The history of Massachusetts : from the landing of the Pilgrims to the present time. Including a narrative of the persecutions by state and church in England; the early voyages to North America; the explorations of the early settlers; their hardships, sufferings and conflicts with the savages; the rise of the colonial power; the birth of independence; the formation of the commonwealth; and the gradual progress of the state from its earliest infancy to its present high position
Austin, George Lowell, 1849-1893