Opportunity valley : a history of the Delaware River Valley before 1800

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Main Author: York, Edwin G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [s.l] : Edwin G. York , 2007
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Opportunity Valley: An Overview of this History
  • Chapter One: A World-Class Seaport
  • Chapter Two: Dutch Beginnings, 1600-1664
  • Chapter Three: The Swedish Colony, 1638-1655
  • Chapter Four: English Rule, 1664-1680
  • Chapter Five: West Jersey, 1674-1776
  • Chapter Six: Pennsylvania, 1681-1776
  • Chapter Seven: Benjamin Franklin: A Major Inventor of Pennsylvania and America, 1706-1790
  • Chapter Eight: The Lower Counties on the Delaware, 1682-1799
  • Chapter Nine: A Cradle and a Crucible for American Freedom
  • Chapter Ten: The Valley's Campaign Against Keeping Slaves
  • Chapter Eleven: Connecticut's County on the Delaware, 1753-1799
  • Chapter Twelve: The Headwaters Counties in New York Colony and State, 1683-1799
  • Chapter Thirteen: The Valley as a Center for American Culture
  • Chapter Fourteen: The Valley's People, Working Together
  • Appendices
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.