Digital Commons Network^™

The Tryal Between J.G. Biker, Plaintiff; And M. Morley, Doctor Of Phyfic, Defendant; For Criminal Conversation With The Plaintiff’S Wife; On Tuefday The 30th Of June At Guildhall, London, Sword &. Buckler Court

Special Collections Miscellanea

An account of a civil suit, including witness testimony, of charges of assault and criminal conversation against the defendant for having unlawful martial relations with the plaintiff’s wife. The evidence presented during the trial suggests witness tampering took place on the part of the plaintiff, which resulted in a verdict for the defendant. Printed for J. Huggonson in Sword and Buckler Court, Ludgate-Hill. 1741.

A Brief History Of The Pequot War (1736), John Mason, Paul Royster , Editor

Electronic Texts in American Studies

John Mason’s posthumously published account is the most complete contemporary history of the Pequot War of 1636–1637. Written around 1670, and published in part in 1677 (although misattributed by Increase Mather to John Allyn), the complete text was issued by Thomas Prince in 1736. That text is reproduced here in a corrected and annotated edition that includes Prince’s biographical sketch of Mason and various dedicatory and explanatory documents.

John Mason (c.1600–1672) commanded the Connecticut forces in the expedition that wiped out the Pequot fort and village at Mystic and in two subsequent operations that effectively eliminated the Pequots as a …

Theopolis Americana: An Essay On The Golden Street Of The Holy City (1710), Cotton Mather, Reiner Smolinski , Editor

Electronic Texts in American Studies

Theopolis Americana: An Essay on the Golden Street of the Holy City was published in Boston in 1710. It is based on a sermon delivered to the Massachusetts General Assembly on May 9, 1709, by Cotton Mather (1663–1728) who was then (along with his father Increase Mather) pastor of the Second or Old North Church in Boston. The work is an extended interpretation of Revelations 21.21: “The street of the city was pure gold.” Mather makes a twofold application of the verse—“publishing” (as he says) “A TESTIMONY against the CORRUPTIONS of the Market-Place. With Some Good HOPES of Better Things …

Abigail Pemberton, Israel Pemberton, May 10, 1702, Abigail Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated May 10, 1702 (April 29, 1702 Old Style) from Abigail Pemberton to her brother, Israel Pemberton. It concerns a recent bout of dysentery and Abigail's recent poor health. She also reports the death of James Howard.

Abigail Pemberton, Israel Pemberton, May 10, 1702, Abigail Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated May 10, 1702 (April 29, 1702 Old Style) from Abigail Pemberton to her brother, Israel Pemberton. It concerns a recent bout of dysentery and Abigail's recent poor health. She also reports the death of James Howard.

Alice Pemberton, Samuel Carpenter, April 16, 1702, Alice Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated April 15, 1702 (April 5, 1702 Old Style) from Alice Pemberton to Samuel Carpenter. Part of the letter concerns a financial plan to raise money for debts and legacies without having to lose either stock or servants.

Alice Pemberton, Samuel Carpenter, April 16, 1702, Alice Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated April 15, 1702 (April 5, 1702 Old Style) from Alice Pemberton to Samuel Carpenter. Part of the letter concerns a financial plan to raise money for debts and legacies without having to lose either stock or servants.

Israel Pemberton, Phineas Pemberton, January 2, 1702, Israel Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated January 2, 1702 (December 22, 1701 Old Style) from Israel Pemberton to his father, Phineas Pemberton.

Israel Pemberton, Phineas Pemberton, January 2, 1702, Israel Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated January 2, 1702 (December 22, 1701 Old Style) from Israel Pemberton to his father, Phineas Pemberton.

Phineas Pemberton, Israel Pemberton, December 19, 1701, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated December 18, 1701 (December 8, 1701 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to his son, Israel Pemberton. In the letter, Phineas tells Israel about the poor quality of an item they are looking to purchase. He instructs Israel not to pay more than 12 [shillings?] per bushel for [brine? lime?]. Phineas also mentions his poor health.

Richard Johns, Israel Pemberton, Circa May 9 1700, Richard Johns

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated circa May 9, 1700 (June 28, 1700 Old Style) from Richard Johns to Israel Pemberton

Richard Johns, Israel Pemberton, Circa May 9 1700, Richard Johns

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated circa May 9, 1700 (June 28, 1700 Old Style) from Richard Johns to Israel Pemberton.

Phineas Pemberton, Abigail Pemberton, December 18, 1697, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated December 18, 1697 (December 8, 1697 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to his daughter, Abigail Pemberton.

Israel Pemberton, Joseph Pemberton, November 8, 1697, Israel Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated November 8, 1697 (October 29, 1697 Old Style) from Israel Pemberton to his brother, Joseph.

Israel Pemberton, Joseph Pemberton, November 8, 1697, Israel Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated November 8, 1697 (October 29, 1697 Old Style) from Israel Pemberton to his brother, Joseph.

Phineas Pemberton, Abigail Pemberton, November 1, 1697, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated November 1, 1697 (October 22, 1697 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to his daughter, Abigail Pemberton. Phineas Pemberton instructs Abigail on matters related to business and family.

Phineas Pemberton, Abigail Pemberton, November 1, 1697, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated November 1, 1697 (October 22, 1697 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to his daughter, Abigail Pemberton.

David Lloyd, Phineas Pemberton, July 2, 1697, David Lloyd

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated July 2, 1697 (June 22, 1697 Old Style) from David Lloyd to Phineas Pemberton.

Phaenomena Quaedam Apocalyptica Ad Aspectum Novi Orbis Configurata. Or, Some Few Lines Towards A Description Of The New Heaven (1697), Samuel Sewall, Reiner Smolinski , Editor

Electronic Texts in American Studies

SAMUEL SEWALL (1652-1730) is best remembered as a colonial judge during the Salem Witchcraft trials, as a significant diarist, and as an ardent millenarian, who published a number of eschatological tracts on his favorite obsession. Apart from his political achievements in the colonial judicature, Sewall published a number of significant works. The Selling of Joseph (1700) is one of the earliest abolitionist documents in American history. His famous Diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674-1729 (1878-82) is a Puritan document par excellence and a window on a crucial period in the development of the colony. His millenarian tract Proposals Touching the Accomplishment …

Phaenomena Quaedam Apocalyptica Ad Aspectum Novi Orbis Configurata. Or, Some Few Lines Towards A Description Of The New Heaven, Samuel Sewall, Reiner Smolinski

Zea E-Books in American Studies

SAMUEL SEWALL (1652-1730) is best remembered as a colonial judge during the Salem Witchcraft trials, as a significant diarist, and as an ardent millenarian, who published a number of eschatological tracts on his favorite obsession. Apart from his political achievements in the colonial judicature, Sewall published a number of significant works. The Selling of Joseph (1700) is one of the earliest abolitionist documents in American history. His famous Diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674-1729 (1878-82) is a Puritan document par excellence and a window on a crucial period in the development of the colony. His millenarian tract Proposals Touching the Accomplishment …

Mary Bowne, Phineas Pemberton And Phebe Pemberton, September 22, 1696, Mary Bowne

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated September 22, 1696 (September 12, 1696 Old Style) from Mary Bowne to Phineas Pemberton.

Mary Bowne, Phineas Pemberton And Phebe Pemberton, September 22, 1696, Mary Bowne

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated September 22, 1696 (September 12, 1696 Old Style) from Mary Bowne to Phineas Pemberton. Bowne details an arduous journey to New York where she and others had to transport their horses on ferries to get to their destination. Bowne also inquires about Phebe Pemberton's health after recovering from an illness. The front of the letter has small scratch work enumerating possibly goods to be delivered to other Quakers.

Anthony Banks, Phineas Pemberton, June 13, 1696, Anthony Banks

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated June 13, 1696 (June 3, 1696 Old Style) from Anthony Banks to his cousin, Phineas Pemberton. It is followed by a note written by Phineas at the bottom.

Anthony Banks, Phineas Pemberton, June 13, 1696, Anthony Banks

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated June 13, 1696 (June 3, 1696 Old Style) from Anthony Banks to his cousin, Phineas Pemberton. It is followed by a note written by Phineas at the bottom.

Massachusetts: Or The First Planters Of New-England, The End And Manner Of Their Coming Thither, And Abode There: In Several Epistles (1696), John Winthrop, Thomas Dudley, John Allin, Thomas Shepard, John Cotton, Joshua Scottow, Paul Royster, Editor Of The Online Electronic Edition

Joshua Scottow Papers

In 1696 there appeared in Boston an anonymous 16mo volume of 56 pages containing four “epistles,” written from 66 to 50 years earlier, illustrating the early history of the colony of Massachusetts Bay.

The four “epistles” compiled in Massachusetts, or The First Planters were all originally addressed to English or European audiences:

1. The Humble Request of His Majesties Loyal Subjects (1630), sent from aboard the Arbella and usually attributed to John Winthrop, defended the emigrants’ physical separation from England and reaffirmed their loyalty to the Crown and Church of England.

2. Thomas Dudley’s letter “To the Right Honourable, My …

New Yorke Considered And Improved A.D. 1695, John Miller, Victor Hugo Paltsits, Paul Royster (Depositor)

Electronic Texts in American Studies

The following work is essentially a line-for-line facsimile of Victor Hugo Paltsits’ edition of John Miller’s New Yorke Considered and Improved A.D. 1695. Miller’s work was written during his tenure as chaplain to the British soldiers stationed in New York from June 1692 until July 1695. His first draft was thrown overboard to avoid its falling into the hands of the French privateers who captured the ship in which he was returning to England. Miller re-wrote his work while imprisoned in France, finished it after his return to England in 1696, and presented it as a report to his …

Mary Bowne, Phineas Pemberton And Phebe Pemberton, December 17, 1693, Mary Bowne

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated December 17, 1693 (December 7, 1693 Old Style) from Mary Bowne to Phineas and Phebe Pemberton.

Mary Bowne, Phineas Pemberton And Phebe Pemberton, December 17, 1693, Mary Bowne

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated December 17, 1693 (December 7, 1693 Old Style) from Mary Bowne to Phineas and Phebe Pemberton.

Mary Bowne, Phebe Pemberton, [1693], Mary Bowne

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter likely dated 1693 from Mary Bowne to Phebe Pemberton.

Old Mens Tears For Their Own Declensions, Mixed With Fears Of Their And Posterities Further Falling Off From New-England’S Primitive Constitution., Joshua Scottow, Paul Royster , Editor

Joshua Scottow Papers

This is an online edition of Scottow’s popular tract, published in Boston in 1691, based on the first edition. Later editions were published in Boston in 1715, 1733, and 1749, and in New London in 1769. It is a searchable PDF document. The characteristics of Scottow’s original text (spelling, punctuation, capitalization, italics, etc.) have been retained. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected, and a list of emendations is included at the end. Its typographic design is based on that of the original.

The work decries the falling off of New England from the purity and purpose of its original founding, …