Download or read book Records of the Town of Brookhaven Up to 1800 written by Brookhaven, New York and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Early New England written by David A. Weir and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of covenant was at the heart of early New England society. In this singular book David Weir explores the origins and development of covenant thought in America by analyzing the town and church documents written and signed by seventeenth-century New Englanders. Unmatched in the breadth of its scope, this study takes into account all of the surviving covenants in all of the New England colonies. Weir's comprehensive survey of seventeenth-century covenants leads to a more complex picture of early New England than what emerges from looking at only a few famous civil covenants like the Mayflower Compact. His work shows covenant theology being transformed into a covenantal vision for society but also reveals the stress and strains on church-state relationships that eventually led to more secularized colonial governments in eighteenth-century New England. He concludes that New England colonial society was much more "English" and much less "American" than has often been thought, and that the New England colonies substantially mirrored religious and social change in Old England.
Download or read book Catalogue of the Genealogical and Historical Library of the Colonial Dames of the State of New York written by National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of the Parish of Trinity Church in the City of New York To the close of the rectorship of Dr Inglis A D 1783 written by Morgan Dix and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Unkechaug Indians of Eastern Long Island written by John A. Strong and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-02-14 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few people may realize that Long Island is still home to American Indians, the region’s original inhabitants. One of the oldest reservations in the United States—the Poospatuck Reservation—is located in Suffolk County, the densely populated eastern extreme of the greater New York area. The Unkechaug Indians, known also by the name of their reservation, are recognized by the State of New York but not by the federal government. This narrative account—written by a noted authority on the Algonquin peoples of Long Island—is the first comprehensive history of the Unkechaug Indians. Drawing on archaeological and documentary sources, John A. Strong traces the story of the Unkechaugs from their ancestral past, predating the arrival of Europeans, to the present day. He describes their first encounters with British settlers, who introduced to New England’s indigenous peoples guns, blankets, cloth, metal tools, kettles, as well as disease and alcohol. Although granted a large reservation in perpetuity, the Unkechaugs were, like many Indian tribes, the victims of broken promises, and their landholdings diminished from several thousand acres to fifty-five. Despite their losses, the Unkechaugs have persisted in maintaining their cultural traditions and autonomy by taking measures to boost their economy, preserve their language, strengthen their communal bonds, and defend themselves against legal challenges. In early histories of Long Island, the Unkechaugs figured only as a colorful backdrop to celebratory stories of British settlement. Strong’s account, which includes extensive testimony from tribal members themselves, brings the Unkechaugs out of the shadows of history and establishes a permanent record of their struggle to survive as a distinct community.
Download or read book A Catalogue of a Very Complete Collection of Books and Pamphlets Relating to the American Civil War 1861 5 written by Francis Perego Harper and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Distant Heritage written by Larry Eldridge and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1995-07 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After an exhaustive analysis of over 1,200 seditious speech cases in every colonial American court that existed before 1700, Eldridge (history, Widener U., Chester, Pennsylvania) refutes the common belief that Americans did not enjoy free speech until the 18th century. He traces the growing leniency during the 17th century, and attributes it to a combination of tumult and social development, which made people more willing to criticize authorities, and the authorities less able to prevent criticism. The index is superbly detailed. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book A Catalogue of Old Rare and Curious Books written by George E. Littlefield (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Narratives of the New England Witchcraft Cases written by George Lincoln Burr and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume recaptures the voices from both sides of the controversy with 13 original narratives by judges, ministers, the accused, and others involved in the trials and persecution of the accused.
Download or read book Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases 1648 1706 written by George Lincoln Burr and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Washington Ancestry and Records of the McClain Johnson and Forty Other Colonial American Families written by Charles Arthur Hoppin and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fire Island National Seashore written by Lee E. Koppelman and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2008-02-14 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of the history of the Fire Island National Seashore since its creation in 1964.
Download or read book Bibliography Of New York Colonial History 1901 written by Charles Allcott Flagg and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Signers of the Mayflower Compact written by Annie Arnoux Haxtun and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Signers of the Mayflower Compact written by Annie Arnoux Haxtun and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1968 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographies of the signers of the Mayflower Compact.
