Excerpt from unidentified book discussing the origins of the formation of the Massachusetts. Contains an erratum which claims that Sir William Phips, the state's first Governor was a "Negro boy". Suggested for use in the schools in observance of the Tercentenary of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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