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MORTON, Nathaniel. New England's Memorial... 172

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Boston: for Daniel Henchman, 1721. 8vo (152 x 95 mm). Publisher's ad in the rear. Tan polished calf gilt by W. Pratt for H. Stevens, a.e.g. Green cloth slipcase. Condition: title page leaf in expert early facsimile, restoration at edges affecting the first few leaves; wear along the joints. Provenance: Jay T. Snider (booklabel). First issued in a very rare 1669 Boston edition, this second American edition includes a supplement by Josiah Cotton concerning events in New England between 1669 and 1691. "Nathaniel Morton, a nephew of Governor Bradford, was secretary to the General Court of Massachusetts from 1645, thus having favorable opportunities of gathering information. The work is arranged in chronological order, and is filled with particulars of the greatest interest. The voyage of the Mayflower is given in detail, as is also the story of the landing and first settlement of the Pilgrims. The text is interspersed with several elegiac poems, epitaphs, and acrostics" (Church). Church 605 (first edition); Evans 2267; Howes M851; Sabin 51013.

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