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The New England knight : Sir William Phips, 1651-1695 / Emerson W. Baker and John G. Reid.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©1998 2012)Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 539 pages, [16] pages of plates : )Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442664623
  • 1442664622
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: New England Knight : Sir William Phips, 1651-1695.DDC classification:
  • 974.4/02/092 21
LOC classification:
  • F67 .B24 1998eb
Online resources:
Contents:
""COVER""; ""CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF MAPS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""1 Early Life, 1651-1682""; ""2 The Making of a Projector""; ""3 Treasure Gained and Patrons Lost""; ""4 Respectability and Revolution""; ""5 The Expeditions of 1690""; ""6 The Charter and Beyond""; ""7 Statecraft and Witchcraft, 1692""; ""8 Frontier Governor and Projector, 1692-1694""; ""9 Factional Currents, 1692-1694""; ""10 Imperial Governorship: Conflicts and Clientage, 1692-1693""; ""11 Imperial Governorship: Recall, 1693-1694""; ""12 Endings""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""
""D""""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""A genealogy of the Phips family""; ""Illustrations""
Review: "Born in 1651 in what is now Maine, William Phips became a sea captain out of Boston, an adventurer in search of Spanish treasure in the Caribbean. He captured and plundered Port-Royal in Acadia, Now Nova Scotia, and led an unsuccessful expedition against Quebec in 1690. He became the first royal governor of Massachusetts in 1692, put an end to the Salem witchcraft trials, and negotiated a treaty with the native Wabanaki." "This biography presents a well-rounded picture of Phips, one that looks at all phases of his colourful career. He was an unusual figure among colonial governors, and his very uniqueness, as well as his difficulties as governor, help us to understand the politics and society of New England during his era. Helped and hindered by his obscure origins, Phips struggled for advancement, and his struggle illustrates the fluid nature of the British Empire in the late seventeenth century."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Born in 1651 in what is now Maine, William Phips became a sea captain out of Boston, an adventurer in search of Spanish treasure in the Caribbean. He captured and plundered Port-Royal in Acadia, Now Nova Scotia, and led an unsuccessful expedition against Quebec in 1690. He became the first royal governor of Massachusetts in 1692, put an end to the Salem witchcraft trials, and negotiated a treaty with the native Wabanaki." "This biography presents a well-rounded picture of Phips, one that looks at all phases of his colourful career. He was an unusual figure among colonial governors, and his very uniqueness, as well as his difficulties as governor, help us to understand the politics and society of New England during his era. Helped and hindered by his obscure origins, Phips struggled for advancement, and his struggle illustrates the fluid nature of the British Empire in the late seventeenth century."--Jacket.

""COVER""; ""CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF MAPS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""1 Early Life, 1651-1682""; ""2 The Making of a Projector""; ""3 Treasure Gained and Patrons Lost""; ""4 Respectability and Revolution""; ""5 The Expeditions of 1690""; ""6 The Charter and Beyond""; ""7 Statecraft and Witchcraft, 1692""; ""8 Frontier Governor and Projector, 1692-1694""; ""9 Factional Currents, 1692-1694""; ""10 Imperial Governorship: Conflicts and Clientage, 1692-1693""; ""11 Imperial Governorship: Recall, 1693-1694""; ""12 Endings""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""

""D""""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""A genealogy of the Phips family""; ""Illustrations""

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