Author: Thomas Atkins
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Category : Long Hill (Conn. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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History of Middlefield and Long Hill
Author: Thomas Atkins
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Long Hill (Conn. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Long Hill (Conn. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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History of Middlefield and Long Hill (Classic Reprint)
Author: Thomas Atkins
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781332139200
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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Excerpt from History of Middlefield and Long Hill No apology should be necessary in offering to the public any facts of interest hitherto unknown, or in presenting known facts systematized in a convenient manner for reference, yet in the presentation of this little work an explanation, scarcely less than an apology, is needed. More than ten years ago, our beloved father, Thomas Atkins, began collecting historical items and data, concerning Middlefield and Long Hill. Many of these were from personal observation and recollection, and from the stories of the old people, heard in his childhood and held by a memory unusually retentive. By birth he was directly descended from the earliest settlers both of Long Hill and Middlefield, and perhaps no one born within the limits of the town of Middletown ever had more general and intimate knowledge of its history, as handed down by word of mouth from one generation to another. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781332139200
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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Excerpt from History of Middlefield and Long Hill No apology should be necessary in offering to the public any facts of interest hitherto unknown, or in presenting known facts systematized in a convenient manner for reference, yet in the presentation of this little work an explanation, scarcely less than an apology, is needed. More than ten years ago, our beloved father, Thomas Atkins, began collecting historical items and data, concerning Middlefield and Long Hill. Many of these were from personal observation and recollection, and from the stories of the old people, heard in his childhood and held by a memory unusually retentive. By birth he was directly descended from the earliest settlers both of Long Hill and Middlefield, and perhaps no one born within the limits of the town of Middletown ever had more general and intimate knowledge of its history, as handed down by word of mouth from one generation to another. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Guide to Reprints
Author: Albert James Diaz
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Category : Editions
Languages : en
Pages : 1220
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Category : Editions
Languages : en
Pages : 1220
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HISTORY OF GUILFORD, CONNECTICUT
Author: RALPH DUNNING. SMITH
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ISBN: 9781033110898
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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ISBN: 9781033110898
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Prominent Families of New York
Author: Lyman Horace Weeks
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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The Publishers Weekly
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 738
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 738
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Publishers Weekly
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1786
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1786
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Firsting and Lasting
Author: Jean M. Obrien
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452915253
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Across nineteenth-century New England, antiquarians and community leaders wrote hundreds of local histories about the founding and growth of their cities and towns. Ranging from pamphlets to multivolume treatments, these narratives shared a preoccupation with establishing the region as the cradle of an Anglo-Saxon nation and the center of a modern American culture. They also insisted, often in mournful tones, that New England’s original inhabitants, the Indians, had become extinct, even though many Indians still lived in the very towns being chronicled. InFirsting and Lasting, Jean M. O’Brien argues that local histories became a primary means by which European Americans asserted their own modernity while denying it to Indian peoples. Erasing and then memorializing Indian peoples also served a more pragmatic colonial goal: refuting Indian claims to land and rights. Drawing on more than six hundred local histories from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island written between 1820 and 1880, as well as censuses, monuments, and accounts of historical pageants and commemorations, O’Brien explores how these narratives inculcated the myth of Indian extinction, a myth that has stubbornly remained in the American consciousness. In order to convince themselves that the Indians had vanished despite their continued presence, O’Brien finds that local historians and their readers embraced notions of racial purity rooted in the century’s scientific racism and saw living Indians as “mixed” and therefore no longer truly Indian. Adaptation to modern life on the part of Indian peoples was used as further evidence of their demise. Indians did not—and have not—accepted this effacement, and O’Brien details how Indians have resisted their erasure through narratives of their own. These debates and the rich and surprising history uncovered in O’Brien’s work continue to have a profound influence on discourses about race and indigenous rights.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452915253
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Across nineteenth-century New England, antiquarians and community leaders wrote hundreds of local histories about the founding and growth of their cities and towns. Ranging from pamphlets to multivolume treatments, these narratives shared a preoccupation with establishing the region as the cradle of an Anglo-Saxon nation and the center of a modern American culture. They also insisted, often in mournful tones, that New England’s original inhabitants, the Indians, had become extinct, even though many Indians still lived in the very towns being chronicled. InFirsting and Lasting, Jean M. O’Brien argues that local histories became a primary means by which European Americans asserted their own modernity while denying it to Indian peoples. Erasing and then memorializing Indian peoples also served a more pragmatic colonial goal: refuting Indian claims to land and rights. Drawing on more than six hundred local histories from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island written between 1820 and 1880, as well as censuses, monuments, and accounts of historical pageants and commemorations, O’Brien explores how these narratives inculcated the myth of Indian extinction, a myth that has stubbornly remained in the American consciousness. In order to convince themselves that the Indians had vanished despite their continued presence, O’Brien finds that local historians and their readers embraced notions of racial purity rooted in the century’s scientific racism and saw living Indians as “mixed” and therefore no longer truly Indian. Adaptation to modern life on the part of Indian peoples was used as further evidence of their demise. Indians did not—and have not—accepted this effacement, and O’Brien details how Indians have resisted their erasure through narratives of their own. These debates and the rich and surprising history uncovered in O’Brien’s work continue to have a profound influence on discourses about race and indigenous rights.
History of Middlesex County, Connecticut, With Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men
Author: J. B. &. Company Beers
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015770010
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015770010
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Pioneer and General History of Geauga County
Author: Historical Society of Geauga County (Ohio)
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Category : Geauga County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 842
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geauga County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 842
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