John Winthrop. In 1691, King William and Queen Mary declared Massachusetts Bay an official British colony, joining it with Plymouth Colony under a royal charter. More than 100 years later ...

From John Hughes to Joseph Smith ... Catholic Spain was reduced to a second-string European power. As a young man, Winthrop became convinced that England was in trouble: Inflation coupled ...

Originally called North or New College it was named Winthrop Hall in 1847 in honor of John Winthrop, the first Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Among the first students to occupy this residence ...