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

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% 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.

• Author
• John Winthrop

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 384

• Publisher
• Belknap Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780674484276

• Release date
• 1997