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1567:
“Carried Thence for
Trafficke of the West Indies Five Hundred Negroes” - Job Hortop and
the British Enter the Slave Trade |
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1584:
Discourse of Western Planting - Richard Hakluyt |
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1600:
Principal Navigations,
Voyages of the English Nation, III - Richard
Hakluyt |
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1602:
“We Took Great Store of Codfish and Called it Cape Cod”
- Bartholomew Gosnold Sails Along
Northeastern North America |
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1606:
First Virginia Charter |
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1606:
Instructions for the Virginia Colony |
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1606-1660:
Selected Virginia Statutes Relating to Religion
1660-69 |
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1607:
Map of Virginia |
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1607:
The Starving Time in Virginia -
Captain John Smith |
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1608:
Powhatan to John Smith |
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1608:
“What Can You Get By Warre” - Powhatan Exchanges Views
With Captain John Smith” |
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1609:
“The Iroquois were much astonished that two men should
have been killed so quickly” - Samuel
de Champlain Introduces Firearms
to Native Warfare |
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1609:
Second Virginia Charter |
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1609-1610:
John Smith Describes the "Starving Time" at Jamestown |
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1611:
"A
Short Relation made by the Lord De-La-Warre," by Lord De-La-Warre |
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1612:
Third Virginia Charter |
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1614:
Letter of Father Pierre Biard |
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1614:
Letter of John Rolfe on his decision to marry Pocahantas |
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1614:
Proceedings of the Virginia Assembly |
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1616:
John
Smith's Letter to Queen Anne Regarding Pocahontas |
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1617:
John Rolfe's letter to Sir Edward Sandys |
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1619:
Laws Concerning Religion - Virginia General Assembly |
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1619-1670:
Selected Virginia Statutes Relating to Indentured Servants |
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1620:
William Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' |
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1620:
Charter
of New England |
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1620:
Charter
of the Colony of New Plymouth Granted to William Bradford
and His
Associates |
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1620:
The Mayflower
Compact |
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1621:
Charter of the Dutch West India Company |
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1621:
The First
Thanksgiving in Plymouth |
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1621:
An
Ordinance and Constitution of the Virginia Company in England |
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1622:
Mourt's Relations -
a journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth |
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1623:
“Our Plantation Is Very Weak” - The Experiences of an
Indentured Servant in Virginia |
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1623:
Virginia Planters' Answer to Captain Butler |
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1624:
Generall Historie by John Smith (cover) |
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1624:
Tragical Relation of the Virginia Assembly |
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1624-1705:
Excerpts from wills, deeds, and the recorded minutes of the Virginia
Assembly and Council
to illustrate the treatment of African slaves and
Native American servants and slaves in Virginia during the 17c |
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1625:
Discourse of the Old Company |
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1626:
Account of the
Purchase of Manhattan - translation of the Peter Sschaghen letter |
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1629:
Charter
of Massachusetts Bay Company |
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1629:
Reasons for the
Plantation in New England - John Winthrop |
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1629:
The Salem Covenant |
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1629-72:
Laws Pertaining to Slaves and Servants, Virginia
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1629-1705:
Selected Virginia Statutes relating to Slavery |
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1630:
The Divine Right to Occupy the Land
- John Cotton |
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1630:
The Humble
Request of the Puritan Emigrants |
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1630:
A Model of Christian Charity - John Winthrop |
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1630s-1770s:
Various documents on the Antinomian Controversy
(additional documents) |
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1631:
Advertisements for
the Inexperienced Planters of New England - Capt. John Smith |
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1631:
Letter from Massachusetts Bay by Richard Saltonstall |
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1631:
Reasons for Emigrating to New England - John Winthrop |
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1633:
The Glorious Work in Maryland, Father Andrew White, S.J. |
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1635:
The Charter of Maryland |
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|
1635:
Emigrants to New England from Sandwich, England |
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1635:
"The forme of a binding servant" - an indentured contract |
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1635:
Passengers to Virginia |
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1635:
“Thus This Poore People Populate This Howling Desart”-
Edward Johnson Describes the
Founding of the Town of Concord in
Massachusetts Bay |
|
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1636:
The
Constitution of Plymouth Colony |
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|
1636:
John
Cotton Letter to Lord Say and Sele - Condemns Democracy |
|
|
1636:
John Winthrop's
Testimony - the Boston Governor's account of his Christian experience |
|
|
1636:
Plan for a Massachusetts Town |
|
|
1637:
Essay Against the Power of the Church To Sit in Judgement on the Civil
Magistracy
by John Winthrop - a treatise indicating an early desire among the
Puritans to keep church and state separate |
|
|
1637:
The
Examination of Mrs Anne Hutchinson at the Court at Newton |
|
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1637:
"Manners
and Customs of the Indians of New England" - Thomas Morton |
|
|
1637:
"Revels in New Canaan" - Thomas Morton |
|
|
1638 & 1663:
An Account of Two Voyages to New-England Made
during the Years 1638, 1663 |
|
|
1639:
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
|
|
1640:
Assorted Illustrations of North America
|
|
|
1640:
New England's First Fruits - the first written history
regarding the founding of Harvard College |
|
|
1640s:
“So Must We Be One..., Otherwise We Shall Be All Gone
Shortly” - Narragansett Chief Miantonomi Tries to Form an Alliance
Against Settlers in New England and Long Island |
|
|
1640-1709:
Massachusetts Bay Colony documents |
|
|
1641:
The
Massachusetts Body of Liberties |
|
|
1642:
Massachusetts Bay School Laws |
|
|
1642-1700:
Harvard College Admission and Graduation Requirements |
|
|
1643:
“Their Extraordinary Great Labor” - Roger Williams
Observes Indian Customs and Language |
|
|
1644:
Arbitrary Government Described and the Government of the Massachusetts
Vindicated from
that Aspersion - John Winthrop |
|
|
1644:
The Bloody Tenet of Persecution for the Cause of
Conscience - Roger Williams |
|
|
1644:
"George Gillespie refutes Roger Williams" |
|
|
1644:
A Plea for Religious Liberty - Roger Williams |
|
|
1645:
On Liberty - John Winthrop |
|
|
1647:
Against Toleration - Nathaniel Ward |
|
|
1647:
The
Simple Comler of Aggawam in America - Nathaneil Ward |
|
|
1649:
A Description of the New Netherlands - Adriaen
van der Donck |
|
|
1649:
Maryland
Toleration Act |
|
|
1650, 1678:
Two poems by Anne
Bradstreet |
|
|
1651:
"A declaration of the General Court of the Massachusets holden at
Boston, in New-England, October 18, 1659. Concerning the execution of
two Quakers " - broadside |
|
|
1651:
Sumptuary Laws in New England - laws regarding what one may and may
not wear |
|
|
1653:
The Instrument of
Government - adopted by Cromwell
and his Council of Officers on 12/16 |
|
|
1656:
Healing Question - Sir Henry Vane |
|
|
1660:
British Navigation Acts - excerpts |
|
|
1660:
Margaret
Fell's letter to the King on the persecution of the Quakers |
|
|
1660:
Narrative of the Pequot War -
Captain Lion Gardiner |
|
|
1662:
Connecticut Colony
Charter |
|
|
1663:
“They Live Well in the Time of their Service” - George
Alsop Writes of Servants in Maryland |
|
|
1666:
Indentured Servitude in Maryland |
|
|
1668:
One Year in the Life of Thomas Minor, Connecticut
Farmer |
|
|
1669:
Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina - John Locke |
|
|
1670:
Court document regarding Anthony Johnson |
|
|
1670:
John Elliot's Brief
Narrative |
|
|
1670:
Royal Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company |
|
|
1670:
The Tryal of William Penn and William Mead, for Causing
a Tumolt |
|
|
1673:
The Mississippi Voyage of Jolliet and Marquette
|
|
|
1671-4:
"Mrs. Elizabeth
Freake and Baby Mary" - painting by Freake Limner |
|
|
1675:
Fifteen Propositions - Robert Barclay from Apology for the True
Christian Divinity |
|
|
1675:
Metacom Relates Indian Complaints about the English
Settlers |
|
|
1676:
The First
Thanksgiving Proclamation |
|
|
1677:
“Such Was the Tumultation These Women Made” - The Women
of Marblehead Wreak Revenge
Upon Indian Captors |
|
|
1680:
“As They Had Been in Ancient Times” - Pedro Naranjo
Relates the Pueblo Revolt |
|
|
1680-1682:
Revolt of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico and Otermín's Attempted
Reconquest |
|
|
1681:
Proposals for the Carrying on the Negro's Christianity - Morgan
Goodwyn |
|
|
1682:
Letters of Thomas Newe to His Father from South
Carolina |
|
|
1682:
Petition for a Democratic Government - town of
East-Hampton, Long Island |
|
|
1682:
Some Fruits of Solitude In Reflections And Maxims - William Penn |
|
|
1683:
Edward Randolph Condemns the Massachusetts Bay Company
Before the Board of Trade |
|
|
1683:
Frame of
Government of Pennsylvania (2/2) |
|
|
1683:
The Original Constitution of New York |
|
|
1684:
New Ireland Established in Maryland |
|
|
1684:
A Journal of the Last Voyage Perform'd by
Monsr. de la Sale, to the Gulph of Mexico, to Find Out the Mouth of the
Missisipi River |
|
|
1685:
Causes of King Phillip's War - Edward Randolph |
|
|
1686:
Instructions to Sir Edmund Andros |
|
|
1686:
Commercial Orders to Sir Edmund Andros |
|
|
1688:
Commission of Sir Edmund Andros for the Dominion of New
England (4/7) |
|
|
1689:
Toleration Act of William and Mary |
|
|
1689:
Orders for Sending Sir Edmund Andros to England |
|
|
1694:
"The Character of a Good Ruler" - sermon by Samuel
Willard |
|
|
1698:
Discourses Concerning Government,
Table of Contents by Algernon Sidney - built principles of popular
government from foundation of natural law and the social contract.
This book has been considered by scholars the "textbook of the
American Revolution." |
|
|
1701:
Charter of
Privileges Granted by William Penn, esq., to the Inhabitants of
Pennsylvania and Territories (10/28) |
|
|
1760s:
The Dutch Arrive on
Manhattan Island - An Indian Perspective |
