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Puritans and Yankees: The Winthrop Dynasty of New England
By (Author) Richard S. Dunn
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
15th February 2016
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
974.402
Paperback
392
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
539g
When Governor John Winthrop established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, he commenced a tradition of public service in which his family would participate for almost a century. His son, John, Jr., and his grandsons, Fitz John and Wait Still, were deeply involved in the colonial government of New England, although their motives were increasingly