A Compendious History of New England: Exhibiting an Interesting View of the First Settlers of That Country, Their Character, Their Sufferings, and Their Ultimate Prosperity (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Compendious History of New England: Exhibiting an Interesting View of the First Settlers of That Country, Their Character, Their Sufferings, and Their Ultimate Prosperity

Conscious, that in compiling and publishing this little volume, we have been prompted by an upright regard to the best interests of our country, we commit it to the can dour and patronage of the public. 7c hope the youth of the several states, a summary of whose history is here given, will read with pleasure and improvement what we have written for their particular use, with labour and delight; that while reading, they will admire, then love, then imitate the shining virtues of their pious forefathers, be emulous to preserve pure their wise institutions, and, like them, receive the applause and blessings of succeeding generations.

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