Pt. 1: arrivals -- The Plymouth Plantation / William Bradford -- A description of New England / Captain John Smith -- The new English Canaan / Thomas Morton -- Letters / John and Margaret Winthrop -- The crossing to Pennsylvania / Gottfried Mittelberger -- Pt. 2: daily life -- Pirates in Plymouth / William Bradford -- Thomas Morton of Merrymount / William Bradford -- The Merrymount Colony / Thomas Morton -- Edifying incidents / John Winthrop -- An exemplary Christian / Cotton Mather -- Inoculation for smallpox / Cotton Mather -- Courtship / Samuel Sewall -- Marriage / William Byrd -- On taking a mistress / Benjamin Franklin -- The speech of Polly Baker / Benjamin Franklin -- Riding through Virginia / William Byrd -- Pt. 3: God and the devil -- Religious tolerance / Roger Williams -- In defence of intolerance / Nathaniel Ward -- Witchcraft in Salem / Increase Mather -- Witchcraft in Salem / Cotton Mather -- Witchcraft in Salem / Samuel Sewall -- The devil in the shape of a woman / Cotton Mather -- Sinners in the hands of an angry God / Jonathan Edwards -- Personal narrative / Jonathan Edwards -- Pt. 4: Indians -- The Indians in Virginia / Captain John Smith -- Pocahontas / Captain John Smith -- The Pequot War / William Bradford -- The Pequot War / Edward Johnson -- Indian customs and manners / Robert Beverley -- Captured by Indians / Mrs. Mary Rowlandson -- Pt. 5: the South -- Virginia / Robert Beverley -- History of the dividing line / William Byrd -- Pt. 6: literature -- Anne Bradstreet -- Michael Wigglesworth -- Edward Taylor -- Bacon's epitaph / Anonymous -- Ebenezer Cook -- Benjamin Franklin -- Pt. 7: four colonial views -- Itinerarium / Alexander Hamilton -- Autobiography / Benjamin Franklin -- Journal / John Woolman -- Letters from an American farmer / Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur
