Winthrop, John

Cultural  

1. A Puritan political leader of the seventeenth century, born in England. Winthrop was sent to America as the first governor of Massachusetts. He compared the colony to “a city upon a hill,” suggesting that it would be a model for all nations.

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Example Sentences

Before taking the big public step, he sought advice from his brothers Laurance, Winthrop, John and David.

From Time Magazine Archive

Winthrop, John: his letters compared with those of Adams, 49.

From Noah Webster American Men of Letters by Scudder, Horace E.

Winthrop, John, 3 Wisconsin, admission, 274 Witchcraft, 41 Wollstonecraft, Mary, 556 Women: colonial, 28 Revolutionary War, 124 labor, 305 education and civil rights, 554f. suffrage, 562f.

From History of the United States by Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin)

Winthrop, John, Jr., owns a coach, 256; sends letters, 274.

From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse

Winthrop, John, on a disturbance in Boston, 10-11; on health-drinking, 15; quoted, 115; pick-a-back, 224.

From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse