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  • Subject starts with "New England -- History"

Timberrr ... a history of logging in New England / by Mary Morton Cowan

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An illustrated history of the New England forests, from colonial days when settlers freely used the trees for warmth and housing to today's tensions between environmentalists and the logging industry.

Contents: Trees everywhere! -- The king's woods…

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In our own words : New England diaries, 1600 to the present / editor, Peter Benes

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Contents: v.1. Diary diversity, coming of age; v.2. Neighborhoods, war, travel, and history

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New England and the Caribbean / editor, Peter Benes ; associate editor, Jane Montague Benes

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Contents: Section I. Extractive and provisioning trades -- The Card family and the mahogany trade : from New England to the Bay of Honduras / Jennifer L. Anderson -- New England whaling in the Caribbean / Michael P. Dyer -- Section II. Plantations…

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Waterways and byways, 1600-1890 / editor, Peter Benes ; associate editor, Jane Montague Benes

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Contents: Section 1. Indian Trails -- An Indian trail over Hoosac Mountain / Clifford J. Schexnayder -- Section 2. Canals -- Inclined to succeed : the South Hadley Canal / Kenneth L. Williamson -- Memphremagog or bust : the Connecticut River Company,…

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Indian wars of New England, by Herbert Milton Sylvester

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Contents: v. 1. Topography of Indian tribes. The early settler and the Indian. The Pequod war. Wars of the Mohegans -- v. 2. The land of the Abenake. The French occupation. King Philip's war. St. Castin's war -- v. 3. Queen Anne's war. Lovewell's…

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The Underground railroad in New England

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Collection: Books and Pamphlets

BHS Hall Lecture: Jere Daniel on town founding in New England - Part 1

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Bethel Historical Society Hall Lecture on town founding in New England presented by Jere Daniell on August 12, 1994. Part 1 of 2.