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American Literature, 1607-1865: Puritans

Taught by Ms. Ann Gardner

Puritan Writings

William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation
William Bradford: from "History of Plymouth Plantation, c. 1650
John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity (1630)
A Key Into the Language of America
by Roger Williams
The Author to Her Book
by Anne Bradstreet, Poetry Foundation
To My Dear and Loving Husband
by Anne Bradstreet, Poetry Foundation
Verses Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666
by Anne Bradstreet, Poetry Foundation
A Narrative of the Capitivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
By Rowlandson, from Project Gutenberg
The Wonders of the Invisible World
by Cotton Mather
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
by Jonathan Edwards