Theatrum majorum. The Cambridge of 1776: wherein is set forth an account of the town, and of the events it witnessed
Subtitle: with which is incorporated the diary ... historicall sketch; severall appropriate p
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9781425510114
Subjects: American history; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - General; History / United States / General
First sentence: IN the year 1630, under the auspices of the Massachusetts Bay Company, a large fleet of English ships spread its sails for the shores of New England; and about one thousand colonists, with John Winthrop, the Governor, and Thomas Dudley, the Deputy-Governor of the Company, and other gentlemen of respectability and of influence in its councils, settled at Dorchester, Charlestown, Boston, Watertown, Roxbury, Medford, and Lynn.