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Acknowledgements
Documented Beginnings
Cambridge Farmers’ Petition, 1682
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
General Court Response, 1682
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
Cambridge’s Counterpetition, 1683
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
General Court’s Two Responses, 1683
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
Survey Committee Appointment, 1684
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
Survey Committee Report and Map, 1684
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
General Court’s Two Responses, 1684
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
Intermission, 1684–1691
Order Granting the Farmers’ Petition, 1691
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
Cambridge Farms Parish Covenant, 1696
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
Cambridge Town Records, 1712–1713
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
Order Making Lexington a Town, 1713
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
Cambridge on the Map
Newe Towne is Born
Growth Spurts
Thriving and Dividing
Final Cuts
Map of Cambridge
Navigating the Site
Sources
Acknowledgements
Documented Beginnings
Cambridge Farmers’ Petition, 1682
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
General Court Response, 1682
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
Cambridge’s Counterpetition, 1683
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
General Court’s Two Responses, 1683
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
Survey Committee Appointment, 1684
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
Survey Committee Report and Map, 1684
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
General Court’s Two Responses, 1684
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
Intermission, 1684–1691
Order Granting the Farmers’ Petition, 1691
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
Cambridge Farms Parish Covenant, 1696
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
Cambridge Town Records, 1712–1713
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
Order Making Lexington a Town, 1713
Modernized Transcription
Manuscript and Literal Transcription
Cambridge on the Map
Newe Towne is Born
Growth Spurts
Thriving and Dividing
Final Cuts
Map of Cambridge
Lexington on the Map
The Farms Emerge
The First Farmers
A Bigger Footprint
But Why ‘Lexington’? (first of five pages)
Map of Cambridge Farms/Lexington
Colonial Contexts
Who were the Puritans?
How Puritanism Began
Matters of Faith
Everyday Puritanism
Church and People
Changes Over Time
A Truly New England
Hard Times for Puritans
Emigration
Building a Bible Commonwealth
Political Growing Pains
Growing and Thriving
Broader Interests
Charter Wars: 1629–1713
His Majesty Regrets
Another Charles, Another Challenge
The Last Defense
The Charter Falls
The Short, Unhappy Life of the Dominion
of New England
Change of Circumstances
Negotiating a New Charter
Goodbye to the Commonwealth
Two Royal Governors
A Third Governor, and a Legacy
The Farms Emerge
The First Farmers
A Bigger Footprint
But Why ‘Lexington’? (first of five pages)
Map of Cambridge Farms/Lexington
Colonial Contexts
Who were the Puritans?
How Puritanism Began
Matters of Faith
Everyday Puritanism
Church and People
Changes Over Time
A Truly New England
Hard Times for Puritans
Emigration
Building a Bible Commonwealth
Political Growing Pains
Growing and Thriving
Broader Interests
Charter Wars: 1629–1713
His Majesty Regrets
Another Charles, Another Challenge
The Last Defense
The Charter Falls
The Short, Unhappy Life of the Dominion
of New England
Change of Circumstances
Negotiating a New Charter
Goodbye to the Commonwealth
Two Royal Governors
A Third Governor, and a Legacy