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Ruth A. McIntyre
An American historian who brought the finances behind Plymouth Colony into sharp focus, she wrote history with an eye for the practical pressures that shaped early colonial life.
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Debts hopeful and desperate : Financing the Plymouth Colony
by Ruth A. McIntyre
About the author
Born in 1915, Ruth A. McIntyre was an American historian whose work centered on early American and colonial history. She is best known for Debts Hopeful and Desperate: Financing the Plymouth Colony, a study of the economic struggles behind the Pilgrims' settlement.
McIntyre's career included teaching roles at Wells College and Holyoke Community College. She also received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1949, a sign of the respect her scholarship earned.
She died in 1986. Though not a widely known public figure today, her writing remains valuable for readers interested in the financial and human realities behind early New England history.