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New England in Letters

New England in Letters – Rufus Rockwell Wilson

Mr . Wilson, who is widely and favorably known through his ” Rambles in Colonial Byways” and similar works , describes a series of pilgrimages to all the noteworthy literary landmarks of the New England States . These carry the reader to the birthplace of Longfellow and the scenes sung by Whittier, to the Salem of Hawthorne, to the Concord of Emerson and Thoreau, to Cambridge with its memories of Holmes and Lowell, to Boston and the land of the Pilgrims, and then westward to the Berkshires, where Melville wrought upon his best romances and Bryant found inspiration for his loftiest verse. The work of each author is dealt with in association … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The History of Concord, Massachusetts

The History of Concord, Massachusetts – Alfred Sereno Hudson

The text is closely confined to the colonial period; but the mode of presentation is extraordinary indeed to those accustomed to the prosaic methods of town and village historians. Mr. Hudson has tried to transport his readers and himself back two hundred years or more, as in a vision. In imagination we sit before the humble firesides of the first settlers; hear and join in their gossip, superstitions, and communings, social and religious; inspect their farm lands and homestends, and mark well and remember their boundaries and their family histories. At the same moment we are supposed to be living in the present, and viewing these days through the customary haze Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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King Philip’s War

King Philip’s War – Ellis/Morris.

The period of the Indian war of 1676, known as King Philip’s war, is one of the most interesting in the early history of the New England colonies. It was the first great test to which the New England Commonwealths were subjected, and it enforced upon them in blood and fire the necessity of a mutual policy and active cooperation. The lesson that union is strength was learned at that time and was never forgotten. New England, after the war, free from fear of any Indian attacks, was able to turn her attention to her own peaceful industrial and political development undisturbed.

King Philip's War

King Philip’s War

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King Philip’s War.

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In Olde Massachusetts

In Olde Massachusetts – Charles Burr Todd

‘In Olde Massachusetts – Sketches of old times during the early days of the commonwealth’ is a collection of articles taken from papers first printed in 1880-1890 in various journals not generally accessible. The chief historical and literary interests are given of the following cities: Cambridge, Lexington, Concord, Quincy, Plymouth, Salem, Marblehead, Barnstable, Nantucket, Provincetown, Martha’s Vineyard, Northhampton, Deerfield, Pittsfield, and Lenox. The book is full of interesting information and anecdotes about old New England landmarks and her distinguished sons.

In Olde Massachusetts

In Olde Massachusetts

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In Olde Massachusetts.

ISBN: 9783849672393.

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Some basics on Massachusetts (from Wikipedia):

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Historic Hadley

Historic Hadley – Alice Morehouse Walker

Love of one’s own town is one of the dominant motives underlying good citizenship. The origin, growth, and development of a typical New England town like Hadley, Ma., covering two centuries and a half, is a theme on which any thoughtful person may profitably dwell. In these busy days, however, few people have the time necessary to read a ponderous volume. For the many rather than the few this little book has been written. But this book is for everybody else also, that they may be imbued with the spirit of those mighty souls, which remains still potent enough to make Americans out of Europeans, even as in 1776 it made patriots and freemen … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Old Boston Post Road

The Old Boston Post Road – Stephen Jenkins

Stephen Jenkins has chosen for the subject of this volume the oldest and most northerly of the post roads: that over which the first postrider went; which echoed to the war-whoop of the savage, saw the passage of soldiers during the French Wars; beheld the flocking of the minutemen upon the Lexington Alarm, later became the pathway of countless thousands of emigrants on their way to the rich valleys of the Mohawk and the Genesee, or to the fertile prairies of the Middle West. By this route, via New Haven, Hartford, Springfield, and Worcester, a monthly mail was established in 1673, “the first mail upon the continent of America,” as the author Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Old Boston Days & Ways

Old Boston Days & Ways – Mary Caroline Crawford

The famous happenings of an eventful period in Boston’s early history, from the dawn of the Revolution until the town became a city, are here handled with a fresh and vigorous touch. Many little-known incidents are introduced and a large amount of material hitherto the possession of some private family is included. The chapters on the early social and literary life, the establishment of the first theatre and the famous French visitors are of special interest. Miss Crawford’s style achieves that happy mingling of historical accuracy and vivacious comment that have made her previous books so successful.

Old Boston Days & Ways

Old Boston Days & Ways

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Old Boston Days & Ways.

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A history of Lowell, Massachusetts

A history of Lowell, Massachusetts – Charles Cowley

Lowell was founded by the ‘Merrimac Manufacturing Company’ in 1822, and named after Francis C. Lowell. The village grew very rapidly from the first. In 1820 it was incorporated as a town and ten years later was chartered as a city. This book tells the story of this very important textile center from the beginning until the 1870s.

A history of Lowell, Massachusetts

A history of Lowell, Massachusetts

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A history of Lowell, Massachusetts.

ISBN: 9783849676704.

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Lowell Basics (from Wikipedia):

Lowell is a city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Located in Middlesex County, Lowell (along with Cambridge) served as a county seat until Massachusetts disbanded county government in … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Rambles around Old Boston

Rambles around Old Boston – Edwin Monroe Bacon

The author knows his city and loves it, and has a fund of anecdote as well as history up his capacious sleeve. The Boston of which he tells us reaches up to about hundredandfifty years back, without letting go of the older town of Colonial and Revolutionary days. All sorts of odd corners are portrayed, besides the well-known landmarks, without which no book on Boston would be complete. Some idea of the volume’s scope may be had from these chapter headings, selected at random: “The Storied Town of Crooked Streets,” “Types of Provincial Boston,” “The Common and Roundabout,” “Some Colonial Footprints,” …

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Rambles around Old Boston

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Old Cambridge

Old Cambridge – Thomas Wentworth Higginson

The first of the chapters in the book is an antiquarian chapter; but the “Three Literary Epochs” of the second chapter — the epoch of the North American Review, that of the Dial, and that of the Atlantic Monthly — were epochs all in some manner familiar to Higginson, and a part of which he was; the last three chapters he dedicated to the famous writers Holmes, Longfellow and Lowell.

Old Cambridge

Old Cambridge

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Old Cambridge.

ISBN: 9783849676681.

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Cambridge Basics (from Wikipedia):

Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and is a part of the Boston metropolitan area.

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