Book excerpt: Excerpt from English Colonies in America, Vol. 4: The Middle Colonies This volume is the fourth of the series, three of which appeared some time ago, under the title of "English Colonies in America." It brings the history of the Middle Colonies down to the point where I left that of the Northern and Southern, i.e. the accession of the House of Hanover. A fifth volume, "The Colonies under the House of Hanover," which is published at the same time as this, deals collectively with the whole body of colonies from that date down to the beginning of those disputes which ended in separation from the Mother Country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.