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Johnson, Edward

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Johnson, Edward (1598-1672)

English-born American historian. A founder of Woburn, Massachusetts, in 1640, he worked at a variety of civic positions. He is best known for his work extolling the attractions of the colonies in America, The Wonder-Working Providence of Sion's Savior in New England 1653, published in England in 1654 as A History of New England.

Probably born in Canterbury, he was trained as a joiner, then emigrated to Boston in 1630. He traded with the Indians and settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1636.



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