People of the Wachusett : greater New England in history and memory, 1630-1860 / David Jaffee.

Nashaway Became Lancaster, the Wachusett became Princeton, and all of Nipmuc Country became the County of Worcester. In People of the Wachusett the history of the New England town becomes the cultural history of America's first frontier. Integral to this history are the firsthand narratives of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jaffee, David (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1999.
Series:	History e-book project.
Subjects:	1600-1865 Cities and towns > New England > History. Frontier and pioneer life. Land settlement > New England > History. HISTORY > Canada > Pre-Confederation (to 1867) Cities and towns Frontier and pioneer life Land settlement Regions & Countries - Americas. History & Archaeology. United States Local History. New England > History > 1775-1865. New England > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. New England > History, Local. New England Electronic books. History Local history
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: New England Begins
pt. I. Town Settlement in the Seventeenth Century. 1. Indians, English, and Missionaries: The Plantation of Nashaway. 2. "Indian-Fighters" and Town Founders: The Resettlement of the Wachusett, 1675-1725
pt. II. Town Settlement in the Eighteenth Century. 3. Lancaster and Its Offspring: Serial Town Formation Enters the New Century. 4. Narragansett No. 2: Reproducing Families and Farms
pt. III. The Creation of Greater New England. 5. New England Moves North: The South Shore of Nova Scotia. 6. Town Founding and the Village Enlightenment: Walpole, New Hampshire
Epilogue: The Myth of Town Settlement.

People of the Wachusett : greater New England in history and memory, 1630-1860 / David Jaffee.

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