Bremer, Francis J. 2003. John Winthrop: America's Forgotten Founding Father. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Date Submitted: 02/04/2003 09:25:29
Category: / History / North American History
Length: 6 pages (1592 words)
Bremer, Francis J. 2003. John Winthrop: America's Forgotten Founding Father. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. This is a very well documented source. Bremer includes an "interlude" describing his interpretation of Winthrop's "Model of Christian Charity" speech (173-4) complete with endnotes explaining his citations and their credibility (431-433). Unlike other sources on the topic, Bremer suggests that Winthrop made this speech, not on the Arabella sometime during the passage to America, but rather in the Church …
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…II. New York, NY: Da Capo Press. Robert Winthrop includes a large excerpt from "A Modell of Christian Charity" in this book including a clear citation (18-20). Robert Winthrop claims the tract was written on board the Arabella (18), though he notes that in John Winthrop's journal nothing is written regarding the "Modell" being read to a congregation (20). R. Winthrop speculates that the speech was most likely composed on board the Arabella as well presented there (20).
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