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John Winthrop

John Winthrop
Sermons and other religious writings dominated the literature of the American colonies in the 1600s. Colonist John Winthrop was governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony, a Puritan leader, and one of the top theologians of the period.
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Colonial America, History of; Boston; American Literature: Prose; Winthrop, John (1588-1649)
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