Series Editor's Preface.
Notes on Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
A Note on the Texts.
Introduction.
1. First Encounters:.
Introduction.
Article:.
King Philip's Herds: Indians, Colonists, and the Problem of Livestock in Early New England: Virginia DeJohn Anderson.
Documents:.
Reasons to be Considered for ... the Intended Plantation in New England (1629): John Winthrop.
Treaty between the Abenaki Indians and the English at Casco Bay (1727).
Indian Explanation of the Treaty of Casco Bay (1727): Loron Sauguaarum.
Further Reading.
2. Puritan Culture:.
Introduction.
Article:.
A World of Wonders: David D. Hall.
Documents:.
A Model of Christian Charity (1630): John Winthrop.
Trial of Mrs Lucy Brewster at a Court Held at Newhaven (1646): Charles J. Hoadly.
Tryal of Susanna Martin in Salem (1692).
Further Reading.
3. Making Race:.
Introduction.
Article:.
From "Foul Crimes" to "Spurious Issue": Sexual Regulation and the Social Construction of Race: Kathleen M. Brown.
Documents:.
Letter to his Parents (1623): Richard Frethorne.
Virginia Slave Codes (1661-1705): William Waller Henning.
Petition against Zachareah Jordan (1783): Ruth Tillett.
Further Reading.
4. Africa Diaspora:.
Introduction.
Article:.
Time, Space, and the Evolution of Afro-American Society on British Mainland North America: Ira Berlin.
Documents:.
A New and Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea (1705): William Bosman.
The Carolina Chronicle of Dr. Francis Le Jau (1706-1717): Francis Le Jau.
A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, A Native of Africa, But Resident above Sixty Years in the Unites States of America (1700s): Venture Smith.
Further Reading.
5. European Immigration:.
Introduction.
Article:.
Worlds in Motion: Bernard Bailyn.
Documents:.
The Infortunate: The Voyage and adventures of William Moraley, an Indentured Servant (1743): William Moraley.
Journey to Pennsylvania (1754): Gottlieb Mittelberger.
Informations Concerning the Province of North Carolina (1700s): Scotus Americanus.
Further Reading.
6. Awakening:.
Introduction.
Article:.
"Pedlar in Divinity": George Whitfield and the Great Awakening, 1737-1745: Frank Lambert.
Documents:.
The Spiritual Travels of Nathan Cole (1741): Nathan Cole.
A Letter ... to Mr. George Wishart (1742): Charles Chauncy.
The Distinguishing Marks (1741): Jonathan Edwards.
Further Reading.
7. Creating Gentility:.
Introduction.
Article:.
Bodies and Minds: Richard Bushman.
Documents.
Autobiography and Other Writings (1790): Benjamin Franklin.
Gentleman's Progress: The Itinerarium of Dr. Alexander Hamilton (1744): Alexander Hamilton.
American Weekly Mercury (Philadelphia), no. 575 (Jan. 5, 1730/1): Generosa (Elizabeth Magawley).
Further Reading.
8. Backcountry Worlds:.
Introduction.
Article:.
New Worlds for All: Indian America by 1775: Colin Calloway.
Documents:.
The Carolina Backcountry on the Eve of the Revolution: The Journal and Other Writings of Charles Woodmason, Anglican Itinerant (1766-8): Charles Woodmason.
On Behalf of the Ohio Delawares, Munsies, and Mohicans, to the Governors of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia (December 4, 1771): John Killbuck.
A Journal of Two Visits made to Some Nations of Indians on the West Side of the River Ohio, in the Years 1772 and 1773: David Jones.
Further Reading.
Index.
