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Thomas Morton (c. 1579–1647) was an early colonist in North America from Devon, England. He was a lawyer, writer, and social reformer known for studying American Indian culture, and he founded the colony of Merrymount, located in Quincy, Massachusetts.
Dec 10, 2020 · Thomas Morton (l. c. 1579-1647 CE) was an English lawyer, poet, writer, and an early colonist of North America who established the utopian community of Merrymount, sparking conflict with his separatist neighbors at Plymouth Colony and the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay Colony between c. 1626-1645 CE.
May 15, 2024 · Thomas Morton was a contrarian and nonconformist businessman and an early British settler in colonial America. He authored New English Canaan, which ridiculed the strict religious tenets of the Pilgrims and the Puritans and became the first banned book in the United States.
Dec 11, 2020 · New English Canaan is a three-volume work of history, natural history, satire, and poetry by the lawyer and New England colonist Thomas Morton (l. c. 1579-1647 CE) published in 1637 CE.
Nov 22, 2023 · A glimpse into the life of Thomas Morton: the English attorney who fell in love with New England in the 1620s. The Pilgrims at Plymouth hated him so much, they exiled him from Massachusetts 3 times.
Thomas Morton (l. c. 1579-1647 CE) was an English lawyer, poet, writer, and an early colonist of North America who established the utopian community of Merrymount, sparking conflict with his separatist neighbors at Plymouth Colony and the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay Colony between c. 1626-1645 CE.
Thomas Morton (c. 1579–1647) was an early colonist in North America from Devon, England. A lawyer, writer, and social reformer known for studying Native American culture, he founded the colony of Merrymount, located in what is now Quincy, Massachusetts.
