The Early History of Southampton, L. I., New York, With Genealogies

Description: This book offers a comprehensive history of Southampton, a town on Long Island founded in 1640 by English settlers who arrived on behalf of Lord Stirling. The author traces the origins of the town's first inhabitants and describes their struggles and triumphs as they built a new life in the wilderness, organizing a government, establishing a church, and defending their settlement against attack. This book explores the challenges faced by the early settlers, their relationship with the native peoples, and the development of their society amidst the political and social upheavals of the 17th century. The narrative draws on a rich collection of primary sources, presenting a vivid and engaging account of the town's origins and early history. Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. This text has been digitally restored from a historical edition. Some aesthetic errors may persist, however it has been deemed that any such will not detract from the work's significant historical value. The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase.

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