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... earliest settlements lay near the ocean , but in some cases extended inland for considerable distances along the more important rivers . Behind this settled area , toward the foot- hills of the mountains , lay the back country , which ...
... earliest settlements lay near the ocean , but in some cases extended inland for considerable distances along the more important rivers . Behind this settled area , toward the foot- hills of the mountains , lay the back country , which ...
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... color . Perhaps the most immediately strik- · ing , because one of the earliest and most funda- mental , is the contrast between town and country . CHAPTER II TOWN AND COUNTRY THE tilling of the soil 22 COLONIAL FOLKWAYS TOWN AND COUNTRY.
... color . Perhaps the most immediately strik- · ing , because one of the earliest and most funda- mental , is the contrast between town and country . CHAPTER II TOWN AND COUNTRY THE tilling of the soil 22 COLONIAL FOLKWAYS TOWN AND COUNTRY.
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... early disappeared , and the manor in Maryland and Virginia , as elsewhere , meant merely a landed estate . But the name un- doubtedly gave a certain distinction to the owner and probably served to hold the lands together in spite of the ...
... early disappeared , and the manor in Maryland and Virginia , as elsewhere , meant merely a landed estate . But the name un- doubtedly gave a certain distinction to the owner and probably served to hold the lands together in spite of the ...
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... early used for chimneys , was not substan- tial enough for housebuilding , and lime for mortar and plaster was not easy to obtain . Though lime- stone was discovered in New England in 1697 , it was not known at all in the tidewater ...
... early used for chimneys , was not substan- tial enough for housebuilding , and lime for mortar and plaster was not easy to obtain . Though lime- stone was discovered in New England in 1697 , it was not known at all in the tidewater ...
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... early as 1639 Henry Whitfield erected a house of stone at Guilford , Connecticut , to serve in part as a place of defense , and in other places , here and there , were to be found stone buildings used for various pur- poses . It has ...
... early as 1639 Henry Whitfield erected a house of stone at Guilford , Connecticut , to serve in part as a place of defense , and in other places , here and there , were to be found stone buildings used for various pur- poses . It has ...
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