John Dunton's letters from New-England.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dunton, John, 1659-1733.

Contributor:

Whitmore, William Henry, 1836-1900.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Publications of the Prince Society ; [v. 4]

Standardized Title:

Letters from New England

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Massachusetts--Description and travel.

Massachusetts.

Dunton, John, 1659-1733--Correspondence.

Dunton, John.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 340 p. ) ill., facsim. ;

Place of Publication:

Boston : Printed for the Society by T.R. Marvin & Son, 1867.

Notes:

Special title-page: Letters written from New-England, A.D. 1686. By John Dunton. In which are described his voyages by sea, his travels on land, and the characters of his friends and acquaintances. Now first published from the original manuscript, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. With notes and an appendix, by W. H. Whitmore. Boston, The Prince Society, 1867.

The manuscript copy, evidently prepared for publication, has title: A summer's ramble, through ten kingdomes, occasionally written by John Dunton, citizen of London, in his travells; and sent to his friends in England ... vol. 1. London Printed (for the author).

"Michael Perry's inventory", of his books, January 23, 1700: P. [314]-319.

"List of the inhabitants of Boston. 1687" from the records at the State House: P. [320]-332.

Includes index.

"Twenty copies, large paper. One hundred and fifty copies, small paper. Twenty copies, unnumbered, for the editor. Twenty copies unnumbered, for the treasurer."--P. ii.

Title-vignette.

Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.

Sabin no. 65646.

OCLC:

12