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“French Santee ... copies of old plats show the changes in the area as the settlement grew and evolved into the 18th century. The book also includes translations of two letters written from ...
This year marks 320 years since a raid on the settlement ... in his new book, “The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack, a Forced March, and the Fight for Survival in Early America." ...
The first Pilgrims to reach America seeking religious freedom ... His objective was the French settlement of Fort Caroline, France's first foothold in the Americas, located near present-day ...
The sons of Deacon Samuel Chapin were settlers on the Chicopee ... with their war in North America a bloody sideshow. Unfortunately, the conflict pitting the French and their assorted Native ...
Emeline Colson of Alliance Francaise de Dallas says the French settlement influenced the city's early years. Deep Vellum publishing is releasing a book by the colony's founder, Victor Considerant.
In an announcement likely to rewrite the book ... fortified settlement ever found in North America. They believe that the legendary Fort Caroline, a long-sought fort built by the French in 1564 ...
These were women who were sent from France — not exactly of their own free will — to marry French settlers in Louisiana ... who read every part of the book that features native characters.
Perhaps the best book ... America came from the Frenchman’s first-hand observations of the United States in the early 19th century. Tocqueville arrived in America in 1831 on a mission from the ...