Author: Josiah Gilbert Holland
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Published: 1855
Total Pages: 532
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Published: 1855
Total Pages: 532
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Alfred Minott Copeland
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Published: 1902
Total Pages: 534
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Josiah Gilbert Holland
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9781230263977
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV. Completion Of The First Line Of Settlements On The Connecticut River--Incidents Of Interest. There are some facts connected with the manner in which New England was settled, in its earlier days, that are worthy of mention in connection with the mode pursued in later times, and still followed in the advancing settlements of the West. In consequence of the isolated condition of the settlements at that day, and the danger from the surrounding savages, the settlers always planted themselves together, in villages. While this method answered the immediate purpose for which it was designed, the ends incidentally secured were of far greater importance than were then dreamed of. All the inhabitants were, in that manner, brought under the immediate influence of the ordinances of religion, the children lived by the side of the school, house, and the social features of civilized life were retained and cultivated. The Connecticut Valley now bears the marks of this ancient policy, not only in the accumulation of its inhabitants at scattered points, but in the morality, education and urbanity that, by a natural consequence, prevail among them. The influence of this policy can only be fully appreciated when standing by the side of the solitary settler's hut in the West, where even an Eastern man has degenerated to a boor in manners, where his children have grown up uneducated, and where the Sabbath has become an unknown day, and religion and its obligations have ceased to exercise control upon the heart and life. The appearance presented at 'this day, by the towns first settled on the Connecticut River, is unique. All the towns containing attractive interval lands are not occupied by farms, as the word is popularly understood. The...
Author: Connecticut Valley Historical Society
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Published: 1904
Total Pages: 348
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: L. H. Everts and Company
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-07-23
Total Pages: 890
ISBN-13: 9780282512408
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, Vol. 2 of 2: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers The act erecting the county of Franklin was approved June 24, 1811, and took effect from and after Dec. 2. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.