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John Ledyard's "Death of Captain Cook" (1783)

Louis J. Slimak prepared this edition of John Ledyard's "Death of Captain Cook" for the Spring 2006 section of Early American Literature.

St. Kitts and London, birthplace and performance of James Grainger's The Sugar-Cane

James Grainger, a London physician, accepted a four-year tour of duty overseeing plantations on St. Kitts between 1759 and 1763. He spent much time while there composing his long georgic poem, The Sugar-Cane.

Edward Taylor of Westfield

Here's a set of Google Earth placemarks illustrating Edward Taylor's life.

Some places of Samuel Sewall

Known today for his role in the Salem witch trials, his diary, and his "Selling of Joseph," Samuel Sewall helped to govern large parts of Boston for many decades in the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century.

Providence of Roger Williams

The main artery of eary Providence, Rhode Island lay on the east side of the river. Once Towne Street, it is now called North and South Main Streets.

Jean de Brébeuf's Huronia Mission

In a small park by a southern Ontario lake, a museum has recreated a Huron village and the long house constructed to hold the handful of Jesuits who came here in 1636 to spread Christianity (and, sadly, smallpox).

Politics in American Literature, all the words

Here are the words for the 2006 edition of Politics in American Literature.

Fort Nassau, Fort Orange, Fort Saybrook, and Fort Christina

Here are Google Earth placemarks indicating the location of four early American military installations that were important to the Swedish, Dutch, and English settlements in the second quarter of the seventeenth-century.

Settings for Mary Rowlandson's Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration

The following places figure as settings for Mary Rowlandson's Narrative of Captivity.

Fiction Appreciation, all the words

Here are the words for my Fall 2006 section of Fiction Appreciation.

Lewes, Delaware

In 1631 the Dutch established a settlement in Lewes, Delaware, which was soon massacred.

Watertown, home of John Pond

John Pond arrived here with his family after sailing in the Lyon with supplies ordered by Governor John Winthrop.

Places in Anne Bradstreet's life

Anne Bradstreet landed at Salem in 1630, moved to Cambridge in 1631, and then moved to a farm in North Andover in 1645 where she lived until her death.

Brackenridge handout for Politics in American Literature

The handout called "Hugh Henry Brackenridge, “Provincial Honors to an Exciseman” (1807)" can be found here as both HTML and PDF. All hail Alex Morris, graduate student from the Spring 2006 section of Early American Literature, for his preparation of this reading.

Angola, source of 1619 Jamestown slaves

On September 4, 2006, Lisa Rein reported for the Washington Post (in "Mystery of Va.'s First Slaves Unlocked 400 Years Later," page A1) that "new scholarship and transatlantic detective work" has determined that the first group of slaves brought to Virginia came from Angola.

Manomet, 1623's Indian settlement closest to Plymouth

Emmanuel Altham numbered among the Company of Adventurers for New Plymouth, a group of merchants who partially financed the Plymouth plantation with hopes to later profit by this investment through trade. His "Letter to Sir Edward Altham" (1623) describes Manomet, the Indian settlement closest to Plymouth.