Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xv
4. I THE CLASSICAL BACKGROUND OF THE COLONIAL MIND 1
5. II THE VIRGINIA ARGONAUTS 20
6. III NOVANGLIA: CHURCH, STATE, AND THE CLASSICS 37
7. IV COLONIAL REACTIONS TO A CLASSICAL EDUCATION 55
8. V WILLIAM BYRD AND SAMUEL SEWALL: TWO DIARISTS IN THE ANCIENT TRADITION 76
9. VI COLONIES, ANCIENT AND MODERN 97
10. VII LOGAN, FRANKLIN, BARTRAM: HUMANIST, PRAGMATIST, PLATONIST 120
11. VIII THE TRANSATLANTIC MUSE 139
12. IX JONATHAN BOUCHER, TORYISSIMUS 161
13. Χ THE CLASSICAL ANCESTRY OF THE CONSTITUTION 173
14. XI EPILOGUE: ADAMS AND JEFFERSON 191
15. REFERENCE MATTER 201
16. INDEX 225