Skip to search
Skip to main content
Catalog
Help
Feedback
Your Account
Library Account
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Search History
Search in
Keyword
Title (keyword)
Author (keyword)
Subject (keyword)
Title starts with
Subject (browse)
Author (browse)
Author (sorted by title)
Call number (browse)
search for
Search
Advanced Search
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Princeton University Library Catalog
Start over
Cite
Send
to
SMS
Email
EndNote
RefWorks
RIS
Printer
Bookmark
The British in America, 1578-1970 : a chronology & fact book / compiled and edited by Howard B. Furer.
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., Oceana Publications, 1972.
Description
vi, 153 pages 23 cm
Availability
Copies in the Library
Location
Call Number
Status
Location Service
Notes
ReCAP - Remote Storage
E184.B7 F874 1972
Browse related items
Request
Details
Subject(s)
British Americans
—
History
[Browse]
British Americans
—
History
—
Chronology
[Browse]
British Americans
—
History
—
Sources
[Browse]
Compiler
Furer, Howard B., 1934-
[Browse]
Editor
Furer, Howard B., 1934-
[Browse]
Library of Congress genre(s)
Literature
[Browse]
Series
Ethnic chronology series ; no. 7.
[More in this series]
Ethnic chronology series, no. 7
[More in this series]
Summary note
A chronology of the British in the United States from the sixteenth century to the present accompanied by contemporary documents.
Bibliographic references
Bibliography: p. 138-150.
Contents
The first English contacts in America (1584)
Early propaganda for America (1605)
Colonization interest (1607)
Jamestown settlement (1607)
First Virginia settlement (1610)
Advertisement for men (1610)
Pilgrims go to America (1620)
Mayflower compact (1620)
House of Burgesses in Virginia (1621)
Massachusetts Bay company charter (1629)
Puritan land system (1630)
Why they came to America (1630)
Maryland charter (1632)
Fundamental orders of Connecticut (1639)
Some advice to indentured servants (1656)
English emigrant appeals (1666)
Encouraging emigration (1670)
Pennsylvania needs you (1681)
Recruiting indentured servants (1724)
Causes of Scotch-Irish immigration (1728)
Georgia : the dream of Ogelthorpe (1733)
Runaway indentures (1736)
Stimulating English emigration (1769)
Mecklenburg resolves (1775)
English settlement in Illinois (1817)
Emigrant guide book (1820's)
Failure of the British Passenger Acts (1835)
Reports from American consuls (1836)
British immigrants in the New England mills (1836)
British pauperism in Massachusetts (1836)
British protective society (1846)
British Mormons (1851)
Samuel Gompers comes to America (1863).
Show 30 more Contents items
ISBN
0379005077
9780379005073
LCCN
72008683
OCLC
446089
Statement on language in description
Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage.
Read more...
Other views
Staff view
Ask a Question
Suggest a Correction
Report Harmful Language
Supplementary Information
Other versions
The British in America, 1578-1970 ; a chronology & fact book / Compiled and edited by Howard B. Furer.
id
SCSB-2924397