Thomas Morton and America's First Banned Book

Lindsay and Madison discuss Thomas Morton, as well as why Puritans were the effing worst, that it’s okay to have a party once in a while, and how to write a book that throws shade on your enemies while also including the awe-inspiring beauty of a New World.
Information pulled from the following sources:

2023 Smithsonian Magazine article by Colleen Connolly

2023 Sowams Heritage Area article

2020 The Public Domain Review article by Ed Simon

2020 World History Encyclopedia article by Joshua J. Mark

2019 Atlas Obscura article by Matthew Taub

1955 American Heritage article by Carleton Beals

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Merrymount Quincy website

New York Public Library

Wikipedia (1) (2) (3)

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