Letters Of Roger Williams To Winthrop

Author : John Russell Bartlett
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330440124
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Letters of Roger Williams written by John Russell Bartlett and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Letters of Roger Williams: 1632 1682, Now First Collected In publishing for the first time, all the letters of Roger Williams, as far as they have come to the knowledge of the editor, it is proper to mention the fources from which they have been obtained. With the exception of a very few letters, printed in various controversial books of the period when Williams lived and wrote, the first: which appeared in print were in Backus's History of New England with reference to the Baptists, printed in 1777. A few isolated letters next appeared in the early volumes of the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and a large number in Professor Knowles' Life of Williams, published at Boston in 1834, few of which had before appeared in print. But the most considerable accession was in the "Winthrop Papers." These letters were written by Williams to Governor Winthrop of Massachusetts, and to his son John Winthrop, Jr., Governor of Connecticut, and had remained in the possession of the Winthrop family until presented to the Massachusetts Historical Society. They were published by the Society at different times, as they came into its possession; hence, are net found in one volume, but in many; the larger number being in volume VI., of the fourth series of its "Collections." Williams doubtless had other correspondents, but his letters to such were unknown to those who have written upon his life, or who have edited the recent republications of his several works. The editor of the present compilation of these letters has made further search in various Historical Collections and in other books, and he has also consulted gentlemen familiar with the writings of Williams; but only in a single instance has he been able to find a letter, not already in print. For this letter, which is an important one, the editor is indebted to Charles Deane, Esq., of Cambridge. In presenting the letters of Williams, it was the desire of the editor to give them precisely as they were written, by preserving the language and the original orthography ;a plan which was found to be impracticable. 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.