The British seize Manhattan from the Dutch—and alter the trajectory of North American history
Thomas Morton liked the lush country, the Indians liked Thomas—and the stern Puritans cared little for either
She was, said Governor Winthrop, an American Jezebel
Thus Margaret Winthrop to her spouse, the governor of the Bay Colony. Her letters—and John’s in reply—reveal behind the cold Puritan exterior a warm and deeply touching relationship
Roger Williams liked Indians and almost everyone else, and he founded a colony that gave our freedom a broader horizon