the settlement of a plantation on their territory. This work consists of genealogical data on the band of French emigrants who settled the "Frenchtown" plantation, featuring genealogical and biographical notices.
Download or read book The French Enlightenment in America written by Paul Merrill Spurlin and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The French Enlightenment in America offers an overview of French American cultural relations during the French Enlightenment. The essays in this volume explore the literary presence of French authors in America between 1760 and 1800 and the reception of their writings by the Founding Fathers and other Americans. These essays explore such topics as the Founding Fathers’ knowledge of French, the philosophes, Voltaire in the South, and more. The Georgia Open History Library has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this collection, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Download or read book The War at Sea written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of American Colleges and Their Libraries in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries written by David S. Zubatsky and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Victory at Yorktown written by Richard M. Ketchum and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-10-04 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scene was set for Washington's and Rochambeau's rapid move south, setting up the daring siege of Yorktown." "Drawing on primary research, including diaries and personal letters, acclaimed historian of the American Revolution Richard Ketchum offers an account of the strategies and personalities behind the victory that surprised the world. Yorktown was that rarest of military and naval operations in which everything fell into place at exactly the right moment. It was a race against time and distance, by land and at sea. After almost seven harrowing years and against all odds, Washington - with French help - defeated the world's finest army. The war was won."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Newport Firsts written by Brian M. Stinson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-02 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newport, Rhode Island, has been a city of innovation since its beginning nearly four centuries ago. Some of the claims on a national level are true, while some have been greatly distorted over the years. The first law banning the importation of slaves in the colonies was enacted in the city, and the first Methodist church in the world with a steeple and bell is located here. But was the first female lighthouse keeper in America from here? Was Newport the first place where a medical lecture was given? Author and research historian Brian M. Stinson offers a chronological collection of vignettes detailing the city's many firsts.
Download or read book Memoir Concerning the French Settlements and French Settlers in the Colony of Rhode Island written by Elisha R 1811-1882 Potter and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-12 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Robert Morris written by Clarence L. Ver Steeg and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2017-01-30 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Download or read book The French in Rhode Island written by John Austin Stevens and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Memoir Concerning the French Settlements written by Elisha R. Potter and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-08 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoir Concerning the French Settlements - and French settlers in the colony of Rhode Island is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1879. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Download or read book The New England Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes section "Bibliography. Articles on the history of New England in periodical literature.
Download or read book First Supplement to the Finding List of the Providence Public Library 1882 written by Providence Public Library and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Download or read book Finding List of the Providence Public Library written by Providence Public Library (R.I.) and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas written by New York Public Library. Reference Department and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book U S Reference iana 1481 1899 written by and published by Williamsburg, Va : Moebs Publishing Company. This book was released on 1989 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rhode Island History written by and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
