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Colonial Days In Old New York

Colonial Days In Old New York

by Alice Morse Earle

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Author
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911
Title
Colonial days in old New York
Original Publication
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896.
Credits
The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
F106: United States local history: Atlantic coast. Middle Atlantic States
Subject
New York (State) -- Social life and customs -- To 1775
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 72327
Release Date
December 5, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.COLONIAL DAYS IN OLD NEW YORK
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.PREFACE
  5. 5.CONTENTS
  6. 6.CHAPTER I THE LIFE OF A DAY
  7. 7.CHAPTER II EDUCATION AND CHILD-LIFE — CHURCH SERVICE. — SCHOOL MONEY. — SALARY.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III WOOING AND WEDDING
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV TOWN LIFE
  10. 10.CHAPTER V DUTCH TOWN HOMES
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI DUTCH FARMHOUSES
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII THE DUTCH LARDER
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII THE DUTCH VROUWS
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX THE COLONIAL WARDROBE
  15. 15.CHAPTER X HOLIDAYS
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII CHURCH AND SUNDAY IN OLD NEW YORK
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV “THE END OF HIS DAYS”

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