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  • Subject starts with "New England -- History"

In our own words : New England diaries, 1600 to the present / editor, Peter Benes

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Contents: v.1. Diary diversity, coming of age; v.2. Neighborhoods, war, travel, and history

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Timberrr ... a history of logging in New England / by Mary Morton Cowan

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An illustrated history of the New England forests, from colonial days when settlers freely used the trees for warmth and housing to today's tensions between environmentalists and the logging industry.

Contents: Trees everywhere! -- The king's woods…

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New England begins : the seventeenth century / Department of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture ; Jonathan L. Fairbanks, curator ; Robert F. Trent, research associate

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Contents: 1. Introduction. Migration and settlement -- 2. Mentality and environment -- 3. Style

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New England and the Caribbean / editor, Peter Benes ; associate editor, Jane Montague Benes

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Contents: Section I. Extractive and provisioning trades -- The Card family and the mahogany trade : from New England to the Bay of Honduras / Jennifer L. Anderson -- New England whaling in the Caribbean / Michael P. Dyer -- Section II. Plantations…

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Waterways and byways, 1600-1890 / editor, Peter Benes ; associate editor, Jane Montague Benes

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Contents: Section 1. Indian Trails -- An Indian trail over Hoosac Mountain / Clifford J. Schexnayder -- Section 2. Canals -- Inclined to succeed : the South Hadley Canal / Kenneth L. Williamson -- Memphremagog or bust : the Connecticut River Company,…

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BHS Program: "Inventing the New England Village"

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Bethel Historical Society Hall Memorial Lecture, "Inventing the New England Village," presented by Dr. Joseph Wood, provost of the University of Southern Maine, on August 10, 2001.

BHS Hall Lecture: "Privatism versus Communalism in the 18th Century Towns of Northern New England"

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Bethel Historical Society Hall Lecture: "Privatism versus Communalism in the 18th Century Towns of Northern New England," presented by Charles E. Clark on June 10, 1996.

BHS Hall Lecture: Jere Daniel on town founding in New England - Part 2

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Bethel Historical Society Hall Lecture on town founding in New England presented by Jere Daniell on August 12, 1994. Part 2 of 2.

BHS Hall Lecture: Jere Daniel on town founding in New England - Part 1

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Bethel Historical Society Hall Lecture on town founding in New England presented by Jere Daniell on August 12, 1994. Part 1 of 2.

The Underground railroad in New England

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