New-Englands plantation : with the sea journal and other writings . EW-ENGLANDSPLANTATION/ a tract published inLondon early in 1630,contains the earliestprinted account of thecolony established byEndecott in 1628, at Neihum-kek, nowSalem. A description of the natural con-ditions surrounding the new settlement isalso preserved, the narrative presenting,in the quaint phrase of the original, **ashort and true description of the com-modities and discommodities of thatcountrey/ The tract was written by theReverend Francis Higginson, who camein the emigration following Endecott,and who was eminently
New-Englands plantation : with the sea journal and other writings . EW-ENGLANDSPLANTATION/ a tract published inLondon early in 1630,contains the earliestprinted account of thecolony established byEndecott in 1628, at Neihum-kek, nowSalem. A description of the natural con-ditions surrounding the new settlement isalso preserved, the narrative presenting,in the quaint phrase of the original, **ashort and true description of the com-modities and discommodities of thatcountrey/ The tract was written by theReverend Francis Higginson, who camein the emigration following Endecott,and who was eminently fitted, both byeducation and profession, to prepare forthe friends in England a faithful accountof the life in the new country, not only togratify a natural curiosity, but also to at-tract a further emigration. [ 5 ] Francis Introduction Francis Higginson probably was bornin Claybrooke Parish, Leicester, Eng-land, in 1587-88. He received his degreeof in 1613 at Jesus College, Cam-bridge, and two years later he was set-tled over Claybrooke Parish, where hepr
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