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The history of the Province of New-York, Vol. 1

William Smith and Michael G. Kammen c1972 © The President and Fellows of Harvard College
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  • The John Harvard Library
ISBN(s)
  • 9780674403215 (hardcover)
  • 9780674599901 (ebook)
Subject
  • American: Colonial to 1789
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  • Frontmatter
  • Introduction, by Michael Kammen
    • 1. A Character of William Smith, Jr. (page xvii)
    • II. William Smith, Jr., and Historical Writing in Anglo-America, 1660-1760 (page xxxviii)
    • III. William Smith's History of New-York: Its Qualities, Sources, and Critics (page lvii)
    • A Note on the Text (page lxxv)
  • The History of the Province of New-York from the First Discovery to the Year 1732 (page 1)
    • Part I. From the Discovery of the Colony to the Surrender in 1664 [1608-1664] (page 9)
    • Part II. From the Surrender in 1664, to the Settlement at the Revolution [1665-1690] (page 35)
    • Part III. From the Revolution to the Second Expedition against Canada [1691-1709] (page 83)
    • Part IV. From the Canada Expedition in 1709, to the Arrival of Governour Burnet [1709-1720] (page 133)
    • Part V. From the Year 1720, to the Commencement of the Administration of Colonel Cosby [1720-1732] (page 165)
  • Appendix
    • Chapter I. A Geographical Description of the Country (page 197)
    • Chapter II. Of the Inhabitants (page 222)
    • Chapter III. Of our Trade (page 228)
    • Chapter IV. Of our Religious State (page 233)
    • Chapter V. The Political State (page 245)
    • Chapter VI. Of our Laws and Courts (page 259)
  • Editor's Appendixes
    • A. The Reception of Smith's History in England: A Review (page 275)
    • B. The Reception of Smith's History in New York: The Colden-Smith Correspondence and the Jones-Pintard Correspondence (page 277)
  • Notes (page 341)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
WMQ 30.3 (Jul. 1973): 535-537 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1918506
JAH 60.1 (Jun. 1973): 112-114 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2936343
ENHR 89.351 (Apr. 1974): 445-446 http://www.jstor.org/stable/565918
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