Historical Dictionary of New England (2nd edition)

New England consists of the six states tucked away in America’s extreme North East: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. Massachusetts has much of the population, Maine much of the area. Parts of the region are still relatively undeveloped, but today the southern part is quite high-tech.

New England is drenched in history. The dozen or so Native American tribes, including the “Massachusett”, have their own history, but white Europeans are much better known. As we all know, the victors write the history. English puritans first put New England on the map, and even in 1796, Timothy...