Seventeenth Century

John Smith (1580-1631)

The General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles (1624)



William Bradford (1590-1657)

Of Plymouth Plantation (1630)



Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612-1672)

"The Author to Her Book"
"To my Dear and Loving Husband"
"Upon the Burning of our House"
"On My Dear Grandchild Simon Bradstreet"



Mary Rowlandson (c.1637-1711)

A Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mrs Mary Rowlandson