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The Wonders Of The Invisible World. Observations As Well Historical As Theological, Upon The Nature, The Number, And The Operations Of The Devils (1693), Cotton Mather, Reiner Smolinski , Editor

Electronic Texts in American Studies

I. Some Accounts of the Grievous Molestations, by DÆMONS and WITCHCRAFTS, which have lately annoy’d the Countrey; and the Trials of some eminent Malefactors Executed upon occasion thereof; with several Remarkable Curiosities therein occurring.
II. Some Counsils, Directing a due Improvement of the terrible things, lately done, by the Unusual & Amazing Range of EVIL SPIRITS, in Our Neighbourhood: & the methods to prevent the Wrongs which those Evil Angels may intend against all sorts of people among us; especially in Accusations of the Innocent.
III. Some Conjectures upon the great EVENTS, likely to befall, the WORLD in General, and …

Committee For Foreign Need, Community Record, [1 January 1693], Committee For Foreign Need

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Community Record, dated 1693, from Committee For Foreign Need

David Rutgers Iii, Account, [1 January 1693], David Rutgers Iii

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Account (Financial), dated 1693, from David Rutgers III

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

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter likely dated 1693 from Mary Bowne to Phebe Pemberton.

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

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter likely dated 1693 from Mary Bowne to Phebe Pemberton.

William Ingram, Margaret Fell, 9 February 1692, William Ingram

Abraham Correspondence, Volume 364

Correspondence, dated February 9, 1692 (09 12mo. 1691 Quaker Style), from William Ingram, to Margaret Fell

William Ingram, Margaret Fell, 9 February 1692, William Ingram

Abraham Correspondence, Volume 364

Correspondence, dated 9 February 1692, from William Ingram, to Margaret Fell

Joachim Justus Breithaupt, Unknown, 2 July 1691 (D 89, 601-602), Joachim Justus Breithaupt

Archive of the Franckeschestiftungen Correspondence

Correspondence, dated July 2, 1691, from Joachim Justus Breithaupt

Joachim Justus Breithaupt, Unknown, 2 July 1691 (D 89, 612-614), Joachim Justus Breithaupt

Archive of the Franckeschestiftungen Correspondence

Correspondence, dated July 2, 1691, from Joachim Justus Breithaupt

Peter Hendricks, George Fox, 4 January 1691, Peter Hendricks

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 324

Correspondence, dated January 4, 1691 (4 11mo. 1690 Quaker Style), from Peter Hendricks, to George Fox

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, …

Peter Hendricks, Jan Claus; George Fox, 17 October 1690, Peter Hendricks, Jan Claus

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 324

Correspondence, dated October 17, 1690 (17 10mo. 1690 Quaker Style), from Peter Hendricks; Jan Claus, to George Fox

Gilbert Molleson, George Fox, 4 October 1690, Gilbert Molleson

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 324

Correspondence, dated October 4, 1690 (4 8mo. 1690 Quaker Style), from Gilbert Molleson, to George Fox

Gemeente Bij Het Lam, Note, 20 September 1690, Gemeente Bij Het Lam

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Note, dated September 20, 1690, from Gemeente Bij Het Lam

Volkert Arentsz Akersloot, Kornelis Willems, 14 September 1690, Volkert Arentsz Akersloot

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Correspondence, dated September 14, 1690, from Volkert Arentsz Akersloot, to Kornelis Willems

Kornelis Willems, Financial, 9 September 1690, Kornelis Willems

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Financial, dated September 9, 1690, from Kornelis Willems, to Kornelis Willems

Edward Bourne, George Fox, 23 August 1690, Edward Bourne

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 324

Correspondence, dated August 23, 1690 (23 6mo. 1690 Quaker Style), from Edward Bourne, to George Fox

Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente Te Zaandam, Manuscript, [1 August 1690], Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente Te Zaandam

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Manuscript, dated August 1690, from Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente Te Zaandam

Peter Hendricks, George Fox, 26 July 1690, Peter Hendricks

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 324

Correspondence, dated July 26, 1690 (26 5mo. 1690 Quaker Style), from Peter Hendricks, to George Fox

Unknown, George Fox, 11 July 1690

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 324

Correspondence, dated July 11, 1690 (11 5mo. 1690 Quaker Style), from anonymous, to George Fox

Mennonitengemeinden In Pfalz, Galenus Abrahamsz. De Haen; Willem Van Maurik; Gemeente Bij Het Lam, 18 June 1690, Mennonitengemeinden In Pfalz

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Correspondence, dated June 18, 1690, from Mennonitengemeinden In Pfalz, to Galenus Abrahamsz. de Haen; Willem Van Maurik; Gemeente Bij Het Lam

Peter Hendricks, George Fox, 17 June 1690, Peter Hendricks

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 323

Correspondence, dated June 17, 1690 (17 4mo. 1690 Quaker Style), from Peter Hendricks, to George Fox

Margaret Fell, Rachel Abraham, 25 May 1690, Margaret Fell

Abraham Correspondence, Volume 364

Correspondence, dated May 25, 1690 (25 3mo. 1690 Quaker Style), from Margaret Fell, to Rachel Abraham

Margaret Fell, Rachel Abraham, 25 May 1690, Margaret Fell

Abraham Correspondence, Volume 364

Correspondence, dated 25 May 1690, from Margaret Fell, to Rachel Abraham

Paulus Bastiaensz; Jan Leendertz; Pathout Henderick; Doopsgezinde Gemeente Beverwijk, Willem Van Maurik, 28 April 1690, Doopsgezinde Gemeente Beverwijk, Paulus Bastiaensz, Jan Leendertz, Pathout Henderick

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Correspondence, dated April 28, 1690, from Paulus Bastiaensz; Jan Leendertz; Pathout Henderick; Doopsgezinde Gemeente Beverwijk, to Willem Van Maurik

Jan Abrahams; Fredrik Volkertz; Vlamingen Doopsgezinde Gemeente Te Brielle, Galenus Abrahamsz. De Haen; Gemeente Bij Het Lam, 24 April 1690, Vlamingen Doopsgezinde Gemeente Te Brielle, Jan Abrahams, Fredrik Volkertz

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Correspondence, dated April 24, 1690, from Jan Abrahams; Fredrik Volkertz; Vlamingen Doopsgezinde Gemeente Te Brielle, to Galenus Abrahamsz. de Haen; Gemeente Bij Het Lam

Mary Comberford, George Fox, 19 April 1690, Mary Comberford

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 324

Correspondence, dated April 19, 1690 (19 2mo. 1690 Quaker Style), from Mary Comberford, to George Fox

Pieter De Orville, David Rutgers Iii, 2 April 1690, Pieter D'Orville

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Correspondence, dated 1690, from Pieter de Orville, to David Rutgers III

Henrick Van Van Hooft, Gemeente Bij Het Lam; Gemeente Bij Te Toren, 3 March 1690, Henrick Van Van Hooft

Doopsgezinde Collection 565.A

Correspondence, dated March 3, 1690, from Henrick Van Van Hooft, to Gemeente Bij Het Lam; Gemeente Bij Te Toren

The Widdow Ranter, Or, The History Of Bacon In Virginia (1690), Aphra Behn, Paul Royster , Editor

Electronic Texts in American Studies

The Widdow Ranter, or, The History of Bacon in Virginia was probably written in 1688, first performed in late 1689, and published in 1690. It is a highly fictionalized drama of Bacon’s Rebellion of 1676 in Virginia, when Nathaniel Bacon (c.1640-1676), commander of a volunteer force of Indian fighters, succeeded for several months in overthrowing the government of Sir William Berkeley, who had declared Bacon a rebel and refused to countenance or commission his actions against the Indians. Mrs. Behn’s play casts Bacon as a classical hero, motivated by “Honour,” and in love with an Indian princess. A variety of …