Colonial Period (1700-1762)
Materials in this portion of the campaign were published between the beginning of the 18th century and 1762. It was during this time that North America was being settled by new arrivals from overseas and began taking shape as the early colonies.
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A narrative of the uncommon sufferings, and surprizing deliverance of Briton Hammon, a negro man... servant to General Winslow, of Marshfield, in New-England; who returned to Boston, after having been absent almost thirteen years. Containing an account of the many hardships he underwent from the time he left his master's house, in the year 1747, to the time of his return to Boston.--How he was cast away in the capes of Florida; ... the horrid cruelty ... of the Indians in murdering the whole ship's crew; ... the manner of his being carried by them into captivity. Also, an account of his being confined four years and seven months in a close dungeon
A letter from Quebeck to M. L'Maine, a French officer : which contains a particular account of the present designs of the French upon the English in North-America, what force the French have collected, their several divisions, and the places destin'd for each : Likewise an account of the defenseless condition of the English provinces and colonies, and the methods made use of by the French, to procure such intelligence