1639 Reimagined: Shaumpishuh meets Whitfield at a Pivot Point in World History. A fresh look at Guilford’s founding documents.
Early maps and manuscripts reveal how well the New England coast was known to Europeans long before the pilgrims stepped on Plymouth rock. Our town was first settled in 1639 but was the land properly purchased from its indigenous holders or was there legal ambiguity in how English settlers took possession? Guilford’s foundation documents provide insight. Who were the town’s indigenous people and what did they and their town look like? What happened to these people, where did they go, and how well were they regarded? This lecture is illustrated with full-color rare maps, photos, and historical documents from, among others: the British Art Center and Sterling Library, Yale University; British Library, London; Massachusetts Historical Library, Boston.
Michael Bracken is the Susan Dwight Bliss Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology at Yale University where he has studied and taught for 56 years. He has published some 400 articles, five books and given over 260 invited lectures around the world. He served as President of the American College of Epidemiology and the Society for Epidemiology Research. A former Commodore of Guilford Yacht Club, Michael has a longtime interest in Guilford history where he has lived since 1972. This, together with his passion for collecting very old maps of the American Northeast, and having sailed along the NE coast, provide the impulse for this talk.
Books will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of Breakwater Books.
This program is free and open to all.
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