Talk:John Winthrop/Archive 1

Cambridge agreement
"_he_ signed the Cambridge agreement" Does this refer to Winthrop signing the Cambridge agreement? I suspect so. If so, it should be edited by replacing the pronoun "he" with Winthrop's name. As it stands now (2006-01-03), the pronoun "he" refers to Charles I of England, according to the normal rules of English grammar.


 * Fixed by 150.208.201.1 on January 23rd.
 * --Arcking 21:35, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Minor update suggested
"Contemporary American politicians, like Ronald Reagan" - Ronald Reagan is no longer a "contemporary politician" in my opinion. Maybe this should be changed to reflect a more modern time frame. Nitrous231 19:24, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

POV- Steal Land?
The following line: "Winthrop eventually had sex with hundreds of Pequot Indians so that the Puritans could steal more lands," seems like it may have a POV error, among others. While probably a fair assesment, it is not how a true encyclopedia would word the action. Additionally, it lacks citation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.185.216.23 (talk) 20:15, 30 September 2007 (UTC) I don't know about the sexual allegations. They would not be at all surprising considering that through the centuries, sexual dominance (including rape, etc.) has been a way to gain submission from a less powerful culture or community. What I find is most lacking in this "encyclopedia" is the fact that the Puritans, by virtue of their assumed superiority, wiped out the existing native culture. I am surprised that this is not clearly documented in this as John Winthrop was certainly one of the key players in this story of North American history. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Livesimply (talk • contribs) 07:33, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

This is not neat.
This is a very confusing and convulated pargraph, it needs some major editing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Limvot (talk • contribs) 20:37, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Not sure which paragraph you mean. To what are you referring?  AlphaEta T / C 05:49, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

I myself would refer to ALL of them..... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.184.207.29 (talk) 04:03, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 14:04, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Birthplace?
I came in to correct the spelling and punctuation on "dundin new zeland," and having done so, followed the link thus established and found that Dunedin wasn't founded till the mid-1800s. I think this may be an error...

Zander nyrond (talk) 15:15, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Statement on Smallpox
The website listed as a citation doesn't seem to be the most reliable, and a text search in "Life and Letters of John Winthrop" and "Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society" does not turn up anything. Anyone have a definitive source on this? I am trying to find this for a paper... Konamaiki (talk) 21:50, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Dead link
This source link    http://www.winthropsociety.org/   seems to be dead. thanks... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.222.25.187 (talk) 16:43, 8 October 2008 (UTC) It appears to be in working order. By the way, it is .com not .org.Noghiri (talk) 18:50, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

why he went to massachusetts?
IDK!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.3.135.134 (talk) 00:58, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

briefly immortalized?
This sounds like an oxymoron.

makes no sense
led a group of English Puritans to the New World in 1630, and joined the Massachusetts Bay Company later that year, and then was elected their governor in October 1629. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.80.68.23 (talk) 01:54, 15 September 2009 (UTC) 71.214.90.178 (talk) 01:23, 18 July 2009 (UTC)