1. The Writings Of American History From The Puritans To The Present
The shape and dimension of a particular landscape become more clear into view the more historians bring different perspectives and common skills to the tasks of documentation, description, and narration. ... Of Plymouth Plantation recounts the fate of a tiny band of Pilgrims who fled England for Holland and then for the New World. Also writing this type of history was Governor John Winthrop of Massachusetts and Cotton Mather. ... Among the most provident were Thomas Hutchinson, leading merchant and royal governor of Massachusetts; William Smith, physician, landowner, and lieutenant governo...
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