Home Biographies -Signers of the Declaration -Signers of the A. O. C. -Signers of the U. S. Constitution -Wives of the Signers -Other Founders Documents Forum FAQs Search Featured Founder Alexander Hamilton, was one of the most brilliant of the signers of the Constitution, as well as a co-author of the Federalist Papers. His stellar career was cut short by his infamous duel with Aaron Burr. Biographies with New Portraits Not only have we recently purchase ...

Dutch Social Customs by Donna Speer Ristenbatt URL of this website: http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy Index Life in New Amsterdam in the 17th Century Religion in New Amsterdam Courtship and Marriage Customs Physicians and Surgeons Birth and Baptismal Customs Note: These articles include the names of various people living in New Netherland during the seventeenth century. Web site provided courtesy of Ristenbatt Vacuum Cleaner Service, Inc. Copyright © 1997-2005 Donna E. Ristenbatt All rights reserved. The bevelled buttons at the bottom of this page were designed and created by David E. Ristenbatt and are copyrighted. This site may be freely linked to but not duplicated in any fashion without my written consent.

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Firefighting In Colonial America The history of firefighting in America can be traced all the way back to Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the New World. Founded in 1607 by colonists from the London Company, Jamestown was under the command of Captain James Smith. It did not take long for fire to begin taking its toll on the new settlers. In January 1608, a devastating fire destroyed most of the colonists' provisions and lodgings. Smith made a concise assessment ...

Welcome to our story. We were once earthlings but now live in cyber space. We all lived on earth near the end of the 16th century and have agreed to come to this web site because we want to tell you our story. We never knew the ending to our story while we were on earth and it still remains a mystery to us and all earthlings. Many earthlings have tried to solve this mystery and have different theories to the ending. Maybe you'll have your own theory to the mystery of the Lost Colony of ...

THIS AND THAT GENEALOGY TIPS ON COLONIAL AMERICA COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF EASTHAM, WELLFLEET AND ORLEANS by Rev. Enoch Pratt pub 1844 Describing 17th Century Massachusetts and the Customs of our Forefathers - Manner of Dress; Manner of Living; Voting; Housing; Beards; Addressing Others; Walking and Riding: MANNER OF DRESS. In general, men old or young had a decent coat, vest, and some small clothes as well as some kind of fur hat. Old men had a great coat, and a pair of boots; th ...

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents Major CollectionsWhat's NewAvalon Home pre 18th Century18th Century19th Century20th Century21st Century SEARCH the Colonial Charters: General Charters ConnecticutDelawareGeorgiaMaine MarylandMasachusettsNew HampshireNew Jersey New YorkNorth CarolinaPennsylvaniaRhode Island South CarolinaVermontVirginia General Charters 1492 - Priviledges and Prerogatives Granted by Their ...

Early Colonial Era Beginnings to 1700 1000 A.D. - Leif Ericson, a Viking seaman, explores the east coast of North America and sights Newfoundland, establishing a short-lived settlement there. 1215 - The Magna Carta document is adopted in England, guaranteeing liberties to the English people, and proclaiming basic rights and procedures which later become the foundation stone of modern democracy. 1492 - Christopher Columbus makes the first of four voyages to the New World, funded b ...