Thomas Morton

Scott Atkins, American Research Group, University of Virginia, "American Puritan Consciousness"

Morton was a lawyer, businessman and adventurer and the second trip to New England was a member of the Wollaston Captain of 1625. The band settled in Mount Wollaston (currently in Quincy, Massachusetts) and when captain Wollaston visited Virginia in the spring, Morton called for reconciliation with Ma-re-Mount and began trading prosperous with indigenous peoples It was. Morten was arrested in 1628 and sent to England, and when his return home in 1629 his colony was collapsing. He was again arrested in 1630, returned to the UK, was released in 1643, and was sent back to Massachusetts by the authorities. When he tried to go home he was temporarily imprisoned, after which he headed to Maine, his two-year home before his death.

Thomas Morton's record on Marymount mainly comes from two sources: Morton's own Volume 3 description, New English Canaan (1637) Chapter 4 and William Bradford were planted in his Primus Various explanations in the history of the park. John Winthrop is also explained in his New England history. Hawthorne wrote this episode in "Column of May in Medhumon", and other dramas, especially Howard Hansen and RL Stokes' opera "Mary Mountain" (1934) and John Roth existed. Ropes Motorie's "Romance of Maria Colony" (1849). Recently, L. Davidson's 1964 novel "Distister Bar" looks at Morton's life

For the latest version including notes, critiques, biographies, see Thomas Morton's New English Canaan "Merrymount". Text, memo, biography, criticism, editing. Jack Dempsey (2000)

Mary Mount is used to compare Thomas Morton's utopian 'paradise' in North America and 'Puritan's' paradise', Morten's richness leads to poor living for them. Morten and his critics stressed the rich natural resource celebration and stated that he abandoned May Day celebrations freely. This was destroyed in combination with Mary Mount 's equality. For Linebaugh like Hawthorne, Merry Mount is an important event in American history - "immature road" - like Haymarket, it will return to the entire collection

Thomas Morton's new English Canaan, published three years after Wood's work, lacks strict details and inclusiveness of Wood accounts. But people are legendary anti-government forces and need to know about Morton, a member of Quincy, Pennsylvania (now in Quincy, Massachusetts). As its title suggests, Morton's publicity represents the New World as an area filled with biblical and prototypes. Morten's explanation is not as objective as Wood's explanation Author does not provide reliable records, but often joins the aesthetic pleasure of the natural world by participating in a high-profile, poetic rhetoric. However, this work is known for appreciation and sympathy for the life of its native American.

Thomas Morton admires and condemns every aspect of the native American culture. In his explanation, not only can you find information on the people he is explaining, but also windows of interest to Britons such as Morton who can criticize British culture using Native American explanations You can find. Spanish explorer Alvar Nuñez Cabezade Vaca travels south of the bay from Florida to Mexico. Cabeza de Vaca became a religious therapist during the trip. In his story, he insists on some examples of miracles, explaining his spiritual beliefs and providing an unreliable rare trip to indigenous living in that area To do.