Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians out of Existence in New England (Indigenous Americas)

Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians out of Existence in New England (Indigenous Americas)

Across nineteenth-century New England, antiquarians and community leaders wrote hundreds of local histories about the founding and growth of their cities and towns. Ranging from pamphlets to multivolu…

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