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The Planters Plea

by John White · 1575–1648

Published: 1630
Length: 15,642 words
Reading: ~an hour
Divisions: 35

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The planters plea· Or The grounds of plantations examined, and vsuall objections answered Together with a manifestation of the causes mooving such as have lately vndertaken a plantation in Nevv-England: for the satisfaction of those that question the lawfulnesse of the action.

London Printed by William Iones [, M. Flesher, and J. Dawson] 1630.

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Front matter
Title page
To the reader
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SurveyA BRIEFE SVRVIEW OF COLONIES: And first, Of their Ground and Warrant.
Chapter 1CHAP. I. By a Colony we meane a societie of men drawne out of one state or people, and transplanted into…
2 sections
Chapter 3CHAP. III. The English Nation is fit to undertake this taske.
2 sections
Chapter 4CHAP. IIII. That New-England is a fit Country for the seating of an English Colonie, for the propagation of…

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Chapter 5CHAP. 5. What persons may be fit to be employed in this worke of planting a Colony.

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Chapter 6CHAP. VI. What warrant particular men-may have to engage their persons, and estates in this imployment of…

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Chapter 7CAP. 7. Answering Obiections against the maine bodie of the worke.
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Chapter 8CHAP. VIII. A digression manifesting the successe of the Plantation intended by the Westerne men.
Chapter 9CHAP. IX. The vndertaking and prosecution of the Colony by the Londoners.
Chapter 10CHAP. X. The Conclusion of the whole Treatise.

35 divisions in the TEI outline

Subjects

ColonizationMassachusetts · History · Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

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Author: John White (1575–1648)
Imprint: London Printed by William Iones [, M. Flesher, and J. Dawson] 1630.
Extent: [4], 84 p.
Language: English
Catalogue: STC 25399 · ESTC S111722
Source: TCP A15097
Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (Text Creation Partnership)

The Planters Plea

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