American Colonial Prose
John Smith to Thomas Jefferson

Table of Contents

1. Captain John Smith, The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England and the Summer Isles - the third booke
2. Governor William Bradford, The History of Plimmoth Plantation
3. Mary Rowlandson, The Sovereignty and Goodness of God, Together with the Faithfulness of His Promises Displayed: Being a Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
4. Cotton Mather, Magnalia Christi Americana: or, the Ecclesiastical History of New-England from its first planting in the year 1620 until the year of our Lord 1698
5. Sarah Kemble Knight, The Private Journal of a Journey from Boston to New York, in the year 1704
6. William Byrd II, History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina Run in the Year of our Lord 1728
7. Jonathan Edwards, Personal Narrative
8. Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Part One
9. Patrick Tailfer, Hugh Anderson and David Douglas, A True and Historical Narrative of the Colony of Georgia in America, Dedication, preface and selections
10. Thomas Jefferson, Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence.

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