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Winthrop, Robert C., 1809-1894 Life and letters of John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts-bay company at their emigration to New England, 1630.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06188 Author/Creator: Winthrop, Robert C., 1809-1894 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Book Date: 1864 Pagination: 12, 452 p. : Order a Copy

First edition in original brown cloth. Printed by Ticknor & Fields. Robert C. Winthrop was a descendant of John Winthrop.

Winthrop, Robert Charles, 1809-1894

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