Learning to Read and Write in Colonial America

Contents: Literacy and the law in orthodox New England Literacy and the Indians of Massachusetts Bay Books read by children at home and at school Death and literacy in two devout Boston families The literacy mission of the S.P.G Literacy and the Mohawks Schools, schoolteachers, and schoolchildren The rise of the spelling book Literacy instruction and the enslaved Writing instruction The new world of children's books Literacy in three families of the 1770s. Epilogue Conclusion Afterword: The Lessons Appendix 1: Signature Literacy in Colonial America and the Early Republic, 1650 to 1800 Appendix 2: The Alphabet Method of Reading Instruction Appendix 3: Increase in the Production of American Imprints, 1701 to 1790 Appendix 4:American Imprints versus English Exports, 1710 to 1780 Appendix 5: Production of American Primers and Spelling Books, 1695 to 1790