Leading figure in colonial Massachusetts (1598-1672) who founded the town of Woburn and is regarded as the author of the first printed history of New England, The Wonderworking Providence of Sion's Savior in New England, which was published in England in 1654. Manuscript DS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 9.25 x 13.75, July 3, 1648. Last will of Henry Simpson issued in the province of Maine, signed at the conclusion by Johnson and three others. In very good condition, with moderate toning, and archival reinforcements to paper loss along intersecting folds.
