2006-02
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/31/2006
VANE, Henry (1613-1662) English statesman. Early convert to Puritanism, he went to New England in 1635 and became Governor of Massachusetts in 1636. His religious tenets and his support of Anne Hutchinson embroiled him in political quarrels, especially with John Winthrop, and he returned to England in 1637. His governorship was also notable for the founding of Harvard College and the start of the Pequot War. He was executed for treason by the Restoration government. Document Signed, “H. Vane” 1p. folio, 1619, Fine.
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