Thomas Morton New English Canaan or New Canaan manuscript (copy by Samuel Gardner Drake) 1830 Morton, Thomas New English Canaan or New Canaan manuscript (copy by Samuel Gardner Drake)

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Thomas Morton New English Canaan or New Canaan manuscript (copy by Samuel Gardner Drake) 1830 Morton, Thomas New English Canaan or New Canaan manuscript (copy by Samuel Gardner Drake)

The Thomas Morton is Samuel Gardner Drake's 1830 transcription of Thomas Morton's book, (2nd edition: Amsterdam, 1637). The work describes Native Americans and New World flora and fauna, and satirizes the Massachusetts Bay colonists. New English Canaan or New Canaan manuscript New English Canaan or New Canaan

1 volume

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6391153

William L. Clements Library

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