American Colonist's Library:
http://home.wi.rr.com/rickgardiner/primarysources.htm- EXCELLENT list of primary documents of literature and documents...sermons...dictionary from 1755...colonial maps...Book of Common Prayer (1559)..."Of the Tobaco and His Great Vertues" (1577, by Nicolas Monardes) --- speaks of tobacco as a miraculous herb which kills/expels worms, cures colds, swellings, toothaches, etc!
- arranged in chronological order (500 B.C.-1800 A.D.)
- also includes drafts of Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanacs and a juicy letter he wrote to a friend who doesn't want to get married, but is having "lustful" thoughts. Franklin advises friend to either get married or have affairs with older women (45 or above) so "there is no hazard of children"...and place a basket on her head or turn the light off! Scandalous!!
- keywords: colonial america education
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