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THE MEMORIAL HISTORY OF BOSTON
Early History.
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CHAPTER I. | ||
Early European Voyagers in Massachusetts Bay. George Dexter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Illustration: A Norse Ship, 25. | ||
CHAPTER II. | ||
The earliest Maps of Massachusetts Bay and Boston Harbor. Justin Winsore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Illustrations: Cosa's Map (1500), 39; Stephanius's Map (1570), 39; Fernando Columbus's Map (1527), 41; French Map (1542–43), 43; Lok's Map (1582), 44; Hood's Map (1592), 45; Wytfliet's Map (1597), 45; Champlain's Map (1612), 49; Lescarbot's Map (1612), heliotype, 49; John Smith's Map (1614), heliolype, 52; Portrait of Smith, heliotype, 52; Figurative Map (1614), 57; Jacobsz's Map (1621), 5S ; Governor Winthrop's Sketch of Coast, 61. | ||
Autographs: Champlain, 48; John Smith, 50; Isaac Allerton, 60. | ||
CHAPTER III. | ||
The earliest Explorations and Settlement of Boston Harbor. Charles Francis Adams, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Illustrations: Squaw Rock, or Squantum Head, 64; Miles Standish, 65; Standish's Sword and a Matchlock, 66; Blackstone's Lot, 84. | ||
Autographs: Miles Standish, 63; Phinehas Pratt, 70; Ferdinando Gorges, 72; Samuel Maverick, 7S ; Thomas Morton, 82. | ||
The Colonial Period.
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CHAPTER I. | ||
The Massachusetts Company. Samuel Foster Haven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Illustration: Seal of the Council for New England, 92. | ||
Autogtaph: Joshua Scottow, 97. | ||
CHAPTER II. | ||
Boston Founded. Robert C. Winthrop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Illustrations: The Winthrop Cup, heliotype, 114; Plan of Ten Hills (1636), heliotype, 114; Winthrop's Fleet, 115; "Trimountaine shall be called Boston," heliotype, 116; St. Botolph's Church, 117; First page of the Town Records, heliotype, 122; Sir Harry Vane, 125; John Winthrop, 137; Letter of John Hampden in fac-simile, 140. | ||
Autographs: Matthew Cradock, 102; Margaret Winthrop, 104; John Winthrop, 114; John Wilson, 114; Isaac Johnson, 114; Thomas Dudley, 114; Hugh Peter, 124; John Haynes, 124; Harry Vane, 125; Sir Richard Saltonstall, 129; Richard Saltonstall, Jr., 129. |