Book I, chapter X. Showing how they sought out a place of habitation; and what befell the, thereabout 82
From Book II, Chapter XI. The remaineder of anno 1620 89
From Bokk II, Chapter XIX: Anno Dom: 1628 [Thomas Morton of Merrymount] 91
From Book II, Chapter XXXII: Anno Dom: 1642 [Wickedness Breaks Forth] 95
From Book II, Chapter XXXIV: Anno Dom: 1644 [Proposal to remove to nauset] 97
CONTEXT AND RESPONSE: Thomas Morton, From New English Canaan 99
John Winthrop (1588- 1649)
A model of Christian Charity 103
From The journal of John Winthrop 117
CONTEXT AND RESPONSE: The trial of Anne Hutchinson 125
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) 134
The prologue 135
In Honour of That high and mighty Princess Queen Elizabeth of Happy Memory 137
Her Mother's Epitaph 141
The Author of her book 142
Before the birth of one of her children 142
To my dear and loving husband 143
A letter to her husband, absent upon public employment 144
In memory of my dear grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet, who deceased June 20, 1669, Being Three years and seven months old 145
Upon the burning of our house, July 10th, 1666 146
To my dear children 147
CONTEXT AND RESPONSE: Edward Taylor, Huswifery 151
GALLERY: Vernacular writing and the individual
New England primer 153
Letter from Richard Frethorne to his father and mother 156
Confessions of the praying Indians 161
Samuel Sewell (1652-1730), From Samuel Sewell's Diary 164
William Byrd II (1674-1744), From William Byrd's diary 167
Rebekah Chamblit (ca. 1706-1733), The declaration, dying warning and advice of Rebekkah Chamblit 170
Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722-1793), Selected Letters 173