Early American Literature 1620-1820 1
JOHN SMITH （1580-1631） 9
The General History of Virginia， New England， and the Summer Isles 10
The Third Book， Chapter Ⅰ 10
The Third Book， Chapter Ⅱ. What Happened till the First Supply 13
THOMAS MORTON（c.1579-1647） 21
New English Canaan 22
The Second Book， Chapter Ⅰ. The General Survey of the Country 22
The Third Book [The Incident at Merry Mount] 23
JOHN WINTHROP （1588-1649） 30
A Model of Christian Charity 31
The Journal of John Winthrop 42
WILLIAM BRADFORD （1590-1657） 49
Of Plymouth Plantation 50
Book Ⅰ， Chapter Ⅰ[The Separatist Interpretation of the Reformation in England， 1550-1607] 50
Book Ⅰ， Chapter Ⅳ. Showing the Reasons and Causes of Their Removal 52
Book Ⅰ， Chapter Ⅶ. Of Their Departure from Leyden [Mr.Robinson’s Letter] 55
Book Ⅰ， Chapter Ⅸ. Of Their Voyage and How They Passed the Sea；and of Their Safe Arrival at Cape Cod 59
Book Ⅰ， Chapter Ⅹ. Showing How They Sought Out a Place of Habitation； and What Befell Them Thereabout 62
Book Ⅰ， Chapter Ⅻ. Anno 1621 [First Thanksgiving] 67
Book Ⅱ， Chapter Ⅺ. The Remainder of Anno 162o [The Mayflower Compact] 67
[The Starving Time] 68
Book Ⅱ， Chapter ⅩⅨ. Anno Dom： 1628 [Thomas Morton of Merrymount] 69
Book Ⅱ， Chapter ⅩⅩⅢ. Anno Dom： 1632 [Prosperity Brings Dispersal of Population] 72
Book Ⅱ， Chapter ⅩⅩⅫ. Anno Dom： 1642 [A Horrible Case of Bestiality] 73
Book Ⅱ， Chapter ⅩⅩⅩⅢ. Anno Dom： 1643 [The Life and Death of Elder Brewster] 75
[Longevity of the Pilgrim Fathers] 78
Book Ⅱ， Chapter ⅩⅩⅩⅣ. Anno Dom： 1644 [Proposal to Move to Nauset] 79
ROGER WILLIAMS （c. 1603-1683） 80
A Key into the Language of America 81
To My Dear and Well-Beloved Friends and Countrymen 81
Directions for the Use of the Language 85
An Help to the Native Language 86
Chapter ⅩⅪ. Of Religion， the Soul， ＆c. 86
The Bloody Tenet of Persecution 89
A Letter to the Town of Providence 91
ANNE BRADSTREET （c. 1612-1672） 91
The Prologue 93
To the Memory of My Dear and Ever Honored Father Thomas Dudley Esq. 94
To Her Father with Some Verses 96
Contemplations 96
The Flesh and the Spirit 103
The Author to Her Book 106
Before the Birth of One of Her Children 106
To My Dear and Loving Husband 107
A Letter to Her Husband， Absent upon Public Employment 107
Another [Letter to Her Husband， Absent upon Public Employment] 108
In Reference to Her Children， 23 June， 1659 109
In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet 111
In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Anne Bradstreet 112
On My Dear Grandchild Simon Bradstreet 112
For Deliverance from a Fever 112
Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House 113
As Weary Pilgrim 114
Meditations Divine and Moral 116
To My Dear Children 118
MICHAEL WIGGLESWORTH （1631-1705） 121
The Day of Doom 122
MARY ROWLANDSON （c. 1636-1711） 141
A Narrative of the Captivty and Restoration of Mrs. MaryRowlandson 142
EDWARD TAYLOR （c. 1642-1729） 173
Psalm Two （First Version） 174
PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS 175
Prologue 175
Meditation 8 （First Series） 176
Meditation 16 （First Series） 177
Meditation 22 （First Series） 178
Meditation 38 （First Series） 180
Meditation 42 （First Series） 181
Meditation 26 （Second Series） 182
GOD’S DETERMINATIONS 183
The Preface 183
The Soul’s Groan to Christ for Succor 184
Christ’s Reply 185
The Joy of Church Fellowship Rightly Attended 188
Upon Wedlock， and Death of Children 189
Let by Rain 190
Upon a Wasp Chilled with Cold 191
Huswifery 192
A Fig for Thee， Oh！ Death 193
Treatise Concerning the Lord’s Supper 194
Sermon Ⅵ 194
SAMUEL SEWALL （1652-1730） 198
The Diary of Samuel Sewall 200
COTTON MATHER （1663-1728） 216
The Wonders of the Invisible World 217
[A People of God in the Devil’s Territories] 217
The Trial of Martha Carrier 219
MAGNALIA CHRISTI AMERICANA 222
Galeacius Seeundus： The Life of William Bradford， Esq.， Governor of Plymouth Colony 222
Nehemias Americanus： The Life of John Winthrop， Esq.， Governor of the Massachusetts Colony 228
Bonifacius 242
[Christian Behavior at Home and in the Community] 242
SARAH KEMBLE KNIGHT （1666-1727） 253
The Private Journal of a Journey from Boston to New York 254
Tuesday， October the Third 254
Friday， October the Sixth 257
December the Sixth 258
January the Sixth 259
ROBERT BEVERLEY （c. 1673-1722） 261
The History and Present State of Virginia 262
Book Ⅰ， Chap. Ⅰ. Showing What Happened in the First Attempts to Settle Virginia， before the Discovery of Chesapeake Bay 262
Book Ⅰ， Chap. Ⅳ. Containing the History of the Government from the Dissolution of the Company， to the Year 1704 267
Book Ⅱ， Chap. Ⅰ. Of the Bounds and Coast of Virginia 275
Book Ⅱ， Chap. Ⅱ. Of the Waters 276
Book Ⅱ， Chap. Ⅲ. Of the Earths， and Soil 277
Book Ⅱ， Chap. Ⅵ. Of Wild Fowl， and Hunted Game 278
WILLIAM BYRD （1674-1744） 281
The Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover 1709-1712 282
History of the Dividing Line 287
[The Other British Colonies] 287
October 290
JONATHAN EDWARDS（1703-1758） 298
Personal Narrative 299
[Sarah Pierrepont] 310
A Divine and Supernatural Light 311
Letter to Rev. Dr. Benjamin Colman （May 30， 1735） 324
[The Great Awakening] 324
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God 331
The Nature of True Virtue 343
Chapter Ⅰ. Showing Wherein the Essence of True Virtue Consists 343
Chapter Ⅲ. Concerning the Secondary and Inferior Kind of Beauty 348
[The Beauty of the World] 354
Images or Shadows of Divine Things 356
3 [Roses] 356
64 [Hills and Mountains] 356
77 [Rivers] 356
78 [Trees] 358
156 [The Book of Scripture] 359
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN （1706-1790） 360
The Way to Wealth 361
An Edict by the King of Prussia 367
Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One 371
The Sale of the Hessians 376
The Ephemera 378
Information to Those Who Would Remove to America 379
Retharks Concerning the Savages of North America 384
Speech in the Convention 388
Letters 390
To Josiah Franklin （April 13， 1738） [Forming Opinions] 390
To Peter Collinson （August 25， 1755） [Whirlwinds] 391
To Mrs. Jane Mecom （September 16， 1758） [Interpreting an Acrostic] 392
To Lord Kames （April 11， 1767） [Parliament and the Colonies] 394
To Joseph Priestley （September 19， 1772） [Resolving Difficult Cases] 398
To Miss Georgiana Shipley （September 26， 1772） [In Memory of Her Pet Squirrel] 399
To Charles de Weissenstein （July 1， 1778） [Against Proposals from a Secret Agent] 400
To Madame Brillon （November 10， 1779） [Paying Too Much for a Whistle] 403
To Samuel Mather （May 12， 1784） [Doing Good] 405
To Ezra Stiles （March 9， 1790） [My Religion] 406
The Autobiography 408
ELIZABETH ASHBRIDGE （1713-1755） 523
Some Account of the Fore-Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge 524
JOHN WOOLMAN （1720-1772） 545
The Journal of John Woolman 546
[Early Life and Vocation] 546
[Travels through North Carolina] 553
ST. JEAN DE CREVECOEUR （1735-1813） 557
Letters from an American Farmer 558
Letter Ⅲ. What Is an American 558
Letter Ⅳ. Description of the Island of Nantucket 568
Letter Ⅸ. Description of Charles-Town； Thoughts on Slavery； on Physical Evil； A Melancholy Scene 572
Letter Ⅻ. Distresses of a Frontier Man 576
WILLIAM BARTRAM （1739-1823） 582
The Travels of William Bartram 583
Part Ⅱ， Chapter Ⅶ： A Journey from Spalding’s Lower Trading House to Talahasochte 583
JOHN ADAMS （1735-1826） and ABIGAIL ADAMS （1744-1818） 591
Letters 592
Abigail Adams to John Adams （August 19， 1774） [Classical Parallels] 592
John Adams to Abigail Adams （August 28， 1774） [News， Love， and Advice from Princeton] 593
John Adams to Abigail Adams （September 16， 1774） [Prayers at the Congress] 594
John Adams to Abigail Adams （October 9， 1774） [The Business of the Congress is Tedious] 595
Abigail Adams to John Adams （October 16， 1774） [The First Scene of the Infernal Plot Disclosed] 596
Abigail Adams to John Adams （June 25， 1775） [Continual Expectation of Hostilities] 598
Abigail Adams to John Adams （July 16， 1775） [Our Generals. News of Boston and Home] 601
John Adams to Abigail Adams （July 23， 1775） [Dr. Franklin] 605
John Adams to Abigail Adams （October 29， 1775） [Prejudice in Favor of New England] 606
Abigail Adams to John Adams （November 27， 1775） [The Building up a Great Empire] 607
John Adams to Abigail Adams （July 3， 1776） [These Colonies Are Free and Independent States] 608
John Adams to Abigail Adams （July 3， 1776） [Reflections on the Declaration of Independence] 610
Abigail Adams to John Adams （July 14， 1776） [The Declaration.Smallpox. The Grey Horse] 611
John Adams to Abigail Adams （July 20， 1776） [Do My Friends Think Ⅰ Have Forgotten My Wife and Children？] 613
Abigail Adams to John Adams （July 2 1， 1776） [Smallpox. The Proclamation for Independence Read Aloud] 613
John Adams to Abigail Adams （August 3， 1776） [My Countrymen Want Art and Address] 615
THOMAS PAINE （1737-1809） 616
Common Sense 617
Introduction 617
Ⅲ. Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs 618
The Crisis， No.1 624
The Age of Reason 630
Chapter Ⅰ. The Author’s Profession of Faith 630
Chapter Ⅱ. Of Missions and Revelations 631
Chapter Ⅺ. Of the Theology of the Christia& ， and the True Theology 633
THOMAS JEFFERSON （1743-1826） 636
The Autobiography 638
The Declaration of Independence 638
Notes on the State of Virginia 644
Query Ⅴ. Cascades 644
Query Ⅵ. Productions Mineral， Vegetable， and Animal 645
Query ⅩⅦ. Religion 650
Query ⅩⅨ. Manufactures 654
Letter to Peter Carr （August 10， 1787） [A Young Man’s Education] 655
Letter to John Adams （October 28， 1813） [The Natural Aristocrat] 658
Letter to Benjamin Austin， Esq. （January 9， 1816） [Manufactures] 661
Letter to John Adams （August 1， 18 16） [Living One’s Life Over] 663
Letter to Nathaniel Burwell， Esq. （March 14， 18 18） [Women’s Education] 665
THE FEDERALIST 666
No. 1 [Alexander Hamilton] 667
No. 1 [James Ma dison] 670
OLAUDAH EQUIANO （1745-1797） 675
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano， or Gustavus Vassa， the African， Written by Himself 676
PHILIP FRENEAU （1752-1832） 710
The House of Night 711
On the Emigration to America and Peopling the Western Country 719
The Wild Honey Suckle 720
The Indian Burying Ground 721
To Sir Toby 722
On Mr. Paine’s Rights of Man 724
On the Religion of Nature 725
On Observing a Large Red-Streak Apple 726
To a New England Poet 727
PHILLIS WHEATLEY （c. 1753-1784） 728
On Being Brought from Africa to America 729
To the University of Cambridge， in New England 729
On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield， 1770 730
Thoughts on the Works of Providence 731
To S.M.， a Young African Painter， on Seeing His Works 734
To His Excellency General Washington 735
JOEL BARLOW （1754-1812） 736
The Hast ？？dding 738
Advice to a Ra？？ n in Russia 747
ROYALL TYLER （1757-1826） 749
The Contrast 750