Thomas Morton

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New English Canaan

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Thomas Morton: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Updated the year of Morton's birth and added information about his work New English Canaan.	Mindy Johnston	May 15, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 27, 2024
	Add new Web site: United States History - Biography of Thomas Morton.	Yamini Chauhan	Apr 14, 2014
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998