The Expansion of New England: The Spread of New England Settlement and Institutions to the Mississippi River, 1620-1865

This history of westward expansion, originally published in 1909, provides an important context and framework for anyone researching their early New England and pioneer ancestors. Topics include the socio-economic and religious reasons for migrating first to New England and then westward, the impact of war on the ever-shifting frontier, the settler's relations hip with Native Americans, the history of the formation of new states, and more.