title: An American Harvest (Readings in American History, V0L 1) (Vol 1)
author: Joseph R. Conlin
description: A collection of 55 core documents arranged chronologically in two volumes for use in American history courses. From Colonial America to the present, the focus is on public policy and political development. Both a foreword and afterward accompany each document as well as explanatory footnotes. Included in each volume are the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Amendments (11-26).
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  Choice Specimens of American Literature
  
  
  [CHAPTER I. RELIGIOUS WRITERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND
  
  
  EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES.
  
  
    
    
  [Roger Williams, 1598-1683. (Manual, pp. 480,
  512.)](Choice%20Specimens%20of%20American%20Li_split_001.html#filepos68002)
  
  
    
    
  [Cotton Mather, 1663-1728. (Manual pp. 479,
  512.)](Choice%20Specimens%20of%20American%20Li_split_001.html#filepos69720)
  
  
    
    
  [Jonathan Edwards, 1703-1758. (Manual, p.
  479.)](Choice%20Specimens%20of%20American%20Li_split_001.html#filepos71503)  
    
  [Samuel Davies, 1725-1761. (Manual, p.
  480.)](Choice%20Specimens%20of%20American%20Li_split_001.html#filepos73416)  
    
  [Nathaniel Emmons,[1]
  1745-1840.](Choice%20Specimens%20of%20American%20Li_split_001.html#filepos75811)  
    
  [HISTORICAL WRITERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND
  
  
  EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES.  
    
  [Cadwallader Colden,[2]
  1688-1776.](Choice%20Specimens%20of%20American%20Li_split_001.html#filepos77528)  
    
  [William Stith, 1755. (Manual, p.
  490.)](Choice%20Sp