The Journal of John Winthrop, 1630-1649: Abridged Edition

Author/Contributor(s):	Winthrop, John ; Dunn, Richard S ; Yeandle, Laetitia
Publisher:	Belknap Press
Date:	01/01/1997
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.