Bøger af James Draper

The book ""History of Spencer: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Year 1841, Including a Brief Sketch of Leicester, to the Year 1753"" is a comprehensive account of the history of Spencer, a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA. The author, James Draper, provides a detailed narrative of the town's founding, development, and growth from its earliest days to the year 1841. The book also includes a brief overview of Leicester, a neighboring town, up until the year 1753.The book is divided into chapters, each covering a specific period in the town's history. Draper begins by describing the Native American tribes that inhabited the area before the arrival of European settlers. He then goes on to discuss the first European settlers, the establishment of the town, and its early years. The book also covers the town's involvement in the American Revolution and the War of 1812.Throughout the book, Draper provides insights into the daily lives of the town's residents, including their customs, traditions, and economic activities. He also discusses the town's infrastructure, including its roads, schools, churches, and businesses. The book is richly illustrated with maps, drawings, and photographs, which help to bring the town's history to life.Overall, ""History of Spencer"" is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the history of Worcester County, Massachusetts, or the early history of the United States. It provides a fascinating glimpse into the lives of the people who lived in Spencer during its formative years and sheds light on the challenges and triumphs they experienced.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Title: History of Spencer from its earliest settlement to the year 1841: including a brief sketch of Leicester to the year 1753.Author: James DraperPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP04437700CollectionID: CTRG03-B716PublicationDate: 18410101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Collation: 159 p., [1] leaf of plates: plan; 23 cm

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.