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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 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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]