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CHRONOLOGICAL CHART I. AMERICAN LITERATURE,
1600–1800

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Thomas Morton (1575?-1646)
Nathaniel Ward (1578-1652?)
Roger Williams (1604-1683)
Michael Wigglesworth (1631-1705)
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)
Increase Mather (1639-1723)
Cotton Mather (1663-1728)
Samuel Sewall (1652-1730)
Sarah Kemble Knight (1666-1727)
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Michel de CrÈvecoeur (1731-1813)
Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791)
John Trumbull (1750-1831)
Philip Freneau (1752-1832)
Timothy Dwight (1752-1817)
Joel Barlow (1754-1812)
Brockden Brown (1771-1810)
Washington Irving (1783-1859)
Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790-1867)
Joseph Rodman Drake (1795-1820)
J. Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851)
Wm. Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)

Reigns of English Monarchs

JAMES I 1603-1625
CHARLES I 1625-1649
PROTECTORATE 1649-1660
CHARLES II 1660-1685
JAMES II 1685-1689
WM.-MARY 1689-1702
ANNE 1702-1714
GEORGE I 1714-1727
GEORGE II 1727-1760
GEORGE III 1760-1820
American Revolution 1775-1780
James I
Charles I
Protect-
orate
Charles II
Jas.
II
Wm.-
Mary
Anne
George I
George II
George III
1600
1610
1620
1630
1640
1650
1660
1670
1680
1690
1700
1710
1720
1730
1740
1750
1760
1770
1780
1790
Thomas Morton (1575?–1646)
Nathaniel Ward (1578–1652?)
Roger Williams (1604–1683)
Michael Wigglesworth (1631–1705)
Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672)
Increase Mather (1639–1723)
Cotton Mather (1663–1728)
Samuel Sewall (1652–1730)
Sarah Kemble Knight (1666–1727)
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
Michel de CrÈvecoeur (1731–1813)
Francis Hopkinson (1737–1791)
John Trumbull (1750–1831)
Philip Freneau (1752–1832)
Timothy Dwight (1752–1817)
Joel Barlow (1754–1812)
Washington Irving (1783–1859)
Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790–1867)
Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820)
J. Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851)
Wm. Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)

Dates for the English Reigns

Reign
James I (1603–1625)
Charles I (1625–1649)
Protectorate (1649–1660)
Charles II (1660–1685)
Jas. II (1685–1689)
Wm.-Mary (1689–1702)
Anne (1702–1714)
George I (1714–1727)
George II (1727–1760)
George III (1760–1820)
American Revolution (1775-1780)

CHRONOLOGICAL CHART II, American Literature in the Nineteenth Century

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The dates in the table below are derived from the printed chart and are limited to the period defined there.

Life Span Active
Authorship
Most
Important
Period
Brockden Brown 1771–1810 –1810 –1801
Washington Irving 1783–1859 1807-1858 1819-1832
Fitz-Greene Halleck 1790–1867 1819-1866 1819-1831
Joseph Rodman Drake 1795–1820 1816-1820 1816-1820
J. Fenimore Cooper 1789–1851 1820-1850 1821-1831
Wm. Cullen Bryant 1794–1878 1811-1878 1831-1843
Edgar Allan Poe 1808–1849 1827–1849 1836–1849
Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803–1882 1835–1870 1835–1848
Henry David Thoreau 1817–1862 1839–1862 1849–1862
Nathaniel Hawthorne 1804–1864 1829–1864 1850–1860
John G. Whittier 1807–1892 1829–1892 1849–1866
Henry W. Longfellow 1807–1882 1824–1882 1847–1862
James R. Lowell 1819–1891 1838–1888 1848–1866
Harriet B. Stowe 1811–1896 1842–1881 1852–1861
Oliver W. Holmes 1809–1894 1836–1891 1859–1872
Richard H. Stoddard 1825–1903 1849–1890 1851–1862
Thomas B. Aldrich 1836–1907 1855–1896 1861–1873
Edmund C. Stedman 1833–1908 1860– 1862–1875
Henry Timrod 1829–1867 1857–1867 1858–1867
Paul Hamilton Hayne 1830–1886 1855–1880 1856–1872
Sidney Lanier 1842–1881 1869–1881 1869–1881
Walt Whitman 1819–1892 1855–1890 1855–1871
Bret Harte 1839–1902 1867– 1870–1880
Mark Twain 1835–1910 1867– 1869–1884
Edward Rowland Sill 1841–1887 1868–1888 1878–1883
“Joaquin” Miller 1841–1913 1869– 1881–1892
Richard Watson Gilder 1844–1909 1875– 1889–1892
Wm. Dean Howells 1837– 1849– 1883–1895
Wm. Vaughn Moody 1869–1910 1891– 1899–
1800
1810
1820
1830
1840
1850
1860
1870
1880
1890
Brockden Brown (1771–1810)
Washington Irving (1783–1859)
Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790–1867)
Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820)
J. Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851)
Wm. Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)
Edgar Allan Poe (1808–1849)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)
John G. Whittier (1807–1892)
Henry W. Longfellow (1807–1882)
James R. Lowell (1819–1891)
Harriet B. Stowe (1811–1896)
Oliver W. Holmes (1809–1894)
Richard H. Stoddard (1825–1903)
Thomas B. Aldrich (1836–1907)
Edmund C. Stedman (1833–1908)
Henry Timrod (1829–1867)
Paul Hamilton Hayne (1830–1886)
Sidney Lanier (1842–1881)
Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
Bret Harte (1839–1902)
Mark Twain (1835–1910)
Edward Rowland Sill (1841–1887)
“Joaquin” Miller (1841–1913)
Richard Watson Gilder (1844–1909)
Wm. Dean Howells (1837–)
Wm. Vaughn Moody (1869–1910)

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