Darkness Falls on the Land of Light: Experiencing Religious Awakenings in Eighteenth-Century New England (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early ... and the University of North Carolina Press)

by Douglas L. Winiarski

He filled his itineraries with detailed maps of towns that had witnessed bitter schisms, such as Lyme and Canterbury, Connecticut, and Providence, Rhode Island. In each case, Stiles accented Congregational authority by placing a cross atop the established meetinghouses, but he also marked Anglican, Separate, and Baptist societies with buildings labeled “E,” “S,” and “B.”