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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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1588:
A Brief and True Report of the New Found Land of
Virginia
- Thomas Harriot |
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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:
Reasons for Raising a Fund to Settle America on the Value of Colonies
to England - Richard Hakluyt |
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1607:
The Starving Time - Capt. 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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1612:
Third Virginia Charter |
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1614:
Letter of John Rolfe on his decision to marry Pocahantas |
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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:
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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1620-1628:
Letters of
the Early Plymouth Settlers |
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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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1621:
"The Sin and
Danger of Self Love" - sermon by Robert Cushman |
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1622:
Mourt's Relations -
a journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth |
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1622:
Necessary Supplies for the Voyage to Virginia |
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1623:
“Our Plantation Is Very Weak” - The Experiences of an
Indentured Servant in Virginia |
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1624:
Generall Historie by John Smith (cover)
excerpts |
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1624:
Images from John Smith's
Generall Historie |
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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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1626:
Account of the
Purchase of Manhattan - translation of the Peter Sschaghen letter |
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1629:
Charter
of Massachusetts Bay |
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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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1630:
The True Travels,
Adventures and Observations of Captain John Smith in Europe, Asia,
Africa and America |
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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 New England by Richard Saltonstall |
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1631:
Reasons for Emigrating to New England - John Winthrop |
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1632:
A Relation of the Successful Beginnings of the Lord Baltimore's
Plantation in Maryland |
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17c:
Letter of Lord Baltimore to his brother, Leonard Concerning
Catholicism in Maryland |
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1633:
The Glorious Work in Maryland, Father Andrew White, S.J.
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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 Condemns Democracy |
|
|
1636:
John Winthrop's
Testimony - the Boston Governor's account of his Christian experience |
|
|
1637:
Account of the Pequot War |
|
|
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 |
|
|
1637:
"Manners
and Customs of the Indians of New England" - Thomas Morton |
|
|
1637:
"Revels in New Canaan" - Thomas Morton |
|
|
1639:
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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:
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:
Maryland
Toleration Act |
|
|
1650:
The Social Laws of Connecticut |
|
|
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 |
|
|
1660:
British Navigation Acts - excerpts |
|
|
1660:
Margaret
Fell's letter to the King on the persecution of the Quakers |
|
|
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 |
|
|
1668:
Will of Edward Garfield from Watertown, Massachusetts |
|
|
1669:
Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina - John Locke |
|
|
1670:
The Tryal of William Penn and William Mead, for Causing
a Tumolt |
|
|
1671-4:
"Mrs. Elizabeth
Freake and Baby Mary" - painting by Freake Limner |
|
|
1675:
Metacom Relates Indian Complaints about the English
Settlers |
|
|
1675-77:
“Philip Is Breathing Out Threatenings and Slaughter”-
Hetty Shepard’s Fears about the Future of New England |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
1685:
Causes of King Phillip's War - Edward Randolph |
|
|
1686:
Instructions to Sir Edmund Andros |
|
|
1688:
On the Duty of Man and Citizen According to Natural Law
by Samuel Pufendorf - based law and right on natural law |
|
|
1689:
Toleration Act of William and Mary |
|
|
1690:
Governor Andros' Report |
|
|
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 |
