Excerpt from Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1894, 1895, Vol. 9 Earliest Sources Of New England History; the large collection of hitherto unpublished letters from Rev. Dr. Isaac Watts to correspondents in New England and Dr. Green's elaborate bibliography of the Early American Imprints in the Library of the Society. The likeness Of Mr. Winthrop which stands as a frontispiece has been engraved for this purpose from the portrait painted in 1885, on his retirement from the Presidency after a service of thirty years, and presented to the Society by individual members, in October of that. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.