Puritans and Yankees : : The Winthrop Dynasty of New England / / Richard S. Dunn.

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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1962
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 2334
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Physical Description:1 online resource (392 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • BOOK ONE: John Winthrop
  • 1. The Founder
  • 2. Splendid Isolation
  • BOOK TWO: John Winthrop, Jr.
  • 3. The Sagamore of Agawam
  • 4. Physician and Industrialist
  • 5. Splendid Isolation Reconsidered
  • 6. Winning the Connecticut Charter
  • 7. The Royal Commission of 1664
  • 8. Under the Stuart Shadow
  • BOOK THREE: Fitz and Wait Winthrop
  • 9. Two Cavaliers in Israel
  • 10. Edward Randolph and the "Moderates"
  • 11. The Dominion of New England
  • 12. A Small Practitioner in Physick
  • 13. Salvaging the Connecticut Charter
  • 14. His Provinces Pillar
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliographical Note
  • Index