THE

HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS,

FROM THE

{anding of the Nigring to the Present time

INCLUDING

A NARRATIVE OF THE PERSECUTIONS BY STATE AND CHURCH IN ENGLAND;
THE EARLY VOYAGES TO NORTH AMERICA; THE EXPLORATIONS OF
THE EARLY SETTLERS; THEIR HARDSHIPS, SUFFERINGS, AND
CONFLICTS WITH THE SAVAGES; THE RISE OF COLONIAL
POWER; THE BIRTH OF INDEPENDENCE; THE FOR-
MATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH, AND THE
GRADUAL PROGRESS OF THE STATE FROM
ITS EARLIEST INFANCY TO ITS

PRESENT HIGH POSITION.

BY

AUTHOR OF

GEORGE LOWELL AUSTIN,

LIFE OF LONGFELLOW," " LIFE OF FRANZ SCHUBERT," "AUSTIN'S HANDBOOK
AND GENERAL EDUCATOR," ETC.; MEMBER OF THE N. E. HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL

SOCIETY, THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, ETC., ETC.

BOSTON:
B. B. RUSSELL, 57 CORNHILL.