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ensuring perfect equilibrium."[@KirsNor98, 35] "Accordingly, when Europeans ensuring perfect equilibrium."[@KirsNor98, 35] "Accordingly, when Europeans
heard about the New World, they anticipated that it would contain at least an heard about the New World, they anticipated that it would contain at least an
embryonic counterpart of features of the geography and human behavior of the embryonic counterpart of features of the geography and human behavior of the
Old World."[@KirsNor99, 35] This may have contributed to the city's association Old World."[@KirsNor98, 35] This may have contributed to the city's association
with more civilized inhabitants. with more civilized inhabitants.
# How the Myth Found new Popularity in the Late 19th Century # How the Myth Found new Popularity in the Late 19th Century
# Conclusion The myth of Norumbega saw a brief resurgence in late 19th century Boston. Eben
Norton Horsford was a chemist working in Boston, best known for his work in
baking powder.[@HorsBread61] Throughout his life, however, he showed some
interest in history and archaeology. He would collect fossils around his
father's farm in Moscow (now Leister) New York where he grew up,[@JackHors92,
340] and expressed interest in learning the language of the Seneca
Indians[@JackHors92, 340], to which his father worked as a
missionary.[@JackHors92, 103] Later in his life, he would often visit his
wife's family's estate on Shelter Island, New York.[@AdamsMemBiog08, 104]
There, he became interested in the island's history and "erected a monument to
the Quakers, who found shelter there from Puritan
persecution."[@AdamsMemBiog08, 104] He would later repeat this pattern of
interest and monument construction in Massachusetts.
Horsford's first major action on his
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# References # References

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- Also has religious elements, just as the Norumbega myth & Protestantism - Also has religious elements, just as the Norumbega myth & Protestantism
vs. Catholicism. vs. Catholicism.
## Baking Powder
-
## Later Life and Interest in Norumbega ## Later Life and Interest in Norumbega
- "In the comparative leisure of his later years he became deeply interested in - "In the comparative leisure of his later years he became deeply interested in

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editor = {New England Historic Genealogical Society}, editor = {New England Historic Genealogical Society},
year = {1908}, year = {1908},
publisher = {New England Historic Genealogical Society}, publisher = {New England Historic Genealogical Society},
address = {Boston, MA}, address = {Boston, Massachusetts},
volume = {9}, volume = {9},
pages = {103--105}, pages = {103--105},
} }
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title = {These Truths: A History of the United States}, title = {These Truths: A History of the United States},
year = {2018}, year = {2018},
publisher = {W. W. Norton \& Company, Inc.}, publisher = {W. W. Norton \& Company, Inc.},
address = {New York, N.Y.}, address = {New York City, New York},
annote = {Review: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/indimagahist.115.4.08.} annote = {Review: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/indimagahist.115.4.08.}
} }
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year = {1998}, year = {1998},
annote = {From a peer reviewed academic journal, on JSTOR.}, annote = {From a peer reviewed academic journal, on JSTOR.},
} }
% https://archive.org/details/theoryartofbread00hors/
@book{HorsBread61,
author = {Eben Norton Horsford},
title = {The Theory and Art of Bread-Making. A New Process Without the use of Fermet},
year = {1861},
publisher = {Welsh Bigelow \& Co.},
address = {Cambridge, Massachusetts},
annote = {A primary source, written by Horsford.}
}
% https://archive.org/details/problemofnorthme00hors/page/n9/mode/2up
@book{HorsProb89,
author = {Eben Norton Horsford},
title = {The Problem of the Northmen},
year = {1889},
publisher = {John Wilson and Son},
address = {Cambridge, Massachusetts},
annote = {A primary source, written by Horsford.}
}
% https://archive.org/details/discoveryofameri00hors/page/n9/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater
@book{HorsDisc87,
author = {Eben Norton Horsford},
title = {Discovery of America by Northmen},
year = {1888},
publisher = {The Riverside Press},
address = {Cambridge, Massachusetts},
annote = {A primary source, originally delivered orally by Horsford at the dedication of a statue of Lief Ericson in Faneuil Hall, 1887.}
}