Planters of the Commonwealth: A Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial Times: to which are added Lists of Passengers to Boston and to the ... and the Places of their Settlement in Massac

The Planters of the Commonwealth came to the New World "to plant...the seeds of a new nation whose fruit should become another England, with its traditions, culture, and laws." Who were these planters? Where were they from? Why did this "Great Emigration" o