Colonial & Revolutionary
epub |eng | 2010-11-12 | Author:Pratt, Mara L. [Pratt, Mara L.]

STOCKS AND PILLORY Such punishments would seem unchristian now, but they were very common in those days. The New England people were also very strict regarding the Sabbath. As soon ...
( Category: Colonial & Revolutionary June 7,2017 )
epub |eng | 2015-11-22 | Author:Teri Kanefield

A copy of one of Benjamin Franklin’s letters to Suzy, sent April 28, 1755. The idea evidently worked. Franklin got the word to the various townships and succeeded in gathering ...
( Category: Colonial & Revolutionary April 16,2016 )
epub |eng | 2015-07-17 | Author:Candace Fleming

REVOLUTIONARY MEMORABILIA Those who give up essential liberty to preserve a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty, nor safety. —BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, 1759 The War Before The dispute between England and ...
( Category: Colonial & Revolutionary July 22,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-12-02 | Author:Nathaniel Philbrick

◆ A chest reputed to have been brought aboard the Mayflower by William Brewster. About the same time as Robinson’s passing, a new settlement was started just to the north ...
( Category: Colonial & Revolutionary June 18,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-02-01 | Author:James Daugherty

How the Spring Came and How Samoset Came out of the Forest (March 1621) Spring comes slowly to New England, but the March sun rose higher in the south and ...
( Category: Colonial & Revolutionary April 5,2015 )
epub |eng | 2007-11-05 | Author:Nathaniel Philbrick

Three times Philip had avoided what seemed like certain capture, but he had been driven from his homeland. His original fighting force of approximately 250 warriors was down to 40, ...
( Category: Colonial Period November 6,2014 )
epub |eng | | Author:Jim Murphy

George and Martha Washington, along with two young relatives and a servant, at Mount Vernon in Virginia. (THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA) On October 28, Washington climbed aboard a coach ...
( Category: Colonial & Revolutionary October 16,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-12-03 | Author:Nathaniel Philbrick [Philbrick, Nathaniel]

◆ A chest reputed to have been brought aboard the Mayflower by William Brewster. About the same time as Robinson’s passing, a new settlement was started just to the north ...
( Category: United States March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | | Author:Joseph Bruchac [Bruchac, Joseph]

15. POCAHONTAS: Corn Although the corn, like all good things, was made by Ahone, it is said that corn was not owned by all the people at first. Those who ...
( Category: Colonial & Revolutionary March 25,2014 )