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New England
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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A name given in 1704 by Captain John Smith to the eastern and most densely populated portion of the United States, which now comprises Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut; was first colonised under the name of North Virginia by the Plymouth Company in 1606; the inhabitants, known distinctively as Yankees, are mostly of Puritan and Scotch descent, and are noted for their shrewdness and industry.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'New England'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/n/new-england.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'New England'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/n/new-england.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
