Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts Book

Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts

  • Author : J.H. Beers
  • Publisher : Рипол Классик
  • Release Date : 2022-07-05
  • Genre: History
  • Pages : null
  • ISBN 10 : 9785874801328
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Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts Excerpt :

Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts: Containing Historical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and . Records of Many of the Old Families.

Rhode Island s Founders Book

Rhode Island s Founders

  • Author : Patrick T. Conley
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release Date : 2010-03-19
  • Genre: Photography
  • Pages : 160
  • ISBN 10 : 9781614232278
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Rhode Island s Founders Excerpt :

Take a journey with us back to early America, where Rhode Island's founders laid the groundwork for America's policy of religious freedom. Dr. Patrick T. Conley, Rhode Island's preeminent historian, is our guide for this expedition, teaching us about the individuals and events that shaped Rhode Island's identity. Learn what led Roger Williams to write The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution and discover how James Franklin, older brother of Benjamin, left a lasting impact on the future of American publishing. Find out why Mary Dyer fought for her religious beliefs until she became one of the "Boston martyrs"; how Anne Hutchinson overcame a male-dominated society to allow women the right to preach and teach; and how General Nathanael Greene helped to liberate the South during the American Revolution. These colorful biographies of political, military and religious leaders, artists and craftsmen, scientists and philanthropists illuminate the beginning of America's smallest state, but one that has always exhibited remarkable diversity.

Art Industry in Early America Book

Art Industry in Early America

  • Author : Patricia E. Kane
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release Date : 2016-01-01
  • Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
  • Pages : 494
  • ISBN 10 : 9780300217841
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Art Industry in Early America Excerpt :

This book presents new information on the export trade, patronage, artistic collaboration, and the small-scale shop traditions that defined early Rhode Island craftsmanship. This stunning volume features more than 200 illustrations of beautifully constructed and carved objects—including chairs, high chests, bureau tables, and clocks—that demonstrate the superb workmanship and artistic skill of the state’s furniture makers.

Don t tell father I have been shot at Book

Don t tell father I have been shot at

  • Author : George N. Bliss
  • Publisher : McFarland
  • Release Date : 2018-04-13
  • Genre: History
  • Pages : 308
  • ISBN 10 : 9781476632827
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 Captain George N. Bliss of the First Rhode Island Cavalry survived some 27 actions during the Civil War. Midway through the war, he served nine months at a conscript training camp in Connecticut, where he sat on several courts-martial. In September 1864, in a skirmish at Waynesboro, Virginia, he single-handedly charged into the 4th Virginia “Black Horse” Cavalry. Badly injured and taken prisoner, he was consigned to the notorious Libby Prison in Richmond. A colorful correspondent, Bliss set out in detail his experiences in letters to a close friend and sent dispatches to a Providence newspaper. His candid writings are rich with details of the war and his own opinions. The editors describe how, following the war, Bliss sought out the Confederates who had almost killed him and formed friendships with them that lasted for decades.

Elizabeth Buffum Chace and Lillie Chace Wyman Book

Elizabeth Buffum Chace and Lillie Chace Wyman

  • Author : Elizabeth C. Stevens
  • Publisher : McFarland
  • Release Date : 2003-01-01
  • Genre: Social Science
  • Pages : 332
  • ISBN 10 : 0786416173
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Elizabeth Buffum Chace and Lillie Chace Wyman Excerpt :

At her death she was hailed as the conscience of Rhode Island: Elizabeth Buffum Chace's life (1806-1899) of public activism spanned sixty years. Having fought to abolish slavery in the years before the Civil War, Chace spearheaded the drive for women's suffrage in Rhode Island in the last decades of the 19th century. She was an associate of radical activists William Lloyd Garrison and Lucy Stone and she advocated for the rights of women and children toiling in her husband's factories. Her daughter--one of ten children--Lillie Chace Wyman (1847-1929), was an activist-writer and published short stories on social issues in Atlantic Monthly and other periodicals. An outspoken advocate of racial equality, Wyman kept the legacy of the radical antislavery movement of her mother's generation alive into the twentieth century. Since neither Chace nor Wyman left behind a collection of personal papers, this mother-daughter biography is the product of Stevens' extensive research into public and private archives to locate documents that illuminate the lives of these two remarkable women. By looking at 19th century American women's history through the lens of this activist pair, Stevens reveals some of the connections between the public and private lives of activists and examines a relationship that was at once nurturing, confining, stifling and enriching.

The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison Volume II a House Dividing Against Itself Book

The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison Volume II a House Dividing Against Itself

  • Author : William Lloyd Garrison
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release Date : 1971
  • Genre: History
  • Pages : 770
  • ISBN 10 : 0674526619
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The Letters of William Lloyd Garrison Volume II a House Dividing Against Itself Excerpt :

This volume covers the five-year period in which Garrison's three sons were born and he entered the arena of social reform with full force.