Contents
The literature of Colonial America 1
Captain John Smith 7
From The General History of Virginia 9
From A Description of New England 21
William Bradford 31
From Of Plymouth Plantation 33
Thomas Morton 51
From The New English Canaan 52
John Winthrop 61
From The Journal of John Winthrop 63
Roger Williams 71
From A Key into the Language of America 73
From The Bloody Tenet… 78
To the Town of Providence 79
The Bay Psalm Book 80
From The Bay Psalm Book 81
The New England Primer 83
From The New England Primer 84
Anne Bradstreet 85
The Prologue 87
Contemplations 89
The Flesh and the Spirit 95
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