Winslow, Edward, 1595-1655 to John Winthrop

GLC04000

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GLC#
GLC04000
Type
Letters
Date
24 March 1641
Author/Creator
Winslow, Edward, 1595-1655
Title
to John Winthrop
Place Written
Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts
Pagination
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
Native Americans

Member of the Court of Assistants Winslow writes to Royal Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Winthrop about a dispute over the area now known as Seekonk. Discusses Samuel Gorton, who was preaching to the Native Americans under the protection of the Colony at Providence. Docketed by Winthrop. In the land dispute the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colonies joined together against Roger Williams of the Colony at Providence. One bust engraving of Edward Winslow included.

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