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Salem, Massachusetts, has built a thriving industry of tourism on the foundations of its dark past. But, beneath the seaside charm, bewitching shops, and seasonal surge of witches and thrill-seekers, the ancient darkness still lurks.Oblivious to the brewing danger, Skye Temple buys an historic house in the witch capital of the world and on her first day uncovers a skeleton and ancestral diaries in her new home's library.This guide will help you with the following:The Puritans of the MayflowerThe Accusations BeginMass Hysteria in SalemThe First ExecutionsCorey's Death by PressingThe Legacy of Witchcraft in SalemAnd much more!These witches had the power to curse and terrify the citizens of the town. They also believed other creatures such as ghosts, witches' familiars, and demons, existed physically in our realm. When a few of the townsfolk of Salem started to exhibit signs such as muscular spasms or convulsions, visions, and strange behavior, it was assumed these townsfolk were cursed by witches.

By: William MacFarlane Jones, Pub.1928, reprinted 2023, 408 pages, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-110-4.Goochland County was created in 1728 from Henrico County. The Douglas Register is an extremely valuable set of records covering births, marriages, and deaths from 1750 to 1797. The registers are for St. James Northam Parish (Dover Church) and King William Parish both of Goochland County. These entries under the headings of births, marriages, and deaths are arranged in alphabetical order covering several thousand persons for Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa, Orange, and Spotsylvania Counties. The author has also included lists of Huguenot settlers at Manakin-Town (King William Parish) and an index of Goochland County wills, 1728-1840, containing approximately 1,000 names with references to dates and locations.

By: Peyton Neale Clarke, Pub. 1897, reprinted 2023, 216 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-107-4.King William County was created 1702 from King and Queen County. In 1720 Spotsylvania County was formed from parts of King William, King and Queen, and Essex counties, and in 1727 parts of King William County were carved off to create Caroline County. This book is divided onto two parts. The first part gives the names many homes located in the county with a small history of the dwelling, covering such things as: current owner, past owner, description of the building, owner's occupation, and etc... The second part consists of genealogical sketches of some seventy-five early families and their descendants. Surnames of these biographies: Allen, Atkinson, Aylett, Baylor, Bolling, Braxton, Brecknock, Brown, Butler, Byrd, Claiborne, Cole, Coleman, Conway, Corr, Dandridge, Dickey, Dunbar, Edwards, Ellett, Fontaine, Fowke, Freeman, Gregory, Griswold, Henry, Hill, Hundley, Johnson, King, Kinkead, Lewis, Lipscomb, Littlepage, Lynn, McElwee, Moncure, Morancy, Neale, Newman, Pemberton, Peyton, Pollard, Quarles, Robins, Robinson, Shawhan, Taliaferro, Tatum, Teackle, Thornton, Trimble, Walker, Waller, and West. The author also, has included a lengthy history of the Edwards family, the descendants of Ambrose Edwards of Cherry Grove. The Index mentions approximately 3,000 persons.

This volume identifies many of the Irish soldiers in the British colonies in North America and the Caribbean from around 1650 until 1825.

"From acclaimed Abraham Lincoln historian Harold Holzer, a groundbreaking account of Lincoln's grappling with the politics of immigration against the backdrop of the Civil War. In the three decades before the Civil War, some ten million foreign-born people settled in the United States, forever altering the nation's demographics, culture, and--perhaps most significantly--voting patterns. America's newest residents fueled the national economy, but they also wrought enormous changes in the political landscape, and exposed an ugly, at times violent, vein of nativist bigotry. Abraham Lincoln's rise ran parallel to this turmoil; even Lincoln himself did not always rise above it. Tensions over immigration would split and ultimately destroy Lincoln's Whig Party years before the Civil War. Yet the war would make clear just how important immigrants were, and how interwoven they had become in American society"--

Captain Jacob Clarke is promoted to major in the final years of the American Revolution. Along with General Francis Marion, their story, The Wolf and the Fox, continues the quest to liberate South Carolina from the British. Some of the bloodiest fighting in the war is about to occur, spanning from Shubrick's Plantation to the last major battle in Eutaw Springs. Beginning in 1780, this historical tale concludes on Victory Day, December 16, 1783, when the triumphant revolutionary army liberates Charleston. This is the sixth and final book in a series about Jacob Clarke that Erick W. Nason began writing in 2016. Holding a doctorate in history, he notes, "There is not much written on the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution."Erick W. Nason grew up in Glens Falls in upstate New York, the heart of Rogers Rangers country, halfway between Fort Edward, Fort William Henry, Fort Ticonderoga, and other battlefields in between. He currently lives with his wife Karin in Sumter, South Carolina, near where General Sumter is buried. "I am retired Army Special Operations, served twenty years in both the Rangers and in Special Forces. I am a military historian working to preserve the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution by supporting the education program Liberty Live, Southern Campaign 1780, and Southern Battlefield Preservation Trust." A battle reenactor for over thirty years, he is also a presenter at the annual Francis Marion Symposium. The author is currently a government contractor managing search and rescue programs for U.S. Air Force Central Command and the Middle East.

Don't mistake this for dry history! Lynn MacKaben Brown's Furs and Fevers offers the reader a view into a long lost and mostly forgotten world-a world where Indigenous tribes interact with French-Canadian trappers and traders, while their way of life is unravelling under the pressure of American expansion into Indiana. The characters are historical, and their interactions follow the historical records available thanks to Brown's exhaustive research.The author has a gift for placing believable and compelling words in the mouths of those long dead and weaving it all into a story that keeps the reader entranced. Along the way, without noticing, that reader receives an education into the systems and politics of Indiana and the frontier in the early part of the 19th century.There is plenty within these pages to challenge you, and controversial actions that leap out of their hoary context and force you to contend with your contemporary judgements and worldview. The past has dilemmas that can still cause debate today. "Furs and Fevers is a compelling, enjoyable, and highly enlightening read that I envy you the initial discovery experience that is now, sadly in my rear-view mirror. Savor it!"Brian Hogan, direct descendent of Dominique Rousseau."Lynn enthusiastically embraces the concept of history as a story. She combines bulldog determination to unearth truth with her interpretation of events. Then she re-creates the multicultural, time-honored role of tribal historian/storyteller. And who doesn't love a good story?"Sigmund Brouwer, author of The Last Temple.

By: Montague S. Giuseppi, Pub. 1921, reprinted 2023, 210 pages, Index, ISBN #978-1-63914-120-3.This book contains copies of all the Returns of Naturalizations of foreign Protestants sent from the Colonies to the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations during the period 1740 to 1772. It covers approximately 6,500 persons who were naturalized. These Returns are from the colonies of South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania, along with some from Jamaica in the West Indies. The Returns from Pennsylvania making up the bulk of these persons within. The entries generally include name, religion, town and county of residence, and date of naturalization.

By: Lucy M. Davis Cowan, Pub. 1926, reprinted 2023, 98 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-109-8.Warren County was created in 1800 from Allegheny and Lycoming counties. It sits in the Northwestern corner of the state boarding New York. This book is compilation of Revolutionary Soldiers who were buried in Warren County. Each entry is a mini biography of the soldier giving much data on the proven military service records, along with personal family data and connections. The author has also provided data on soldiers whose military service records who have not been proved. There is a section on tombstone inscriptions of Revolutionary Soldiers and their wives who were buried in Warren County, along with locations of their graves. The final chapter concludes with Warren County Pensioners.

By: James P. Bell, Pub. 1905, reprinted 2023, 288 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-108-1.Hanover County was created in 1721 from New Kent County and Campbell County, Virginia was created in1782 from Bedford County. This book is an invaluable transcript of the Minute Books of Cedar Creek Meeting, Hanover County, Virginia and the South River Meeting, Campbell County, Virginia. These records of Quaker births, deaths, marriages, disownments, and removals cover several thousand persons.

By: Charles A. Fisher, Pub. 1950, reprinted 2023, 81 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-106-7.When Northumberland was created in 1772, it was the largest county in the state of Pennsylvania. 27 counties have been formed, wholly or in part from it. The Wills and Administrations given in the book are abstracts of the records of the four following counties: Northumberland, Mifflin, Indiana and Union. Data to be found within: Northumberland County 1772-1813, Mifflin County 1789-1793, Union County 1813-1818 and Indiana County 1818-1849.

First published in 1974, Black Majority marked a breakthrough in our understanding of early American history. Today, Wood's insightful study remains more relevant and enlightening than ever. This landmark book chronicles the crucial formative years of North America's wealthiest and most tormented British colony. It explores how West African familiarity with rice determined the Lowcountry economy and how a skilled but enslaved labor force formed its own distinctive language and culture. While African American history often focuses on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Black Majority underscores the significant role early African arrivals played in shaping the direction of American history.This revised and updated fiftieth anniversary edition challenges a fresh generation with provocative history and features a new epilogue by the author.

"The bluest of blood; the boldest of hearts; the de Montforte brothers will take your breath away."When the powerful Lucien de Montforte, the Duke of Blackheath, arrives home to find a dangerous and vengeful woman waiting for him in his bed with pistol in hand, the master manipulator never dreams that he has finally met his match. But thanks to his scheming family's successful attempts to force a wedding, the wicked and wily duke finds himself entangled in a web of his own making in this spectacular conclusion to Danelle Harmon's critically acclaimed de Montforte Brothers series!

Sometimes time travel is just the miracle you need. Unless it sends you to the last place you want to go.Abigail Martin needs a miracle. After a crushing family secret stole her job, her apartment, and her future, she escapes her ruined life and risks a return to her hometown. Hints from a trusted friend that a mysterious bed and breakfast could grant her deepest desires lead her to rent a room. But when her former crush-a man she's spent months avoiding-won't leave her side, they both end up facing more than just the past she tried to escape.Evan Blake finally has a second chance to win his first love, and he won't let a little thing like her refusal stand in his way. When Abigail's insistence on staying at a weird inn dumps them in Colonial Boston on the doorstep of the Revolutionary War, suddenly finding a way to ask her out seems the least of his worries. Despite the bizarre and unimaginable challenges of the 1700s, he refuses to give up on capturing her heart. But will finding their way home mean losing her forever?¿ The Back Inn Time series books are fun, faith-filled stories of what it might be like to suddenly experience life in a different time. These clean historical romances are packed with humor and adventure. Perfect for fans of dual timeline or time slip stories and Christian historical romance, these books answer the question every historical fiction fan wonders-what would it be like if I went back to that time? If you enjoy the wholesomeness of Amish, Western, or frontier fiction and adore romantic comedies, then a visit to a seaside Victorian inn where you can "step back inn time and leave your troubles behind!" is for you.

"Schneider transports readers to the violent and inspiring crucible of America, capturing the patriotic vigorand sacrifice of the country's tentative first steps." As Christmas approaches, a brutal winter storm closes in on Philadelphia and Betsy, a young widow exiled from her Quaker faith, is called to help the American cause. Hessian soldiers attack Nathaniel's home. After witnessing the horror of the Hessian's crimes, he joins Washington's rag-tag forces in a last-ditch all-or-nothing attack on Trenton during the height of the storm. Washington's success depends on the aid of Nate, others like him, and the daring ingenuity of Betsy as she attempts to stall Colonel Von Donop and his reinforcement troops bound for the Hessian fort in Trenton. Washington sets the secret code phrase of the winter mission as "victory or death" and they all have to face their own slim odds of success.

A Town of James is the first of the Books of Amerika book series, each of which tells of a unique period in American history. This premiere book transports the reader to Jamestown, just on the cusp of Bacon's Revolution of 1676. Set amidst this fervid backdrop, we follow the story of two brothers, twins, separated at birth, but both bearing the name of James.Joseph Eldredge revives the age old twin-comedy in this poetic drama, brining to life again all the free beauty of 17th century English - with annotations - to immerse the reader in a unique experience of History and Dream.

The British campaign to capture Fort Carillon on the Ticonderoga Peninsula in 1758 resulted in the largest battle of the French and Indian War. Crafted by Prime Minister William Pitt, the scope and scale of the British effort was staggering, calling for their northern colonies to raise 20,000 men to rendezvous with the British Regulars at Albany. The directive would test the patience, resources, and will of the colonial governments as well as that of the newly appointed the British commander-in-chief, General James Abercrombie. For the defenders of New France matters were dire. Reports were arriving that Abercrombie's numbers were over twice the entire fighting strength of Canada. For the French field commander, the Marquis de Montcalm, there were few options. The Marquis had long opposed defending frontier forts, calling for abandoning these posts at the first sign of threat in order to conserve the colony's resources. The French Governor disagreed and dispatched Montcalm and his white-coated French regulars with orders to defend Fort Carillon. With his army the only thing that stood between the British and the interior of Canada, there appeared to be a single path before the Marquis. Whether the Governor liked it or not, a rearguard action followed by a retreat down Lake Champlain was the only answer that would leave the army of Canada in position to fight again. Yet, within the span of a few days Montcalm would set these views aside, and suddenly risk both his army and the fate of Canada on a single risky battle. Based on journals, letters, and accounts of the participants on both sides, The Road to Ticonderoga: The Campaign of 1758 in the Champlain Valley by Michael G. Laramie recounts this unexpected tale of victory and defeat on the North American frontier. Here we learn how the unexpected death of a dynamic leader, George Howe, elder brother of Richard and William, nearly crushed "the soul of General Abercrombie's army," leading to misinterpreted orders and hesitation on the part of the British. At the same time, the French commander perilously underestimated the ability of his own forces while overestimating his enemy's before his fateful and unexpected decision to make his stand at Ticonderoga. With lessons and repercussions for future warfare in North America, The Road to Ticonderoga shows how a series of small mistakes can cascade into a catastrophe under weak leadership--or be exploited by a strong one.

Daniel hated his brother. He knew it was wrong; knew his parents would be grieved if they discovered what was in his heart. But he'd had his fill of living in Taregan's shadow . . . Taregan the bold, the athletic, the courageous. How Daniel despised him! His only hope was to somehow escape Taregan and the life he'd always known.Then British soldiers arrive, bringing with them the perfect opportunity, which Daniel accepts . . . never dreaming his choices will lead them all into danger, betrayal, and the greatest trial they have ever faced.The adventures of Gilda, Fallon, and their children continue in book three of the Keepers of the Ring series.

"The bluest of blood, the boldest of hearts; the de Montforte brothers will take your breath away."England, 1776: Lord Gareth de Montforte is known as an irresponsible rake with a heart of gold. When he takes a bullet for boldly thwarting a stagecoach robbery, he is stunned to discover that the beautiful young woman he has heroically rescued, Juliet Paige, is his deceased brother's American fiancée, accompanied by her infant daughter. Despite his brother the duke's refusal to acknowledge Juliet, Gareth is determined to do right by the courageous woman who crossed an ocean to give her baby her rightful name. But Juliet is wary of marrying this black sheep aristocrat, even while she is hopelessly charmed by the dashing devil. Never has she met anyone who embraces life so thoroughly, who makes her laugh, who loves her so well. And, even when it seems the odds are against them, Juliet has absolute faith that Gareth will go beyond the call of duty, risking his life itself to give her and her daughter a home - and a love that will last a lifetime.