Planters of the Commonwealth: A Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial Times: to which are added Lists of Passengers to Boston and to the - Paperback

by Charles Edward Banks (Author)

The Planters of the Commonwealth came to the New World "to plant...the seeds of a new nation whose fruit should become another England, with its traditions, culture, and laws." Who were these planters? Where were they from? Why did this "Great Emigration" o