The Fathers of New England: A Chronicle of the Puritan CommonwealthsAndrews, Charles McLean
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The Fathers of New England: A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths
Andrews, Charles McLean
New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
The original sources for the period are: the _Acts of the Privy Council,
Colonial_, vols. i, ii (1908-1910); _The Calendar of State Papers,
Colonial_, vols. i-viii, 1574-1692 (1860-1901); and the colonial records
of Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New
Hampshire. Collections of narratives and letters may be found in the
publications of the Prince Society [C. H. Bell, _John Wheelwright and
his Writings_ (1876); C. F. Adams, _Morton's New England Canaan_ (1883);
C. W. Tuttle, _Capt. John Mason_ (1887); J. P. Baxter, _Sir Ferdinando
Gorges_, 3 vols. (1890); C. F. Adams, _Antinomianism in the Colony of
Massachusetts Bay_ (1894); R. N. Toppan, _Edward Randolph_, 7 vols.
(1898-1909, last two volumes edited by A. T. S. Goodrick)]; and in the
_Original Narratives of Early American History_ [W. T. Davis,
_Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation_ (1908); J. K. Hosmer,
_Winthrop's Journal_, 2 vols. (1908); J. F. Jameson, _Johnson's
Wonder-Working Providence of Sion's Saviour in New England_ (1911); C.
H. Lincoln, _Narratives of the Indian Wars_ (1913); G. L. Burr,
_Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases_ (1914); C. M. Andrews, _Narratives
of the Insurrections_ (1915)]. A sumptuous edition of Bradford's history
has been edited for the Massachusetts Historical Society, by W. C. Ford,
2 vols. (1915). S. Sewall's _Diary_, 3 vols. (Mass. Hist. Soc. _Coll._,
5th series, 1878-1882) and Cotton Mather's _Magnalia_, 2 vols. (1853)
are important. W. Walker, _The Creeds and Platforms of Congregationalism_
(1893) is of great value. C. W. Sawyer, _Firearms in American History_
(1910), has an excellent chapter on firearms in colonial times.
The articles on _Boston_, _New England_, _Massachusetts_, _Plymouth_,
_Friends_ (_Society of_), etc., in _The Encyclopaedia Britannica_, 11th
Edition, should be referred to for additional bibliographies.
INDEX
Agawam (Springfield), 61, 62
Allerton, Isaac, 17
_Ambrose, The_, ship, 29
Amsterdam, Separatists gather at, 7
"Ancient and Honorable Artillery," 135
Andros, Sir Edmund, takes part in case against Massachusetts, 156;
Governor of Massachusetts, 174 _et seq._;
strengthens fortifications, 179-80;
New York and New Jersey added to his domain, 183-84;
attention confined to Massachusetts, 184-85;
recalled, 196
_Anne, The_, ship, 13
Aquidneck, Island of, 48, 55
_Arabella, The_, ship, 29
Aspinwall, 48
Augsburg, settlement of (1555), 4
Aulnay-Charnise, Charles de Menou, Sieur d', 95-96
Bartlett, Robert, 84
Bay Colony, _see_ Massachusetts Bay Colony
Blackstone, William, 23, 24
_Blessing of the Bay, The_, ship, 78
Boston, Puritans from England settle at, 29;
half the colonists live in or near, 35;
treatment of Quakers in, 79-80;
importance of, 164;
grows into a city, 198;
_see also_ Shawmut
Boswell. Sir William, quoted, 97
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