Today's installment concludes The Hartford Convention,the name of our combined selection from Simeon E. Baldwin and John S. Barry. The concluding
Why the Hartford Convention Formed
The adoption of the report of the committee of the Legislature, and the calling of the convention, which assembled shortly after in Hartford,
Massachusetts Originates The Hartford Convention
The not unnatural implication from such expressions was that absolute necessity . . . might justify secession, even during the pending
The Hartford Convention
This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Peace Movement Against the War of 1812.IntroductionAlthough this
Pilgrims’ First Winter
However rapidly we have sketched, in the preceding pages, the history of the Pilgrims from their settlement in Holland to their removal to America, no
Pilgrims Land at Plymouth Rock
On Monday, December 11th, O. S., a landing was effected upon Forefather's Rock. The site of this stone was preserved by tradition, and a venerable
The Mayflower Compact
They could penetrate the future no farther than to confide in the justice of God and the power of truth. The latter they knew must ultimately prevail,
Land Ho!
The harbor in which the Mayflower now lay is worthy of a passing glance."The Pilgrims Settle Plymouth, Massachussets, featuring a series of excerpts
Mayflower Sets Sail
The particulars of this voyage, more memorable by far than the famed expedition of the Argonauts, and paralleled, if at all, only by the voyage of