Letters, Journals, & Diaries of ye Colonial America

Letters, Journals, & Diaries of ye Colonial America

Get your copy now!  These 93 stories provide a unique insight into the lives of mostly ordinary colonial people who lived in extraordinary times. 

Read the first description of the New World in the exploring ship captain’s logbook, a letter from the first indentured servant, and the trial of Bridget Bishop, the first person hung for witchcraft in Salem. Compare the diary of the richest man in Virginia to Mary Cooper’s diary wherein she longed for rest from her labors. 
Read 16-year-old George Washington’s Rules of Civility, the pathetic letter from near-destitute indentured Elizabeth Sprig, Benjamin Franklin’s account of Grime’s confession and hanging, John Adams’ defense of British soldiers in the Boston Massacre, and the first prayer given in the First Continental Congress. 
Read 16-year-old Sally Wister’s diary of the battle of Germantown, a journal of the participants in the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere’s account of his Midnight Ride, and newspaper accounts of President Washington’s death and funeral. 
This is not just another volume of the history of colonial America. It is a book full of interesting, little known stories about mostly ordinary people who lived during the colonial era of America's past.

Small sample of contents:
Yale College was founded,  secret diaries, Colonial Child marriages, a hapless indentured servant, diary of everyday Colonial life, George Washington's death and funeral, and much more.

The Last Colonials

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The Last Colonials describes life in the 1700s in the northern colonies of America, what our ancestors ate, the clothes they wore, and how they eked out a living in Pittsylvania Country, the “uncivilized” land west of the Allegheny Mountains that separated the eastern parts of Pennsylvania and Virginia from their far western lands. It compares the wealthier eastern colonists' way of life with the poorer settlers who lived in the "far lands.” Read how the early settlers coped with the Indians who killed entire families in the scattered settlements. Learn how the settlers made clothes from plants and animals, how they preserved food, what their children went through at school, and how the strict Puritans maintained law and order. The colonial era ended when the colonists won their War of Independence from England and became citizens of the new United States. This book will take you through their years of strife, toil, and their ultimate success in creating the American Industrial Revolution.

Small sample of contents:

The Colonies of Virginia and Pennsylvania, The Conestoga Wagon, The Spicer massacre, The Corbly massacre, Frontier Womens Clothes, Frontier Mens Clothes, Pennsylvania Dutch Food, Herbal Remedies, English Proverbs and Sayings, Politics and War, and much more.