Assuming they’re well written.
- A biography of Sir Ferdinando Gorges. He was the godfather of New England, after all, but failed to fulfill his dream.
- Ditto for father and son Alexander and Nicholas Shapleigh (especially the trials of being royalists as the Puritans and their commonwealth emerged).
- Especially a bio of Major Richard Waldron in all of his shenanigans. He made much of Dover a personal fiefdom and ignited decades of warfare that followed his death.
- How early colonial economics really worked. Start with the charter holders who “owned” the province but not the land.
- A clearer understanding of Puritans, Unitarians, and Baptists, especially as they evolved within New England.
- A closer examination of the Dover Meeting minutes, especially the Revolutionary War disciplinary actions as well as more on the recorded ministers and elders.
- Hampton Meeting and Salem Meeting … and a comprehensive history of New England Yearly Meeting and its Friends.
- Devonshire folkways and ways its Puritans may have deviated from those …
- How the four towns differed, then and now.
- Dover in its textile mill glory days.
For my own contributions to the field, see Quaking Dover. Order your copy at your favorite bookstore. Or request it at your public library.
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