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Beeke, Joel, and Randall Pederson, Meet the Puritans: With a Guide to Modern Reprints, (Reformation Heritage Books, 2006) ISBN 978-1-60178-000-3; Cross, Claire, The Puritan Earl, The Life of Henry Hastings, Third Earl of Huntingdon, 1536-1595, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1966.
For Puritans, the family was the "locus of spiritual and civic development and protection", [43] and marriage was the foundation of the family and, therefore, society. Unlike in England, where people were married by ministers in the church according to the Book of Common Prayer , Puritans saw no biblical justification for church weddings or the ...
The name "Bible Belt" has been applied historically to the South and parts of the Midwest, but is more commonly identified with the South. [6] It encompasses both the Deep South (South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and most of Louisiana) and the Upland South (North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Arkansas, and Oklahoma).
The Putnam family of prominent old colonial Americans was founded by Puritans John and Priscilla (Gould) Putnam in the 17th century, in Salem, Massachusetts. Many notable individuals are descendants of this family, including those listed below. John Putnam was born about 1285 and came from Aston Abbotts, Buckinghamshire, England. He was married ...
There is also a Chickamauga Cherokee Nation White River Band (I) in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory, [25] also in Arkansas and Missouri Kanasas (Awi Akta) District of NCNOLT. [25] – Located in Kansas; Oklahoma (Ani Tsi Na) District of the NCNOLT. [25] – Located in Oklahoma
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Louisiana that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register; or are otherwise significant for their history, their association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1 ...
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Jean-Pierre and his half-brother Auguste Chouteau, known as the "river barons," adjusted to the many political changes which came about as the town changed from Spanish rule to becoming part of the United States after the latter's Louisiana Purchase in 1803. They continued to create political alliances with numerous parties.