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PART I
PRACTICAL INTRODUCTION
FOR TEACHERS, PUPILS, STUDENTS, AND LIBRARIES
CHAPTER I-THE SOURCES AND HOW TO FIND THEM
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1. What are Sources ? .
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2. Educative Value of Sources
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3. Classification of Sources on the Colonies and the Revolution
4. Libraries of Sources in American History
5. Reprints of Collected Sources on the Colonies and the Revolution
6. Select Library of Sources on Colonization .
CHAPTER II-USE OF SOURCES
7. How to find Sources on the Colonies and the Revolution
8. Use of Sources by Teachers
9. Use of Sources by Pupils
10. Use of Sources by Students and Investigators
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15. Select List of Secondary Works on the Eighteenth Century and the Revo-
19. Governor Samuel Cranston :
An Explanation by Rhode Island, 1699
20. Daniel Neal :
An Historical Sketch of New England, 1720.
21. Lieutenant-Governor John Wentworth :
The Condition of New Hampshire, 1731
22. Roger Wolcott:
23. Captain Francis Goelet:
Affairs in Connecticut, 1740-1758.
"Boston the Metropolis of North America," 1750
24. John Adams:
"Overweening Prejudice in Favor of New England," 1775
CHAPTER IV-MIDDLE COLONIES
25. Gabriel Thomas:
Pennsylvania, the Poor Man's Paradise, 1698
26. Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations:
Proposal to Unite the two Jerseys, 1701
27. Secretary James Logan:
The Separation of Delaware, 1703
28. "Richard Castelman, Gent.":
Philadelphia, "a Noble, Large, and Populous City," 1710
29. John Conrad Wyser and other Palatines:
The Settlement of the Palatine Germans in New York, 1709-1720
30. His Majesty's Council in New Jersey:
"Concerning the Riots & Insurrections in New Jersey," 1744-1748
31. Robert Proud:
Politics in Pennsylvania, 1740-1754
32. Reverend Andrew Burnaby :
"New-York City," 1760.
36. Governor Horatio Sharpe :
Routine in Maryland, 1754
37. Reverend James Maury:
The Parson's Opinion of "the Parson's Cause," 1763
38. Commissioners of Maryland and Pennsylvania:
The Running of Mason and Dixon's Line, 1763-1767.
CHAPTER VI-GEORGIA
39. General James Edward Oglethorpe :
"Designs of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia," 1733. 110
49. Governor Sir William Keith:
"A Short Discourse on the Present State of the Colonies," 1728
50. Doctor William Douglass:
Various Kinds of Colonial Government, 1747
51. Monsieur Charles de Secondat de Montesquieu :
A French Publicist's View of the British Constitution, 1748.
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56. Secretary George Clarke, Jr.:
One Thousand Pounds for a Governorship, 1740.
57. Governor George Clinton:
A Governor's Perquisites, 1743-1746
58. Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations :
Recommendation for the Removal of a Governor, 1762 .
59. Late Governor Thomas Pownall:
62. General Assembly of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations:
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CHAPTER XI-COLONIAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT
75. Clerk Ephraim Herman:
The Business of a County Court, 1681.
76. Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Common Council of Albany:
Records of a City Government, 1700
77. Vestry of St. Paul's Parish, Chowan Precinct :
Record of a Vestry Meeting, 1702.
78. Clerk Captain Richard Waterman:
Proceedings of a Town-Meeting, 1721
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