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- GLC#
- GLC01105
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- May 22, 1634
- Author/Creator
- Winthrop, John, 1588-1649
- Title
- to Nathaniel Rich
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 31 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
One letter from John Winthrop to Nathaniel Rich dated May 22, 1834. Describes the agricultural developments, establishing a local government and church system. Mentions that most local indigenous people had died from smallpox which he felt allowed them to take over their land more easily.
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