Download or read book Chronicles of the First Planters of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, from 1623 to 1636 written by Alexander Young and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1975 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is based entirely on original sources. Altogether the collection comprises twenty-four chapters, or documents, each heavily footnoted with illuminating character sketches, broadsides, and correctives, which supply the reader with hundreds of obscure facts and threads relating to the original planters of the Colony. Most are creditable histories with accompanying lists of early planters, biographical sketches, and topical references to contemporary family members.