THE
MEMORIAL HISTORY OF BOSTON,
In Four Volumes. Quarto.
With more than 500 Illustrations by famous artists and engravers, all made for this work.
Edited by JUSTIN WINSOR, Librarian of Harvard University.
Among the contributors are:—
| Gov. John D. Long, | Dr. O.W. Holmes, |
| Hon. Charles Francis Adams, | John G. Whittier, |
| Rev. Phillips Brooks, D.D., | Rev. J.P. Clarke, D.D., |
| Rev. E.E. Hale, D.D., | Rev. A.P. Peabody, D.D., |
| Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, | Col. T.W. Higginson, |
| Hon. J. Hammond Trumbull, | Professor Asa Gray, |
| Admiral G.H. Preble, | Gen. F.W. Palfrey, |
| Henry Cabot Lodge. | |
Volume I. treats of the Geology, Fauna, and Flora; the Voyages and Maps of the Northmen, Italians, Captain John Smith, and the Plymouth Settlers; the Massachusetts Company, Puritanism, and the Aborigines; the Literature, Life, and Chief Families of the Colonial Period.
Vol. II. treats of the Royal Governors; French and Indian Wars; Witches and Pirates; The Religion, Literature, Customs, and Chief Families of the Provincial Period.