EPISODE · Apr 22, 2026 · 10 MIN
Knickerbocker's History of New York Vol. 1 Book III Chapter VII
from The Washington Irving Library · host Washington Irving
In which we are introduced to a peculiar and vociferous race who fled England to preserve their liberty of speech and conscience, only to become zealous persecutors themselves in the New World. Their strange customs and the robust increase of their numbers, notably through a practice called bundling, paint a vivid portrait of a hardy and enterprising people shaping the frontier.
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In which we are introduced to a peculiar and vociferous race who fled England to preserve their liberty of speech and conscience, only to become zealous persecutors themselves in the New World. Their strange customs and the robust increase of their numbers, notably through a practice called bundling, paint a vivid portrait of a hardy and enterprising people shaping the frontier.
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