John Winthrop First Governor of the Masschusetts Colony

Vlll PREFACE.
Life and Letters ofJohn Winthrop, and for additional
private assistance most kindly given. Also to his
friend and neighbour the Hon. J. Hammond Trum-
bull for abundant and beyond measure patient ser-
vices of counsel and criticism, the value of which it is
quite unnecessary to remark. Among
recent authors
in the field of early New England history, he is spe-
cially indebted to Mr. John Fiske and Dr. George
E. Ellis. His principal authority has, of course, been
John Winthrop's own Journal. He has, however, while
continually citing it, thought
it best not to encumber
the pages of so small a volume with foot-notes of
reference to it ; since the reader who may desire, in
the case of any extract, to consult the original, will,
guided by the date, have no difficulty in finding it.
Hartford, Conn., 1891.