Background History Essays for Teachers
Geology and the Formation of New England
Native American History
The Landscape in the Colonial Period
The Common and the Meeting House
The Wells-Thorn House
Student Background Essay - Relationship between the English, the French, and the Native Peoples at the First Turn of the Century, 1680-1720
Student Background Essay - The English Settlers in Deerfield
Native American Presence in Deerfield, Massachusetts
African-American Presence in Deerfield, Massachusetts
Student Background Essay: Slave Life in 18th Century Deerfield, Massachusetts
The Will of Ebenezer Wells
Changes in Deerfield, Massachusetts Shown on Maps
The Inventory of Ebenezer Wells
Dwellings - The Messages of Houses and Their Contents 1780 - 1820
Student Essay: Gardens in Deerfield, Massachusetts - 18th and 19th Centuries
Printed Materials
Schools and Schoolbooks - 1780-1820
Children's Amusements in the Early Nineteenth Century
Early Nineteenth Century Fashion
Native Americans and African Americans, 1780-1820
Deerfield at the Third Turn, 1880-1920
Student Essay: "Reading" Primary Sources
Death and Dying in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Settlements in the New Land
Notes by Susan McGowan about The Social and Cultural Landscape of 17th Century New England by David Grayson Allen
Primary and Secondary Sources
The Dedham Grant
The 1671 Map Fragment
Deerfield As a Frontier Settlement
Settlement and Occupation of Deerfield
The Deerfield Raid
Captivity Literature
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