📕 This early works is a fascinating look at the Colonial Records before 1696. It will appeal greatly to any student of history. The main difficulty for students who begin research work upon early colonial history is the confusion into which the records have fallen through various rearrangements. Though the final arrangement of the documents at the Public Record Office has made it a simple matter to obtain the particular document whose precis has been consulted in the calendar, yet the present logical arrangement takes no notice of the previous history of the various documents, for it is geographical. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.