The founding of New England

by James Truslow Adams

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THE FOUNDING OF
NEW ENGLAND

New England in 1640. (Insert shows Labrador Current)

THE FOUNDING OF

NEW ENGLAND

BY

JAMES TRUSLOW ADAMS

Illustrated

THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS

BOSTON

Copyright, 1921

By JAMES TRUSLOW ADAMS

First Impression, May, 1921

Second Impression, Nov, 1922

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

To

A. L. A.

One duty that was always incumbent on the historian has now become a duty of deeper significance and stronger obligation. Truth, and Truth only, is our aim. We are bound as historians to examine and record facts without favor or affection to our own nation or to any other.

Lord Bryce,

Presidential Address, at the

International Congress of Historical Studies, 1913