Who was the first american auther that wrote about the new england Puritans?
g’day Mikey23, Thank you for your question. According to Wikipedia, “The religious disputes that prompted settlement in America were also topics of early writing. A journal written by John Winthrop discussed the religious foundations of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Edward Winslow also recorded a diary of the first years after the Mayflower’s arrival. Other religiously influenced writers included Increase Mather and William Bradford, author of the journal published as a History of Plymouth Plantation, 1620–47. Others like Roger Williams and Nathaniel Ward more fiercely argued state and church separation.” I don’t know if he was the first but Nathaniel Hawthorne was the most notable early writer to address the Puritans in the Scarlet Letter. I have attached sources for your reference. Regards Reference Wikipedia American Literature http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_literature Wikipedia Nath
