Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-359) and index.
Contents
Book One : John Winthrop -- The founder -- Splendid isolation -- Book Two : John Winthrop, Jr. -- The Sagamore of Agawam -- Physician and industrialist -- Splendid isolation reconsidered -- Winning the Connecticut Charter -- The Royal Commission of 1664 -- Under the Stuart shadow -- Book Three : Fitz and Wait Winthrop -- Two Cavaliers in Israel -- Edward Randolph and the "moderates" -- The Dominion of New England -- A small practitioner in physick -- Salvaging the Connecticut Charter -- His provinces pillar -- Abbreviations -- Bibliographical note -- Index.