VOICES FROM AMERICA’S PAST

THE BEGINNINGS OF AMERICA
1607-1763

Edited by: Richard B. Morris; Gouverneur Morris Professor of History; Columbia University; New York, New York

: James Woodress; Chairman, Department of English; San Fernando Valley State College; Northridge, California

WEBSTER PUBLISHING COMPANY
ST. LOUIS ATLANTA DALLAS PASADENA

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Preface v: I Settlements North and South
The Founding of Jamestown 1: William Simmonds Describes the Settlers’ Problems 2; John Smith’s Adventures 4
The Founding of Plymouth 9: William Bradford’s History Of Plymouth Plantation 9; John Winthrop, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony 17; Cotton Mather Describes John Winthrop 18; John Winthrop’s Letters to His Wife 19; II Religious Life in America
New England 22: Edward Taylor’s Poems 23; The Salem Witch Trials 25; Samuel Sewall’s Confession of Error 30; The Great Awakening: Jonathan Edwards 30
Other Colonies 33: John Woolman’s Journal 33; III Colonial Problems
Indian Troubles 37: Mrs. Rowlandson’s Captivity 38
Conflict with France 42: George Washington’s Letter on Braddock’s Defeat...

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