Excerpt from Continuation of the History of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, From the Year 1748, Vol. 1: With an Introductory Sketch of Events From Its Original Settlement It is to be regretted that a valuable fource of information, the plantation-othee in England, is not eafily to be made ufe of here. Yet as it may never fall to the lot of the fame perfon to avail himfelf of records and other documents in both countries, it is thought belt not to fupprefs, on this account, the attainments made only in one. That is offered in a bufinefs of general concern is Open to the examination of all, and he who is {o fortunate as to obtain further and better means of knowledge, is under an obligation to cortoft the errors and add to the refult of inquiries, con fefi'edly made under partial advantages. The manner in which/this may be done is more in terefling to the reviewer, than to him who is the fubjeet of obfervation fince the candour or feverity of criticifm, however it may affect the charaeter of its author, cannot increafe of di miniih the merits of the work which he invefii gates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.