Gov. JOHN D. LONG,
Hon. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS,
Rev. PHILLIPS BROOKS, D.D.,
Rev. E.E. HALE, D.D.,
Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP,
Hon. J. HAMMOND TRUMBULL,
Admiral G.H. PREBLE,
Dr. O.W. HOLMES,
JOHN G. WHITTIER,
REV. J.P. CLARKE, D.D.,
Rev. A.P. PEABODY, D.D.,
Col. T.W. HIGGINSON,
Professor ASA GRAY,
Gen. F.W. PALFREY,
HENRY CABOT LODGE.
VOLUME I. treats of the Geology, Fauna, and Flora; the Voyages and Maps of
the Northmen, Italians, Captain John Smith, and the Plymouth Settlers; the
Massachusetts Company, Puritanism, and the Aborigines; the Literature,
Life, and Chief Families of the Colonial Period.
VOL. II. treats of the Royal Governors; French and Indian Wars; Witches and
Pirates; The Religion, Literature, Customs, and Chief Families of the
Provincial Period.
VOL. III. treats of the Revolutionary Period and the Conflict around
Boston; and the Statesmen, Sailors, and Soldiers, the Topography,
Literature, and Life of Boston during that time; and also of the Last
Hundred Years' History, the War of 1812, Abolitionism, and the Press.
VOL. IV. treats of the Social Life, Topography, and Landmarks, Industries,
Commerce, Railroads, and Financial History of this Century in Boston; with
Monographic Chapters on Boston's Libraries, Women, Science, Art, Music,
Philosophy, Architecture, Charities, etc.
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