Unwelcome Americans: Living on the Margin in Early New England

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Unwelcome Americans Early American Studies DANIEL K. RICHTER Director, McNeil Center for Early American Studies, Series Editor Exploringneglected aspectsof ourcolonial,revolutionary, and earlynationalhistory and culture,EarlyAmericanStudiesreinterprets familiar themesand eventsinfresh ways.Interdisciplinary in character, and with a specialemphasison theperiodfrom about1600 to 1850, theseriesispublishedinpartnershipwith theMcNeilCenterfor EarlyAmericanStudies. A complete list of books in the series is available from the publisher. Unwelcome Americans Living on the Margin in Early New England RUTH WALLIS HERNDON 7li'"J/ 6 " !c .q.t'"II~( It h f,·!l . .' 1&'1",1 1;':'~1rl:, /',/ If·rr 7 IJ11.1 /. II~' /.1r 11 / I" /;;·c ~I"~?:!;'1. ' "II~ UNI V l}'RSITY O F PENNSY LVANIA PR ESS // - .. Z ' If) .. e hi It N "; / 111' '. f,.j" (.tl0~Jt'ij - ;,J1~ ,. 4- '('" ,/ lll).f. " II /c r: '!/"I.l"t r n t ,J'I" Jlrl / 'If f ' ff ~., "I'l l ~ 111; ' I {"t( h. /r,. n; 1,·lo, ) 1 ..f r:: /}L e! o J;) ",t ft /'9 .'~;( l/),l ' e r,~('t r! /t t ,ti'/i"t""'" ~t-r It~ ./~) /h,]( .tllt'I,1 l'J " :Hj,!,f. fl ',, ) /~N't /~ (t( :/" f}4 R. ' b'1 r:,< ;,, ~ IT?lit, J R ,fin,!') "'~u). '" J .) .... I (. J ) ..... •i.. rl, Jl ':1'1 tt"/,"'1t tI, e rr» 1JI t /1' '1"'-ro .~/rtt/~/;' L ;;(/t t 4 " .1 r. f\ J I.' If. , ) r,l ft.t f.I ' t ) ;~t r, f r r/t ()i~ I g : e/ & I !/uJ116P 11t . Lahl~J/17AIt;Jt j,,, ;;,III h .tthOP'!: ;.::,~f~'t5 '7 . 0ItlJc ~ r Copyright © 2001University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4011 Library of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data Herndon, Ruth Wallis Unwelcome Americans: living on the margin in early New England / Ruth Wallis Herndon p. em. Early American studies Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 0-8122-3592-4(alk. paper). -ISBN 0-8122-1765-9 (pbk. : alk paper) 1. Marginality, Social-New England-History-18th century. 2. Poor-New England-Biography. 3. Poor laws-New England-History-18th century. 4. New England-Social conditions-18th century. 1.Title. II. Series HN79·A11H47 2001 305.5'6'0974-2 00-047975 To the Memory of KAREN SCHMIDT WAGNER This page intentionally left blank ...