Excerpt from Lasell Leaves, Vol. 56: October, 1930<br><br>After the First General Court was held, October 19, 1630, in Boston, she became the leading city in Massachusetts and in New England. She was entitled to that place in Massachusetts because of the rank, education and devotion of her settlers; and to that place in New England as the most important of the Massachusetts settlements.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.