Download or read book Newgate of Connecticut Its Origin and Early History written by Richard Harvey Phelps and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Century in Captivity written by Denis R. Caron and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2006 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riveting reconstruction of an eighteenth-century slave's life and imprisonment
Download or read book Newgate of Connecticut written by Richard Harvey Phelps and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Martyr and the Traitor written by Virginia DeJohn Anderson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In September 1776, two men from Connecticut each embarked on a dangerous mission. One of the men, a soldier disguised as a schoolmaster, made his way to British-controlled Manhattan and began furtively making notes and sketches to bring back to the beleaguered Continental Army general, George Washington. The other man traveled to New York to accept a captain's commission in a loyalist regiment before returning home to recruit others to join British forces. Neither man completed his mission. Both met their deaths at the end of a hangman's rope, one executed as a spy for the American cause and the other as a traitor to it. Neither Nathan Hale nor Moses Dunbar deliberately set out to be a revolutionary or a loyalist, yet both suffered the same fate. They died when there was every indication that Britain would win the American Revolution. Had that been the outcome, Dunbar, convicted of treason and since forgotten, might well be celebrated as a martyr. And Hale, caught spying on the British, would likely be remembered as a traitor, rather than a Revolutionary hero. In The Martyr and the Traitor, Virginia DeJohn Anderson offers an intertwined narrative of men from very similar backgrounds and reveals how their relationships within their families and communities became politicized as the imperial crisis with Britain erupted. She explores how these men forged their loyalties in perilous times and believed the causes for which they died to be honorable. Through their experiences, The Martyr and the Traitor illuminates the impact of the Revolution on ordinary lives and how the stories of patriots and loyalists were remembered and forgotten after independence.
Download or read book Dictionary Catalogue of the Illinois State Library written by Illinois State Library and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dictionary Catalogue written by Illinois State Library and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bibliographer s Manual of American History M Q nos 3104 4527 1908 written by Stanislaus Vincent Henkels and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Metals in Colonial America written by James A. Mulholland and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1981-07-04 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the struggle to create an indigenous industry, in the efforts to encourage and support the work of metals craftsmen, in the defiance of British attempts to regulate manufacturing of metals, the colonial society developed a metals technology that became the basis for future industrial growth.
Download or read book From Newgate to Dannemora written by W. David Lewis and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A significant chapter in the history of American social reform is traced in this skillful account of the rise of the New York penitentiary system at a time when the United States was garnering international acclaim for its penal methods. Beginning with Newgate, an ill-fated institution built in New York City and named after the famous British prison, W. David Lewis describes the development of such well-known institutions as Auburn Prison and Sing Sing, and ends with the establishment of Clinton Prison at Dannemora. In the process, he analyzes the activities and motives of such penal reformers as Thomas Eddy, the Quaker merchant who was chiefly responsible for the founding of the penitentiary system in New York; Elam Lynds, whose unsparing use of the lash made him one of the most famous wardens in American history; and Eliza W. Farnham, who attempted to base the treatment of convicts upon the pseudoscience of phrenology.The history of the Auburn penal system—copied throughout the world in the nineteenth century—is the central topic of Lewis's study. Harsh and repressive discipline was the rule at Auburn; by night, the inmates were kept in solitary confinement and by day they were compelled to maintain absolute silence while working together in penitentiary shops. Moreover, the proceeds of their labor were expected to cover the full cost of institutional maintenance, turning the prison into a factory. (Indeed, Auburn Prison became a leading center of silk manufacture for a time.)Lewis shows how the rise and decline of the Auburn system reflected broad social and intellectual trends during the period. Conceived in the 1820s, a time of considerable public anxiety, the methods used at Auburn were seriously challenged twenty years later, when a feeling of social optimism was in the air. The Auburn system survived the challenge, however, and its methods, only slightly modified, continued to be used in dealing with most of the state's adult criminals to the end of the century.First published in 1965, From Newgate to Dannemora was the first in-depth treatment of American prison reform that took into account the broader context of political, economic, and cultural trends in the early national and Jacksonian period. With its clear prose and appealing narrative approach, this paperback edition will appeal to a new generation of readers interested in penology, the history of New York State, and the broader history of American social reform.
Download or read book Connecticut Encyclopedia written by Jennifer Herman and published by State History Publications. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 867 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Connecticut Encyclopedia contains detailed information on States: Symbols and Designations, Geography, Archaeology, State History, Local History on individual cities, towns and counties, Chronology of Historic Events in the State, Profiles of Governors, Political Directory, State Constitution, Bibliography of books about the state and an Index.
Download or read book It Happened in Connecticut written by Diana Ross McCain and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008-07-17 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All-new additions to the entertaining and bestselling line of regional history for all ages! IT HAPPENED IN CONNECTICUT (TwoDot) Diana Ross McCain More than twenty true stories from the Nutmeg State—including how it got its nickname, as well as the country’s first witch trials, the Charter Oak incident, and the invention of modern football. Diana Ross McCain is a historian from Durham, Connecticut. IT HAPPENED IN PHILADELPHIA Scott Bruce The rich history of the City of Brotherly Love comes alive with this compelling selection of true stories. Learn about William Penn’s “Holy Experiment,” the background of “American Bandstand,” and the creation of the “Mummer’s” parade. This book has wide appeal for both history buffs and browsing tourists. Scott Bruce is a comedian and host of a PBS-TV trivia show called “The Pennsylvania Game.” IT HAPPENED ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL Stephen J. Glassman This emigrant trail stretching from central Missouri to northern New Mexico was a critical artery in opening up the American West. This collection of suspenseful-but-true stories includes the tragedy of the Sand Creek Massacre as well as the discovery of “Boone’s Lick.” Other tales include appearances by Spanish conquistadors, cowboys of every stripe, and even the man who cured malaria. Stephen Glassman is a former Fulbright scholar and currently a professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. IT HAPPENED IN MINNESOTA Darrell Ehrlick From the heartland of America come these thirty compelling tales. Starting with a harrowing battle between white settlers and Sioux Indians, swinging around to encompass a bank robbery masterminded by Jesse James, and ending with the creation of the Mall of America, Minnesota has never seen its history written quite like this. Darrell Ehrlick is editor of Minnesota’s Winona Daily News and lives with his wife on the state border in Trempealeau, Wisconsin.
Download or read book Copper for America written by Charles K. Hyde and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2016-03-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive history of copper mining tells the full story of the industry that produces one of America's most important metals. The first inclusive account of U.S. copper in one volume, Copper for America relates the discovery and development of America's major copper-producing areas—the eastern United States, Tennessee, Michigan, Montana, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Alaska—from colonial times to the present. Starting with the predominance of New England and the Middle Atlantic states in the early nineteenth century, Copper for America traces the industry's migration to Michigan in mid-century and to Montana, Arizona, and other western states in the late nineteenth century. The book also examines the U.S. copper industry's decline in the twentieth century, studying the effects of strong competition from foreign copper industries and unforeseen changes in the national and global copper markets. An extensively documented chronicle of the rise and fall of individual mines, companies, and regions, Copper for America will prove an essential resource for economic and business historians, historians of technology and mining, and western historians.
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Download or read book Nineteenth Century American Women s Serial Novels written by Dale M. Bauer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recovers the careers of four US women serial writers, and establishes a new archive for American literary studies.
Download or read book Children and the Criminal Law in Connecticut 1635 1855 written by Nancy Hathaway Steenburg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-14 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an intelligent overview into the driving forces that shaped American history in the Northeast. It draws on primary documents such as farmer's diaries, small rural papers of the 19th century, and the publications of state agricultural societies.
Download or read book The Loyalist Problem in Revolutionary New England written by Thomas N. Ingersoll and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new history of Loyalism using revolutionary New England as a case study.
