History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I - Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times

The Project Gutenberg EBook of History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I, by Myers Gustavus This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times Author: Myers Gustavus Release Date: January 13, 2010 [EBook #30956] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GREAT AMERICAN FORTUNES *** Produced by Annie McGuire THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT AMERICAN FORTUNES BY THE SAME AUTHOR THE HISTORY OF TAMMANY HALL HISTORY OF THE PUBLIC FRANCHISES IN NEW YORK CITY HISTORY OF THE GREAT AMERICAN FORTUNES BY GUSTAVUS MYERS AUTHOR OF "THE HISTORY OF TAMMANY HALL," "HISTORY OF PUBLIC FRANCHISES IN NEW YORK CITY," ETC. VOL. I. PART I: CONDITIONS IN SETTLEMENT AND COLONIAL TIMES PART II: THE GREAT LAND FORTUNES CHICAGO CHARLES H. KERR & COMPANY 1910 Copyright 1907, 1908 and 1909 By GUSTAVUS MYERS [Pg iii] PREFACE IN WRITING THIS WORK MY AIM HAS BEEN TO GIVE THE EXACT FACTS AS FAR AS THE AVAILABLE MATERIAL ALLOWS. NECESSARILY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE, FROM THE VERY NATURE OF THE CASE, TO OBTAIN ALL THE FACTS.