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<p>Cambridge [Mass.]: :  Printed by S.G. and M.J. [i.e, Samuel Green and Marmaduke Johnson] for John Usher of Boston., 1669. <br><br>[12], 198, [10] p.;  18 cm. (4to). <br><br>Signatures: A⁴ a² B-2D⁴. <br><br>Error in paging: p. 96 misnumbered 69. <br><br>Dedicated to Thomas Prince, governor, and to the magistrates of New Plymouth. <br><br>"To the reader" signed: John Higginson. Thomas Thacher. March 26. 1669. <br><br>"A brief chronological table, of the principall passages contained in New Englands memoriall."--[10] p. at end. <br><br>Evans, 144; Wing (2nd ed.), M2827 <br><br>In Redwood Library and Athenaeum copy the margins of text used for manuscript notes of historical and personal significance to Peter Easton (1622-1694).  Notes document the arrival of the Easton family to Newport in 1639. <br><br>Inscription on p. 54: "Peter Easton his Booke bought at Boston for 3s 6d, 1669 November 19." <br><br>Peter Easton, son of Nicolas, came with his father to Rhode Island in 1638 and married Anne Coggeshall in 1643. He held offices of Commissioner, Deputy, Assistant, General Treasurer and Attorney General. <br><br>Selection of Peter Easton's notes of local interest published in: Newport Mercury for December 26, 1957 and January 2, 1858. <br><br>Selection of Peter Easton's notes of local interest published in: Rhode Island Historical Society Collections. Vol. 11, p. 78-80 (July, 1918)<br><br> Related archival materials: Easton, Peter. Diary, 1662-1670. Located at the American Antiquarian Society.<br><br>Redwood Library and Athenaeum copy lacks title page. <br><br>Cite as: Morton, Nathaniel. New-Englands Memoriall (Boston, 1669). Peter Easton Copy. RCL.Ms.Bound.0001. Redwood Library and Athenaeum. <br><br>Gift of Daniel Hazard and Mrs. Alfred G. Hazard. <br><br></p>
<br>Subjects: Massachusetts -- History -- New Plymouth, 1620-1691.; New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Newport (R.I.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Easton Family.; Higginson, John, 1616-1708.; Thacher, Thomas, 1620-1678.; Prence, Thomas, approximately 1600-1673, -- dedicatee.; Green, Samuel, 1615-1702, -- printer.; Johnson, Marmaduke, -1674, -- printer.; Usher, John, 1648-1726, -- bookseller.; Easton, Peter, 1622-1694, -- former owner.; Diaries; Marginalia.; Annotations.</div>
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Morton, Nathaniel, 1613-1685.;Easton, Peter, 1622-1694.</div>
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