Status Updates From Builders of the bay colony

".Wit, however, is a dangerous gift for a preacher, a politician or a professor - he is certain to offend the stupid persons who are always in a majority"

Log cabins were introduced to America by the Swedes and Finns on the Delaware

If men desire a people to degenerate speedily, to corrupt their minds and bodies, & to lure in thieves and spoilers from abroad, let them seek a rich soil that yields much with little labour. But if they desire that piety & godliness should prosper, accompanied by sobriety, justice, & love, let them choose a country such as this, like France or England, which yields sufficiency only through hard labour and industry.

Interesting chapter on John Winthrop, Jr.