THE

HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS.

THE

COLONIAL PERIOD.

BY JOHN STETSON BARRY.

BOSTON:

PHILLIPS, SAMPSON AND COMPANY.

1855.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1855,

то

THE HONORABLE

JAMES SAVAGE, LL. D.,

PRESIDENT

OF THE

MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY,

FOR THE PAST FOURTEEN YEARS,

WHOSE VALUABLE LABORS HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO LARGELY TO

ELUCIDATE THE EARLY HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND,

THESE MEMORIALS OF THE FOUNDERS OF

OUR COMMONWEALTH,

ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY HIS OBLIGED FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.