The New England Company, 1649-1776: Missionary Society to the American Indians

303 pp. The New England Company is the oldest English Protestant missionary society. It was founded in 1649 and had as its aim the conversion of the Indians of New England. The present book has been based, as far as possible, upon original sources and in particular upon the records of the Company. The records of other missionary societies have also been used as well as contemporary printed material.--jacket