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Old and New New Englanders: Immigration and Regional Identity in the Gilded Age
ISBN: 9780472052080 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Old and New New Englanders, Bluford Adams provides a reenvisioning of New England s history and regional identity by exploring the ways the arrival of waves of immigrants from Europe and Canada transformed what it meant to be a New Englander during the Gilded Age. Adams s intervention challenges a number of long-standing conceptions of New England, offering a detailed and complex portrayal of the relations between New England s Yankees and immigrants that goes beyond nativism and assimilation. In focusing on immigration in this period, Adams provides a fresh view on New England... In Old and New New Englanders, Bluford Adams provides a reenvisioning of New England s history and regional identity by exploring the ways ... |
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164,71 |
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A History of Howard Johnson's: How a Massachusetts Soda Fountain Became an American Icon
ISBN: 9781540206459 / Angielski / Twarda / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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138,68 |
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Naugatuck, Conneticut Congregational Church Records, 1781-1901
ISBN: 9781556130458 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book contains abstracts of "the records of 'The Church of Christ in Salem' in Waterbury, Connecticut, now known as 'The Congregational Church of Naugatuck, '" which were taken from microfilm of the original. Established as the Salem Society in 1773, the church was not organized until 22 February 1781. Naugatuck was a part of the town of Waterbury until May 1844. "It is important to realize that the several compiled membership lists contain annotations after the original entry. Deaths, dismissals, husbands, excommunications were all added information and are extremely valuable for...
This book contains abstracts of "the records of 'The Church of Christ in Salem' in Waterbury, Connecticut, now known as 'The Congregational Church of ...
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105,74 |
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The Essex Genealogist, Vol. 20, 2000
ISBN: 9780788419867 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This series collects the quarterly journals of the Essex Society of Genealogists into convenient yearly volumes. Essex County, Massachusetts, is a region of genealogical interest to many people across the country, and the Society's journal has been an important source of information for its subscribers since it was founded in 1981. Recurring highlights of the journals include the "TEG Feature Article," "It Happened in Essex County" (local history), "Research in Progress" (genealogical information), "Our Readers Write," "The Ahnentafel" (family generational charts), "Queries," "Moments in...
This series collects the quarterly journals of the Essex Society of Genealogists into convenient yearly volumes. Essex County, Massachusetts, is a reg...
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148,90 |
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The Early Records of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts, 1659-1673: Volume IV
ISBN: 9780788418990 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1886, the Town of Dedham published its first volume of printed records including births, deaths, and marriages (1635-1845). In 1888, they published the second volume, records from several churches, and inscriptions from cemeteries (1638-1845). Volume Three, Book One of the town records and a transcript of the Selectmen's Day Book (1636-1659), was published in 1892. This work, Volume Four of Dedham's records, was published in 1894. It contains a complete transcript of the Town Meeting and Selectmen's Records contained in Book Three of the General Records of the town, 1659-1673. "Manuscript...
In 1886, the Town of Dedham published its first volume of printed records including births, deaths, and marriages (1635-1845). In 1888, they published...
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116,53 |
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The Essex Genealogist: Index to Volumes 16-20 (1996-2000)
ISBN: 9780788420320 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Essex County, Massachusetts, is a region of genealogical interest to many people across the country, and the Society's journal has been an important source of information for its subscribers since it was founded in 1981. All volumes contain articles related to Essex County or to genealogical research in general. Recurring highlights of the journal include the "TEG Feature Article," "It Happened in Essex County" (local history), "Research in Progress" (genealogical information), "Our Readers Write," "The Ahnentafel" (family generational charts), "Genealogical Queries," "Moments in History" and...
Essex County, Massachusetts, is a region of genealogical interest to many people across the country, and the Society's journal has been an important s...
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101,42 |
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The Hessian Occupation of Newport and Rhode Island, 1776-1779
ISBN: 9780788440748 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Who were the Hessians? Where did they come from? Were all Hessians truly Hessians? Were they mercenaries or auxiliary troops of the British? This well-researched historical narrative answers these questions and more as it vividly portrays the events of the Rhode Island campaign, which lasted from December 8, 1776 to October 25, 1779. Information gleaned from source diaries and unit journals, originally recorded in German, provide a wealth of insight into the daily life of the German soldiers who were committed to the Rhode Island campaign. In light of modern travel and technology, it is...
Who were the Hessians? Where did they come from? Were all Hessians truly Hessians? Were they mercenaries or auxiliary troops of the British? This well...
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107,90 |
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Anson's Glory: Ansonia and Phelps-Dodge
ISBN: 9781425129538 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the moving finger writes the new year and then moves on, this book delineates the former worldchanging time of the beginning of the American Industrial Era. It focuses on the life of the eighteenth century Simsbury, Connecticut orphan, Anson Greene Phelps, who, in the nineteenth century, became a man of eminence. He also founded the Phelps-Dodge Company in New York City, and its Manufacturing Division in Ansonia, Connecticut.
There, in Ansonia, men of sublime motivation and inventive genius joined to create wondrous possibilities for mankind. Now centuries later, unaware drivers speed... As the moving finger writes the new year and then moves on, this book delineates the former worldchanging time of the beginning of the American Indust...
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91,49 |
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Anson's Glory: Ansonia and Phelps-Dodge
ISBN: 9781466989733 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the moving finger writes the new year and then moves on, this book delineates the former worldchanging time of the beginning of the American Industrial Era. It focuses on the life of the eighteenth century Simsbury, Connecticut orphan, Anson Greene Phelps, who, in the nineteenth century, became a man of eminence. He also founded the Phelps-Dodge Company in New York City, and its Manufacturing Division in Ansonia, Connecticut.
There, in Ansonia, men of sublime motivation and inventive genius joined to create wondrous possibilities for mankind. Now centuries later, unaware drivers speed... As the moving finger writes the new year and then moves on, this book delineates the former worldchanging time of the beginning of the American Indust...
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133,99 |
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Portland Soldiers and Sailors, a Brief Sketch of the Part They Took in the War of the Rebellion
ISBN: 9780788430251 / Angielski / Miękka / 58 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Members of the Bosworth Post (Grand Army of the Republic) had this volume published for sale at a fair held in Portland, Maine, in 1884, to aid the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. This sketch presents "the prominent facts relating to the troops from Portland, in the war of the rebellion, including the regiments which 'rendezvoused' in our city." The majority of the book is devoted to accounts of the following companies: First Maine Infantry, Fifth Maine Infantry, Tenth Maine Infantry, Twelfth Maine Infantry, Thirteenth Maine Infantry, Seventeenth Maine Infantry, Twenty-Fifth Maine Infantry,...
Members of the Bosworth Post (Grand Army of the Republic) had this volume published for sale at a fair held in Portland, Maine, in 1884, to aid the So...
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47,47 |
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Early Families of Standish, Maine
ISBN: 9781556135019 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The town of Standish was originally named Pearsontown after Captain Moses Pearson who lead the company of soldiers to victory at the siege of Louisburg. The town was settled at the time of the French and Indian Wars in the 1750s and incorporated as a town in 1784. The first U.S. Census in 1790 lists the town with 123 families, with a total population of 717 persons. This major work is an alphabetically arranged male-line genealogical study of the early families of Standish up to about 1810 (and occasionally into the mid-1800s), with a brief introductory sketch of each family. Information...
The town of Standish was originally named Pearsontown after Captain Moses Pearson who lead the company of soldiers to victory at the siege of Louisbur...
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138,11 |
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Irish Rhode Islanders in the American Revolution
ISBN: 9780788407949 / Angielski / Miękka / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume contains a mixture of historical essays and lists of soldiers. The data given for the soldiers varies widely; in some cases the soldier's home in Ireland is identified. There is also some mention of Irishmen from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut who served in Rhode Island during the war. The author was Secretary-General of the Irish Historical Society which originally published this volume, and wrote extensively on historical topics involving the Irish. A bibliography of his writings is included. An index of places is included, as well as a separate every-name index.
This volume contains a mixture of historical essays and lists of soldiers. The data given for the soldiers varies widely; in some cases the soldier's ...
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69,06 |
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Customs and Fashions in Old New England
ISBN: 9781556135798 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The writings of Alice Morse Earle (1853-1911) on early American life are perennial favorites because of the skill with which she portrayed the olden times. This volume includes the following chapters: Child Life; Courtship and Marriage Customs; Domestic Service; Home Interiors; Supplies of the Larder; Old Colonial Drinks and Drinkers; Travel, Tavern, and Turnpike; Holidays and Festivals; Sports and Diversions; Books and Book-Makers; Artifices of Handsomeness; Raiment and Vesture; Doctors and Patients; Funeral and Burial Customs.
The writings of Alice Morse Earle (1853-1911) on early American life are perennial favorites because of the skill with which she portrayed the olden t...
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142,42 |
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Genealogical Notes, or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts
ISBN: 9780788416378 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the preface by Daniel Goodwin: "The Following pages contain a selection from the Genealogical Notes made by my uncle, Nathaniel Goodwin, from time to time after his appointment to the office of Judge of Probate for the district of Hartford, in 1833, and prepared for publication by him during the last three of the latter years of his life. They were not designed by him to be complete genealogies even of the families which are treated of, but, as the title indicates, genealogical notes to assist others in tracing out their family histories." Upon Nathaniel Goodwin's death, the...
From the preface by Daniel Goodwin: "The Following pages contain a selection from the Genealogical Notes made by my uncle, Nathaniel Goodwin, from tim...
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140,27 |
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History of Carver, Massachusetts, 1637 to 1910
ISBN: 9780788416132 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Carver and the neighboring town of Plympton are located about ten miles west of Plymouth. This is a comprehensive history of these two little New England towns, with plenty of genealogical information as well. This work is packed with more than sixty illustrations of local landmarks, homes, schools, churches and portraits. Chapters discuss natural conditions, Indians, first speculators, early laws, early settlers, Plympton in the Revolution, churches, the temperance movement, furnaces and foundries, the cranberry industry, military history, Carver in the War of the Rebellion, War of 1812-14,...
Carver and the neighboring town of Plympton are located about ten miles west of Plymouth. This is a comprehensive history of these two little New Engl...
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155,37 |
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Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker; Occupations in Newburyport, Massachusetts from the 1850 Census
ISBN: 9780788418235 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1850s, Newburyport, Massachusetts, was a bustling area thanks in part to the shipyards along the Merrimac River and the import of exotic goods from faraway ports. Many books have been written about the area but little is known about the workers in the city, where they came from, and how they helped Newburyport to grow and change. Using data from the 1850 Federal Census for Newburyport, Margaret P. Motes examines two subjects; the place of birth of all residents born outside of Massachusetts (to demonstrate migration patterns) and the occupations of all of its residents (to demonstrate...
In the 1850s, Newburyport, Massachusetts, was a bustling area thanks in part to the shipyards along the Merrimac River and the import of exotic goods ...
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99,27 |
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Around Pottequadic
ISBN: 9781463597375 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an attempt to describe the Quaboag Indians in their tribal area in the Central Massachusetts highlands with a focus on settlement along the Ware River. It continues with the Scots-Irish settlement of the Elbow Tract along the Ware, Swift, and Quaboag Rivers. It is also an effort to describe the use of the land around Mt. Pattaquattic in Palmer, Massachusetts, as it is broadly located.
This is an attempt to describe the Quaboag Indians in their tribal area in the Central Massachusetts highlands with a focus on settlement along the Wa...
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109,24 |
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The Granite Men of Henri-Chapelle: Stories of New Hampshire's WWII Soldiers
ISBN: 9781478708506 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "He was all I had left."-Mother of SGT William Dierauer, KIA 11/29/44...They rest in a distant land they fought to liberate nearly 70 years ago, their lives ended by war and their stories quieted by time. For 38 New Hampshire World War Two soldiers buried in Belgium, their stories are brought to life once again in The Granite Men of Henri-Chapelle. As WWII drew to an end in 1945, the New Hampshire state legislature adopted "Live Free or Die" as the state's motto. At the same time, many families throughout the Granite state and the rest of the country prepared to welcome home their service...
"He was all I had left."-Mother of SGT William Dierauer, KIA 11/29/44...They rest in a distant land they fought to liberate nearly 70 years ago, their...
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84,59 |
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The Allagash
ISBN: 9780892725151 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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61,47 |
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Some Old Houses in Westborough, Massachusetts and Their Occupants. with an Account of the Parkman Diaries
ISBN: 9780788421297 / Angielski / Miękka / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is an interesting little book that divides the stories of twelve old family homes in Westborough, Massachusetts, into twelve chapters. The homes discussed include those of Stephen Maynard, the Simon Tainter House, the Samuel Forbush Tavern, the Parkman Parsonage, the Breck Parkman Shop, the Forbes Homestead, the Thomas Forbush House, the First Davis House, the Gershom Brigham House, the Haskell House, the Gale Tavern, and the Thomas Whitney House. The Parkman Diaries can be found in the chapter devoted to the Breck Parkman Shop. Additional Parkman manuscripts can be found in the chapter...
This is an interesting little book that divides the stories of twelve old family homes in Westborough, Massachusetts, into twelve chapters. The homes ...
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56,11 |
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