Six Characters in Search of a Republic: Studies in the Political Thought of the American ColoniesRevised version of Part II of [the author's] Seedtime of the Republic. |
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Page 44
... Providence , " in a Sence of Gods mercefull provi- dence unto me in my destresse . " By winter perhaps eight families had been settled in houses , a pattern of farming , trading , and hunting had begun , and a primitive form of town ...
... Providence , " in a Sence of Gods mercefull provi- dence unto me in my destresse . " By winter perhaps eight families had been settled in houses , a pattern of farming , trading , and hunting had begun , and a primitive form of town ...
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... Providence Wil- liams showed unique solicitude for the needs of those who arrived with him and after him to seek refuge from in- tolerance and autocracy . His historic services in more dra- matic affairs have obscured his actions and ...
... Providence Wil- liams showed unique solicitude for the needs of those who arrived with him and after him to seek refuge from in- tolerance and autocracy . His historic services in more dra- matic affairs have obscured his actions and ...
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... Providence and Pawtuxet , and a reputation , carefully nurtured by all the old wives and preachers of Boston and New Amsterdam , as the " sewer " of New England , where riffraff ran wild and women gave birth to horned monsters . The ...
... Providence and Pawtuxet , and a reputation , carefully nurtured by all the old wives and preachers of Boston and New Amsterdam , as the " sewer " of New England , where riffraff ran wild and women gave birth to horned monsters . The ...
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Apostle of Soul Liberty | 35 |
A Star of the First Magnitude | 79 |
Herald of Revolution | 116 |
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