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"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father which is in heaven." Matthew 5: 13 – 16

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The landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock.
The Pilgrims left Plymouth, England in September of 1620. They landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts in December of 1620.

 

William Bradford:

Related electronic books available to download in the Blessed Hope Academy Digital Book Collection located in the Learning Center computer:

  • History of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford The Second Governor of the Colony, Reprinted from the Massachusetts Historical Collection; Edited with Notes by Charles Deane, Privately Printed in Boston, 1856.
  • Original Narratives of Early American History; Bradford’s History of Plymouth Plantation, 1604-1646. Edited by William T. Davis. Published by Charles Scribner, 1908.
  • Bradford, William, Encyclopedia Britannica.

 

The Bay Psalm Book:

The full version of The Bay Psalm Book is available for download at the Blessed Hope Academy Digital Book Collection available on the Learning Center computer:

 

The New England Primer:

The full version of The New England Primer is available for download at the Blessed Hope Academy Digital Book Collection available on the Learning Center computer:

  • The New England Primer, A History of its Origin and Development with a reprint of the unique copy of the earliest known edition, Edited by Paul Leicester Ford, Dodd, Mead and Co, 1897.

 

Anne Bradstreet:

Related electronic books available to download in the Blessed Hope Academy Digital Book Collection located in the Learning Center computer:

  • The Poems of Mrs. Anne Bradstreet 1612-1672, Together with Her Prose Remains with an Introduction by Charles Eliot Norton, 1897 The Duodecimos
  • Bradstreet, 

 

Benjamin Franklin:

Related electronic books available to download in the Blessed Hope Academy Digital Book Collection located in the Learning Center computer:

  • Little Masterpieces : Benjamin Franklin, Selections from Autobiography, Poor Richard’s Almanac, Advice to a Young Tradesman, The Whistle, Necessary Hints to those that would be Rich, Motion for Prayers, Selected Letters. Edited by Bliss Perry. 
  • Franklin, Benjamin, Encyclopedia Britannica.

 

Thomas Paine:

Related electronic books available to download in the Blessed Hope Academy Digital Book Collection located in the Learning Center computer:

  • The Works of Thomas Paine, a Hero in the American Revolution with an Account of his Life in Three Volumes, Vol. I comprising Life of Thomas Paine, Miscellaneous Theological Writings, and Letters to George Washington. E. Haskell Publisher.
  • The Writings of Thomas Paine collected and edited by Moncure Daniel Conway, Volume I 1774-1779. Putnam and Sons, 1906.
  • Common Sense by Thomas Paine or view the Project Gutenberg Etext at http://ia300226.us.archive.org/0/items/comsn10a/comsn10a.txt
  • Paine, Thomas, Encyclopedia Britannica.

 

Washington Irving:

Related electronic books available to download in the Blessed Hope Academy Digital Book Collection located in the Learning Center computer:

  • "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle"
  • Irving, Washington, Encyclopedia Britannica.

 

Erminnie A. Smith:

 

Edgar Allan Poe:

Video: The Raven, read by Christopher Walken

 


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