Author: Massachusetts Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Author: Massachusetts Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The Massachusetts Historical Society
Author: Louis Leonard TuckerPublisher: Massachusetts Historical Society
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
When Jeremy Belknap and seven associates met in Boston on January 24, 1791, to establish the Massachusetts Historical Society, there was nothing like it anywhere in North America. Belknap, concerned that accident and carelessness were jeopardizing America's documentary heritage, proposed an organization to provide a secure repository for rare manuscripts and printed works and a publication program to "multiply the copies" of these valuable items. The Society that eight Boston gentlemen created that evening was the first institution anywhere for "the collection and preservation of materials for a political and natural history of the United States". The Massachusetts Historical Society: A Bicentennial History, 1791-1991, is a candid and detailed account of this remarkable institution's first two centuries. Despite its location and its name, the Society has never been a provincial institution, dedicated to chronicling the story of a single city or state. Through its incomparable library and publications, as well as through the writings of such illustrious members as Belknap, Francis Parkman, William Hickling Prescott, Samuel Eliot Morison, and scores of modern scholars, the Society has been - and continues to be - a profound influence on the study of a nation's history.
Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1142
Book Description
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1206
Book Description
Includes Part 1A: Books and Part 1B: Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to Periodicals
annual bibliopgraphy of english language and literature colume XXIX 1949
Author: A Guide to The History of Massachusetts
Author: Martin KaufmanPublisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
This volume is designed as a general reference tool for the study of the history of Massachusetts. The only book of its type, the volume focuses largely on local history, emphasizing the new social history, and containing biographies of leading figures. Since Massachusetts history and U.S. history largely intertwined during the colonial and early national period, the book provides information on trends in early American history, and provides scholars and other interested readers with an up-to-date summary of major works and important interpretations of each period and of relevant themes, such as urban history, women in history, and oral history.
The Puritans
Author: Perry MillerPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486161056
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 910
Book Description
Critically acclaimed compilation includes writings by William Bradford, Increase Mather, William Hubbard, Anne Bradstreet, and other influential figures. "The best selection ever made of Puritan literature." — historian Samuel Eliot Morison.
English Historical Documents
Author: David Charles DouglasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
Empire and Liberty
Author: Alan RogersPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520022751
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"In April 1754 a French expedition from Canada seized a half-constructed log fortress near the forks of the Ohio River in western Pennsylvania. This act of aggression deep in the American wilderness touched off a worldwide conflict between Great Britain and France:" - Preface
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