Excerpt from John Dunton's Letters From New England Whitmore (introduction to the Letters, p. Xxiv, Boston, Prince Society, 1867) regards these letters as unique sketches of new-england life, honestly drawn, and defective rather than erroneous. Whitmore also (p. Xviii) thinks that the portraits of Mrs. Breck, Mrs. Green, and Comfort Wilkins, are descriptions of such Puritans as we may be proud to claim for Massachusetts.' Throughout this article references to Dunton's Letters from New England are to Whitmore's edition made ...
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Excerpt from John Dunton's Letters From New England Whitmore (introduction to the Letters, p. Xxiv, Boston, Prince Society, 1867) regards these letters as unique sketches of new-england life, honestly drawn, and defective rather than erroneous. Whitmore also (p. Xviii) thinks that the portraits of Mrs. Breck, Mrs. Green, and Comfort Wilkins, are descriptions of such Puritans as we may be proud to claim for Massachusetts.' Throughout this article references to Dunton's Letters from New England are to Whitmore's edition made for the Prince Society, and unless the contrary is stated references to Dunton's Life and Errors are to J. B. Nichole's edition, in two volumes, London, 1818. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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