| President. | |
| THE REV. EDMUND F. SLAFTER, A.M. | Boston, Mass. |
| Vice-Presidents. | |
| JOHN WARD DEAN, A.M. | Boston, Mass. |
| WILLIAM B. TRASK, Esq. | Boston, Mass. |
| THE HON. CHARLES H. BELL, LL.D. | Exeter, N.H. |
| JOHN MARSHALL BROWN, A.M. | Portland, Me. |
| Corresponding Secretary. | |
| THE REV. HENRY W. FOOTE, A.M. | Boston, Mass. |
| Recording Secretary. | |
| DAVID GREENE HASKINS, Jr., A.M. | Cambridge, Mass. |
| Treasurer. | |
| ELBRIDGE H. GOSS, Esq. | Boston, Mass. |
The New English Canaan of Thomas Morton with Introductory Matter and Notes
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About This Book
A first-person colonial narrative combines satirical social criticism with detailed observation of the region’s environment and inhabitants. The author alternates between polemic aimed at prevailing religious and civic authorities and attentive descriptions of landscape, plants, animals, fish, birds, and Indigenous customs, using anecdote, classical and scriptural allusion, and legal complaint. The work shifts tone from humor to invective to empirical reporting, creating a hybrid of natural history, social commentary, and personal defense; many later editions append extensive notes to clarify archaic terms, names, and scientific references.