Letter from Governor John Winthrop to John Winthrop, Jr., 1637/8
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of 25 documents related to Ipswich, Massachusetts. It includes letters, deeds, and a petition. Most of the documents were written to or from John Winthrop, Jr.
You will see some letters dated with two different years. This is because the letters were dated using the Julian calendar, not the Gregorian calendar that we use today. During most of America's colonial period, March 25 was the first day of the new year. In 1750, for example, the year ended on 24 March 1750; the following day was 25 March 1751. In that time period, New Englanders were still considered part of Great Britain, which continued to use the Julian calendar until September 1752.
"A contemporary copy of the articles of complaint against Rev. Thomas Gilbert of Topsfield, presented to the Court at Ipswich" dated 1666 (Folder 22) has never been published and so there is no transcript for this document.
Box 1 contains all of the original documents and has been restricted. Box 2 contains scanned copies of each document and a transcript, when available, for public use. Box 3 contains both the original deed and a scanned copy in a separate folder. Only the scanned copy is available to the public.
Dates
- Creation: 1637/8
Creator
- From the Collection: Winthrop family (Family)
Restrictions on Access
Restricted due to fragility (box 1 and box 3, folder 2). A color scan has been made of each page for researcher use and placed in Box 2. Researchers will only have access to Box 2 and Folder 1 of Box 3. No photocopies may be made of the material. If copies are necessary they will be printed out from digital files.
Extent
From the Collection: 2.5 linear feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Series: English
Repository Details
Part of the Phillips Library Repository