Gleanings For New England History Vol 16 Classic Reprint

Author : John Winthrop
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ISBN 13 : 9781331982432
Total Pages : 460 pages
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Download or read book The History of New England, Vol. 1 written by John Winthrop and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-26 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of New England, Vol. 1: From 1630 to 1649 Early in the spring of 1816 was discovered, in the tower of the Old South Church in Boston, the third volume of the History of New England, in the original Ms. of the author, John Winthrop, first governour of the Massachusetts Bay. When the precious book was presented to the Massachusetts Historical Society, at their next meeting, 25 April, the difficulty of transcribing it for the press seemed to appal several of the most competent members, whose engagement in more important duties afforded also a sufficient excuse for leaving such labour to be undertaken by any one, at any time, who could devote to it many weeks of leisure. The task appeared inviting to me. On the same evening the Ms. was taken, and the study of its chirography was begun, the next day, by the aid of one of the former Mss. collated with the printed volumes, usually called Winthrop's Journal. Of all the three Mss. and of the published Journal, a sufficient account may be seen in 2 Hist. Coll. Iv. 200. Before the collation of the former Ms. with the volume printed in 1790 had proceeded through many pages, the discovery of numerous important errours seemed to make a new edition of the earlier part of the History veiy desirable; and when a transcript Of the new-found volume was completed, my resolution was fixed, that it should not be printed without a perfect revision of the Journal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.