An apostle was prisoner in his own hired house:

in the book of revelation
in the period of home missions
in the gospels
in the general epistles
in the period of foreign missions

length of the cultivating season was not a problem of new england agriculture

i believe it would influence their own way of understanding things. it shall be a foundation where they can draw or start an argument.   historians are also  scientists that  have their tools of analysis and expertise to unlock a variety of difficulties such as relationships of man, origin, politics, economy, and culture. based on facts and understanding on these areas, they may shade light to extract ideas and develop options to validate a hypothesis or debunk it.

b. the treaty of ghent, which ended the war, had already been signed.