THE JOHN HARVARD LIBRARY
Cover: The Journal of John Winthrop, 1630–1649: Abridged Edition, from Harvard University PressCover: The Journal of John Winthrop, 1630–1649 in PAPERBACK

The Journal of John Winthrop, 1630–1649

Abridged Edition

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$51.00 • £44.95 • €46.95

ISBN 9780674484276

Publication Date: 01/01/1997

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384 pages

6 x 9 inches

Belknap Press

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The journal of Governor John Winthrop, one of the key documents of early New England history, records the first two crucial decades of the Bay Colony. Writing in a precise expository style, Winthrop details the myriad religious and political problems of the new settlement. The modernized abridgment incorporates about 40 percent of the text and includes a copy of Winthrop’s sermon, “A Model of Christian Charity.” This abridged edition, complete with introduction and annotations, also modernizes the governor’s spelling and punctuation.

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