The Journal of John Winthrop, 1630–1649

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About the author

James Savage, 1784–1873, prepared the 1825–1826 edition of John Winthrop’s journal.Richard S. Dunn is Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor Emeritus of American History at the University of Pennsylvania. Among his publications are Sugar and Slaves in 1972; The Papers of William Penn, edited with Mary Maples Dunn, in four volumes published in 1981–1987; and The Journal of John Winthrop, edited with Laetitia Yeandle, published in 1996. He also designed the McNeil Center for Early American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and was its founding director.Laetitia Yeandle is Curator of Manuscripts at the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Summary

For 350 years Governor John Winthrop's journal has been recognized as the central source for the history of Massachusetts in the 1630s and 1640s. This full-scale, unabridged edition uses the manuscript volumes of the first and third notebooks, and James Savage's transcription of the middle notebook (accidentally destroyed in 1825).

Product details

• Authors: John Winthrop, Laetitia Yaendle
• Assisted by: Richard S. Dunn (Editor), James Savage (Editor), Laetitia Yeandle (Editor), Laetitia (Curator of Manuscripts Yeandle (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.1996
• EAN: 9780674484252
• ISBN: 978-0-674-48425-2
• No. of pages: 374
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 244 mm x 48 mm
• Weight: 1406 g
• Illustrations: 6 maps, 2 halftones
• Series: John Harvard Library; Belknap Press S.; John Harvard Library (Hardcove; The John Harvard Library
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science