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Settlement, Beginnings to 1763

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Virginia / discovered and discribed by Captayn John Smith
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Departure of the Pilgrim Fathers for America
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Landing of the pilgrims at Plymouth 11th Dec. 1620.
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Landing of the Pilgrims
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Pocahontas
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William Penn's treaty with the Indians
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Franquelin's map of Louisiana
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Bird's-eye view of Boston, Massachusetts
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Join or Die, 1754
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Virginia, Marylandia et Carolina in America
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Indians giving a talk to Colonel Bouquet
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A view of Charles Town the capital of South Carolina, 1768
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Petition for bail from accused witches, ca. 1692.
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A Puritan Maiden's Diary. [The New England magazine. / Volume 17, Issue 1, September 1894]
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Seal] By the King, a proclamation, requiring passes formerly granted to ships and vessels, trading in the way of the cruizers,..1730
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Province of the Massachusetts-Bay. By His Excellency the Governor. I do hereby authorize and impower [blank] to beat his drums any where within this Province
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