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  • A colony leader: William Bradford,

    Charles Parlin Graves

    Hardcover (Garrard Pub. Co, March 15, 1969)
    A biography of the first Governor of Plymouth Colony and a history of the colony's early years.

  • Benjamin Banneker: American Mathematician and Astronomer

    Bonnie Hinman, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, March 1, 2000)
    A biography of the eighteenth-century African American who taught himself mathematics and astronomy and helped survey what would become Washington, D.C.
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  • Roger Williams: Founder of Rhode Island

    Amy Allison

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Feb. 1, 2001)
    Roger Williams moved to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the New World but was disappointed in the amount of freedom he found there, so he created a new colony, Rhode Island, where different people and beliefs were accepted.
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  • A colony leader: Roger Williams

    Helen Stone Peterson

    Hardcover (Garrard Pub. Co, Jan. 1, 1968)
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  • William Bradford: Governor of Plymouth Colony

    Marianne Hering, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, March 1, 2000)
    A biography of William Bradford, from his childhood and religious persecution in England to his years as the first governor of the Plymouth Colony.
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  • Caesar Rodney: American Patriot

    Susan McCarthy Melchiore, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Jan. 1, 2001)
    Offers a biography of the Delaware planter and politician who is best known for his eighty-mile ride to Philadelphia in order to participate in the crucial vote on the Declaration of Independence.
    T

  • Lord Baltimore: English Politician and Colonist

    Loree Lough, Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, Jan. 1, 2000)
    A biography of the Catholic baron who became the founder of the state of Maryland.
    R

  • Miles Standish: Plymouth Colony Leader

    Susan Martins Miller, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Feb. 15, 2000)
    Presents a biography of the courageous leader who arrived in America on the Mayflower and led the defense of Plymouth Colony.
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh: English Explorer and Author

    Susan Korman, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Jan. 1, 2001)
    Offers a biography of English seaman who sailed for queen Elizabeth I and sponsored the first English settlement in North America.
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  • Peter Stuyvesant: Dutch Military Leader

    Joan Banks, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, March 1, 2000)
    A biography of the hot-tempered leader who, though intolerant and unpopular, brought major reforms to the colony of New Netherlands before its surrender to the British in 1664.
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  • Miles Standish: Plymouth Colony Leader

    Susan Martins Miller, Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, March 1, 2000)
    Presents a biography of the courageous leader who arrived in America on the Mayflower and led the defense of Plymouth Colony.
    R

  • Anne Hutchinson

    Doris Faber

    Hardcover (Garrard Publishing, March 15, 1970)
    A biography of the woman banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for disagreeing with the prevailing religious practices.