New England Life in the 18th Century

by Clifford Shipton and Clifford Kenyon Shipton

Book Overview

In 1859 John Langdon Sibley projected and began a series of biographical sketches of all Harvard graduates; at his death in 1885 he had published three volumes, covering the Classes from 1642 through 1689. In 1930 the work was resumed by Clifford K. Shipton, who carried the series through Volume XII and the Class of 1750. This book offers a representative selection from the nine volumes of Shipton's biographies. In these sketches there appear royal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674612507
• ISBN13: 9780674612501
• Release Date: January 1963
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 654 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.