- Date:
- 1630
- Original Format:
- Fine Print Illustration
- Item#:
- 45.489
John Winthrop (1588-1649)
John Winthrop was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony. He helped to shape the theocratic policy of the colony and opposed broad democracy. Winthrops journal, which was edited by J. K. Hosmer and published in 1908 as The History of New England from 1630 to 1649, is one of the most valuable of American historical sources.