New England


  • Vicinity: NE corner of United States of America
  • Type: Region


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Timeline

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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1635/00/00 Virginia Company of Plymouth Owner The last act of the Council for New England, per the King's request, is to grant to William, Earl of Sterling, the portion of Maine east of the Kennebec River, Long Island in the south and the nearby island.

Places

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PlaceAsNotedInType
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont

Eat and Drink »

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FoodTypeAsNotedInDescription
Anadama bread
Cranberry Fruit
Drayman's Porter Beer
Indian Pudding Classic dessert from Colonial days
Johnnycake Flatbread
Moxie Original Elixir Soda Pop
New England Clam Chowder Soup A New England classic.
Ryaninjun
Wild Beach Plum Preserve Sweet Wild Beach Plum are grown on the New England seashore.



Geography »

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Green Mountains Mountain Range
Gulf of Maine Marine Gulf
New England Upland Physiographic Section
Seaboard Lowland Physiographic Section
Taconic Mountains Physiographic Section
White Mountains, NH Mountain Range
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Physiographic Region Physiographic Province

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Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
A Search for Power: The 'Weaker Sex' in Seventeenth Century New England (book) History Book Lyle Koehler
Deephaven (sketches) Written sketch
Sarah Orne Jewett
Europe (James short story) Short Story
Henry James Short story
Four Meetings (short story) Short Story
Henry James I had never been in the depths of New England at that season.
Lolita (book) Novel Vladimir Nabokov "Lolita" is set in the fictitious New England town of Ramsdale.
New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America (book) History Book Wendy Warren
Profits in the Wilderness: Entrepreneurship and the Founding of New England Towns in the Seventeenth Century (book) History Book John Frederick Martin
Salesman (film) Film Four salesmen work through out New England.
Strawberry Spring (Short Story) Short Story
Stephen King "Strawberry Spring" is set at New Sharon College, a fictional college in New England.
The Events at Poroth Farm (Short Story) Short Story T E D Klein
The Flowering of New England 1815-1865 (book) History Book Van Wyck Brooks
The Founding of New England (book) History Book James Truslow Adams
The Ghost Writer Book
Philip Roth "The Ghost Writer" is set in a secluded New England farmhouse.
The House of the Seven Gables Book Nathaniel Hawthorne Setting
The Human Stain Book Philip Roth Setting
The Revolt of Mother (short story) Short Story Mary E Wilkins Freeman

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