Winthrop, Smith, Stith, Beverley and Keith, and continues: “
. . . recollecting that Nathaniel Morton in his New England’s Memorial, gives with minuteness the early annals of the colony
of New Plimouth, & occasionally interweaves the occurrences of that on Massachusetts bay, I recurred to him, and, under the
year 1628. I find he notices both Wollaston and Thomas Morton, and gives with respect to both, some details which are not
in Hutchinson or Winthrop. as you do not refer to him, and so possibly may not have his book, I will transcribe from it the
entire passage, which will prove at least my desire to gratify your curiosity as far as the materials within my power will
enable me.
"
Extract from Nathaniel Morton’s New England’s Memorial. pa. 93. to 99. anno 1628.”
Then follow five closely written pages copied by Jefferson directly from Morton’s book, ending “
So far Nathaniel Morton”
; the letter closes with a brief account of Thomas Morton’s
New English Canaan, and the information that both his book and that of Nathaniel Morton made a part of the American library given by White Kennett
in 1713 to the Society for the propagation of the gospel in foreign parts [see no. 472].
Nathaniel Morton, 1613-1685, one of the Pilgrim Fathers, was a nephew of Governor Bradford whose papers, together with those of Winslow, supplied
the material for this book. The work is arranged in chronological order, and is an important source book for the history of
the colonies. The first edition was published in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1669. This second edition contains a supplement
by Josiah Cotton, register of deeds for the county of Plymouth.
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Hutchinson’s hist. of Massachuset’s bay.
2. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 26, Hutchinson’s history of Massachusetts bay, 2 v 8vo.
HUTCHINSON,
Thomas.
The History of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay . . .
This work is entered in the dated manuscript catalogue and in the 1815 catalogue as above, without specification of edition. The entry is dropped from the later catalogues.
The first edition was printed in Boston, 1764, by Thomas and John Fleet.
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Collection of papers relating to the hist. of Massachussetts.
1815 Catalogue, page 23, no. 27, as above, 8vo.
[HUTCHINSON,
Thomas,
Compiler.]
A collection of Original Papers Relative to the History of the Colony of Massachusets-Bay.
Boston, New-England: Printed by
Thomas and John Fleet,
1769.
F67 .H95
Original Edition. 8vo. 290 leaves.
Sabin 34069.
Evans 11300.
Church 1072.
Deane,
A Bibliographical Essay on Governor Hutchinson’s Historical Publications,
page 16.
Contemporary sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T. On the title-page is written in ink
Compiled by Thomas Hutchinson, Gov. of the Mass
tts Province
. Scribbles by a child occur on page 289. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Jefferson mentions having read this book in the letter quoted above to John Adams. See no. 453.
Thomas Hutchinson, 1711-1780, royal governor of Massachusetts-Bay Colony, was born in Boston. This edition, which has never been reprinted,
is sometimes bound up as a third volume with Hutchinson’s
History of Massachusetts-Bay
. The original manuscripts of the papers are in the libraries of the Massachusetts Historical and American Antiquarian Societies.
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