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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. Winthrop reported events--especially religious and political events--more fully and more candidly than any other contemporary observer... Read Full Overview

The journal of Governor John Winthrop, one of the key documents of early New England history, records the first two crucial decades of the Bay Colony. Writing in a precise expository style, Winthrop details the myriad religious and political problems of the new settlement. The... Read Full Overview

This abridged edition of Winthrop's journal, which incorporates about modernized, includes an introduction and complete annotation. It also includes Winthrop's famous lay sermon, A Model of Christian Charity, written in 1630.