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Through facsimiles of contemporary materials and illustrated broadsheets, this Jackdaw gives a picture of the immigrants who began to fill the "melting pot" of the future United States of America.
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Table of Contents
Exhibits: 1. A list of passengers on the Mayflower
2. A rubbing from a Massachusetts gravestone, 1680
3. A letter from a colonist in Georgia, 1732, and a transcript
4. The Virginia Gazette, September 17-24, 1736
5. The earliest printed map of Detroit, 1764
6. A statement of figures from a Spanish expedition to California, 1769, and a translation
7. A page of prayers to be used at sea, 1636
8. An indenture, 1731, and a transcript
9. A pamphlet, Notes on the Slave Trade, 1757
10. A ballad, "The Trappan'd Maiden".
Broadsheets: I. Reasons for emigration
II. English emigrants
III. Non-English emigrants
IV. The perilous crossing
V. Conditions of emigration.
Edition Notes
Portfolio includes: 1 introductory sheet, 10 reproductions of documents, 3 transcripts, 5 broadsheets, and 1 study guide with reproducible masters.
First published: London : Jackdaw Pub., c1973.
Includes bibliographical references on introductory sheet.
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