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A Brief History Of The Warr With The Indians In New-England, Increase Mather

Zea E-Books in American Studies

This ebook represents a new edition of Increase Mather’s influential contemporary account of King Philip’s War, between the English colonists in New England (and their Native allies) and the Wampanoag, Naragansett, and other Indian nations of the region, beginning in 1675. Mather’s account runs through August of 1676, when hostilities in southern, central, and western New England ended; fighting continued in the region of Maine until 1678. The war was disastrous for both sides, but particularly for the hostile Native Americans, who were brought very close to extermination.

Mather describes his history as “brief” (its 30,00 words run to 89 …

Persia, John Speed, Pieter Van Den Keere

Documents and Reports

Publication: [London] : [printed for Tho. Basset at the George in Fleet-street, and Ric. Chiswel at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard], [1676]

Physical Description: 1 map ; 9 x 12 cm on sheet 10 x 16 cm

More Author / Title Information: P. Kærius cælavit.

Cartographic Mathematical Data: Scale shown as ratio to "German Com Myll" (i.e. German common mile), a measure which varied across different times and regions. The conversion to modern miles is undetermined. Approximately 1.7 cm represents 100 German common miles.

Notes: Engraved by Pieter Van Den Keere.

Leaf may have been separated from …

An Earnest Exhortation To The Inhabitants Of New-England (1676), Increase Mather, Reiner Smolinski , Editor

Electronic Texts in American Studies

The work reprinted here, An Earnest Exhortation to the Inhabitants of New-England to Hearken to the Voice of God in His Late and Present Dispensations As Ever They Desire to Escape Another Judgement, Seven Times Greater Then Any Thing Which as Yet Hath Been (1676), is transcribed from the copy held by the American Antiquarian Society. It is Mather's theological explication of King Philip’s War (1675-76) as God’s punishment of his people for their backsliding. Characteristic of the homiletic tradition of the jeremiad is Increase Mather’s paradigmatic response to the war with the Indian Sachem Metacom and his action plan …

The Lives Of The Noble Grecians And Romans (Title Page), Plutarch, Thomas North

As Good Luck Would Have It: The Rich Tradition of Shakespeare Scholarship in the Library

Title page from the 1676 edition of Sir Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans. Scholars surmise that earlier editions of North's translations influenced Shakespeare's work.

Phineas Pemberton, Ralph Pemberton, February 16, 1676, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated February 16, 1676 (February 6, 1675 Old Style) from Phineas Pemberton to his father, Ralph Pemberton. He asks his father to bring a book with copies of bonds and other business documents. Phineas hires an attorney to make contracts. He mentions Henry Bailey, and how he will introduce the two if Bailey comes into town.

4 March 1675, Unknown

Spence Correspondence, Volume 378

Correspondence, dated March 4, 1675 (04 1mo. 1675 Quaker Style)

Thomas Lower, Margret Askew; Fox, 11 February 1675, Thomas Lower

Spence Correspondence, Volume 378

Correspondence, dated February 11, 1675 (11 12mo. 1674 Quaker Style), from Thomas Lower, to Margret Askew; Fox

George Fox, Margret Askew; Fox, 30 January 1675, George Fox

Spence Correspondence, Volume 378

Correspondence, dated January 30, 1675 (30 11mo. 1674 Quaker Style), from George Fox, to Margret Askew; Fox

Thomas Lower, 30 January 1675, Thomas Lower

Spence Correspondence, Volume 378

Correspondence, dated January 30, 1675 (30 11mo. 1674 Quaker Style), from Thomas Lower

George Fox, 10 January 1675, Unknown

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 324

Community Record, dated January 10, 1674 (10 11mo. 1674-1675 Quaker Style), to George Fox

Margret Askew; Fox, Heneage Finch, 25 December 1674, Margret Askew; Fox

Spence Correspondence, Volume 378

Correspondence, dated December 25, 1674 (25 10mo. 1674 Quaker Style), from Margret Askew; Fox, to Heneage Finch

Phineas Pemberton, Roger Haydock, October 3, 1674, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated October 3, 1674 (September 23, 1674 Old Style) to Roger Haydock concerning his imprisonment, likely in Lancaster Castle. The author, likely Phineas Pemberton from the handwriting, offers comforting and reassuring words by expressing his beliefs.

Phineas Pemberton, Roger Haydock, October 3, 1674, Phineas Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated October 3, 1674 (September 23, 1674 Old Style) to Roger Haydock concerning his imprisonment, likely in Lancaster Castle. The author, likely Phineas Pemberton from the handwriting, offers comforting and reassuring words by expressing his beliefs.

Thomas Moore, George Fox, 24 September 1674, Thomas Moore

Spence Correspondence, Volume 378

Correspondence, dated September 24, 1674 (24 7mo. 1674 Quaker Style), from Thomas Moore, to George Fox

Thomas Lower, Sarah Fell, 13 August 1674, Thomas Lower

Abraham Correspondence, Volume 364

Correspondence, dated August 13, 1674 (13 6mo. 1674 Quaker Style), from Thomas Lower, to Sarah Fell

Ralph Pemberton, Phineas Pemberton, August 3, 1674, Ralph Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated August 3, 1674 (July 24, 1674 Old Style) from Ralph Pemberton to his son Phineas Pemberton, concerning the upkeep and care of his horse.

Roger Haydock, Phineas Pemberton, June 13, 1674, Roger Haydock

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated June 13, 1674 (June 3, 1674 Old Style) from Roger Haydock in Lancaster Castle to Phineas Pemberton. In the letter, Haydock informs Pemberton of his imprisonment, along with several others. He asks Pemberton to pay money owed another Friend since his imprisonment prevents him from doing so.

Rouse; Roos; Rowse; Rowe, Margret Askew; Fox, 21 March 1674, Rouse; Roos; Rowse; Rowe

Spence Correspondence, Volume 378

Correspondence, dated February 21, 1946, from Rouse; Roos; Rowse; Rowe, to Margret Askew; Fox

Ralph Pemberton, Phineas Pemberton, [March 17, 1674], Ralph Pemberton

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated March 17, 1674 (March 7, 1674 Old Style) from Ralph Pemberton to his son, Phineas Pemberton.

George Fox, Margret Askew; Fox, 8 February 1674, George Fox

Abraham Correspondence, Volume 364

Correspondence, dated February 8, 1674 (08 12mo. 1673 Quaker Style), from George Fox, to Margret Askew; Fox

Rouse; Roos; Rowse; Rowe, 24 January 1674, Rouse; Roos; Rowse; Rowe

Spence Correspondence, Volume 378

Correspondence, dated January 24, 1674 (24 11mo. 1673 Quaker Style), from Rouse; Roos; Rowse; Rowe

Thomas Moore, Park, 14 January 1674, Thomas Moore

Spence Correspondence, Volume 378

Correspondence, dated January 14, 1674 (14 11mo. 1673 Quaker Style), from Thomas Moore, to Park

Thomas Lower, 7 January 1674, Thomas Lower

Abraham Correspondence, Volume 364

Correspondence, dated January 7, 1674 (07 11mo. 1673 Quaker Style), from Thomas Lower

The Cry Of Sodom Enquired Into, Samuel Danforth

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This is a well-known execution sermon from seventeenth-century Massachusetts, delivered on the occasion of the sentencing to death of a young man convicted of bestiality—specifically of copulation with a mare, in which he was discovered in the open in broad daylight. Samuel Danforth, who wrote and delivered the sermon, would have known the condemned young man very well. Benjamin Goad had been born into Danforth’s congregation at Roxbury and had grown up under his pastoral care. Danforth was also familiar with the anguish of a parent over the death of a child, having suffered the deaths of eight of his …

Die Kunst- Und Tugend-Gezierte Macarie, Maria Katharina Stockfleth

Poetry

Erstdruck: Nürnberg (Johann Philipp Miltenberger) 1669–1673. Der erste Band erschien unter dem Gesellschaftsnamen »Dorus« (Heinrich Arnold Stockfleth), der zweite unter dem der »Dorilis« (Maria Katharina Stockfleth); tatsächlich stammt aber auch der überwiegende Teil des gemeinsam mit Heinrich Arnold Stockfleth begonnenen ersten Bandes von ihr. : Die Kunst- und Tugend-gezierte Macarie; Erster Theil; Erklärung des Titul-Bildes; Aus dem Lateinischen; Nach Stands-Gebühr schuldig-geehrter und geliebter Leser; Glück- und Ehren-Zeilen; 1. [von Sigmund von Birken]; 2. [von Catharina Margaretha Dobenecker]; 3. [von Maria Katharina Stockfleth]; 4. [von Johann Sechst]; 5. [von Martin Limburger]; 6. [von Johann Ludwig Faber]; 7. [von Johann Geuder]; Erstes …

Henry Fell, Margret Askew; Fox, 14 December 1672, Henry Fell

Abraham Correspondence, Volume 364

Correspondence, dated December 14, 1672 (14 10mo. 1672 Quaker Style), from Henry Fell, to Margret Askew; Fox

Giovanni Druyvesteyn, Bartolotti Rikel, 23 September 1672, Giovanni Druyvesteyn

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Correspondence, dated September 23, 1672, from Giovanni Druyvesteyn, to Bartolotti Rikel

Jacob Eberling, Account, [9 August 1672], Jacob Eberling, Johan Kramer, Valentin Hütwohl, Heinrich Kosel

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Account (Financial), dated August 9, 1672, from Jacob Eberling; Johan Kramer; Valentin Hütwohl; Heinrich Kosel

Johan Andriessen, Frans Beuns, [21 May 1672], Johan Andriessen

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Correspondence, dated May 21, 1672, from Johan Andriessen, to Frans Beuns

Jacob Eberling, Frans Beuns, 12 May 1672, Jacob Eberling

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Correspondence, dated May 2, 1672, from Jacob Eberling, to Frans Beuns