Author: Trana Mathews
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ISBN: 9781659523232
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Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
From their beginnings in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, their lives have been intertwined with American history. As a young child, Increase Mathews witnesses the birth of the United States. Along with his mother and siblings, he remains on the farm while their older male relatives join the ranks of the Continental Army. After the Revolutionary War ends, social and political unrest continues throughout central Massachusetts during Shays's Rebellion. With the opening of the Northwest Territory, his uncle Brigadier-General Rufus Putnam, brother-in-law Captain Jonathan Stone, and older brother John Mathews are among the first 48 men to settle in Ohio in 1788. This historical novel includes transcripts of actual letters written between family members and Mathews/Matthews genealogical records.