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John Winthrop journal, History of New England (manuscript), volume 1

John Winthrop journal, History of New England (manuscript), volume 1 Manuscript

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    Manuscript, 1630-1636

    18.5 cm x 14 cm

    From the Winthrop family papers

     

    The original sequence of pages and their orientations have been preserved in this digital presentation. Images 174-190 appear upside down because Winthrop started writing from the back of the journal. Use the rotation tool in the viewer to adjust images.

     


    Gov. John Winthrop's (1588-1649) journal (kept in three volumes) describes events in the history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony from the sailing of the Arbella in March 1630 until shortly before Winthrop's death.  This manuscript volume covers the years 1630-1636.

     

    Notes about John Winthrop's journals (three volumes):

    John Winthrop journal, History of New England (manuscript), volume 1, 1630-1636; from the Winthrop family papers, Massachusetts Historical Society. (This web presentation.)

    John Winthrop journal, History of New England, volume 2, 1636-1644. Note: the manuscript volume was destroyed in a fire in 1825 that destroyed several buildings and many law offices and shops in Boston. James Savage, a lawyer, antiquarian-historian, and the Treasurer of the MHS at the time of the fire, borrowed the manuscript volume and had been working on a transcription of the volume in his law office.

    John Winthrop journal, History of New England (manuscript), volume 3, 1644-1649; from the Winthrop family papers, Massachusetts Historical Society. See online presentation.

    Note about transcriptions:  

    Transcriptions of all three volumes are in:  The Journal of John Winthrop, 1630-1649. Edited by Richard S. Dunn, James Savage, and Laetitia Yeandle. Cambridge, Mass.: the Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1996.  (This edition uses the transcription of manuscript volume 2 from the 1853 published edition.)

    Transcriptions of all three volumes are also in:  The History of New England from 1630 to 1649 by John Winthrop, Esq. First Governour of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay, 2 volumes. By James Savage. Boston : Little, Brown & Co., 1853.

    Internet Archive presentation of volume 1 of 1853 edition; (for the start of the transcription of manuscript volume 2, see volume 1: 235-401).

    Internet Archive presentation of volume 2 of 1853 edition; (for the completion of the transcription of manuscript volume 2, see volume 2: 3-246).