Download or read book Life and Letters of John Winthrop, Vol. 1 written by Robert Charles Winthrop and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Life and Letters of John Winthrop, Vol. 1: Governor of the Massachusetts-Bay Company at Their Emigration to New England, 1630 There is nothing in this volume which calls for any other preface than that which is supplied in the Introductory Chapter; but I am unwilling that it should go forth without a word of grateful acknowledgment to my valued friends, the Rev. Chandler Robbins, D. D., and Charles Deane, Esq., A. M., for the aid they have given me in preparing it for the press. I have also been indebted to Charles Francis Winthrop, Esq., of New York, to H. G. Somerby, Esq., and to W. H. Whitmore, Esq., for papers and references; and to Dr. John Appleton, the Assistant Librarian of the Massachusetts Historical Society, for the preparation of the autographs and seals in the Appendix. Nor could I pardon myself for omitting the name of the late Francis B. Winthrop, of New London, from whom many of the most interesting materials of the volume were procured; and who has since fallen a victim to disease contracted while he was serving as a volunteer in the army of the American Union. 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.