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@@ -47,15 +47,26 @@ to the philosophy [which stated] the physical world was governed by laws
ensuring perfect equilibrium."[@KirsNor98, 35] "Accordingly, when Europeans
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
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.
# 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

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

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editor = {New England Historic Genealogical Society},
year = {1908},
publisher = {New England Historic Genealogical Society},
address = {Boston, MA},
address = {Boston, Massachusetts},
volume = {9},
pages = {103--105},
}
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title = {These Truths: A History of the United States},
year = {2018},
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.}
}
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year = {1998},
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.}
}