EMANCIPATION OF MASSACHUSETTS FROM THEOCRACY TO STATEHOOD 1887 1ST BROOKS ADAMS

Description: UP FOR SALE TODAY WE HAVE "THE EMANCIPATION OF MASSACHUSETTS -- BY BROOKS ADAMS -- BOSTON AND NEW YORK - HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANY - THE RIVERSIDE PRESS, CAMBRIDGE - 1887"(1887 FIRST EDITION COPY OF THIS BOOK, WITH EX-LIBRARY AND OTHER CONDITION ISSUES!)-- Here we have a fairly good First Edition copy of this history of the government of Massachusetts Bay Colony from its early days as a theocratic state run by hard line Puritan leaders to its decision to rebel against British rule and lead in the fight for independence from England. The majority of the book covers in depth the depths and excesses of the early Puritan government, with chapters devoted to the persecution of the Quakers and later the witchcraft period. The point of the book is to show how the state gradually evolved from rigidity to a more tolerant form of government. I find copies of this book ranging in price from twenty to forty dollars plus shipping.-- THIS IS A HARDCOVER BOOK OF 382 PAGES PLUS PUBLISHER'S ADVERTISING, WHICH MEASURES ABOUT 8 BY 5 INCHES IN DIAMETER--I AM PUTTING THIS UP FOR SALE TODAY AT A REASONABLE BUY-IT-NOW PRICE WITH FREE SHIPPING, OR FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT YOUR BEST OFFER--GARY FROM HAUNTED MANSION RELIX--

Price: 20 USD

Location: Hinsdale, New Hampshire

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