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Patrick Robinson, Phineas Pemberton, July 15, 1687, Patrick Robinson

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Copy of a letter dated July 15, 1687 (July 5, 1687 Old Style) from Patrick Robinson to Phineas Pemberton. Written at the bottom of the letter are remarks from Phineas Pemberton.

Unknown, George Fox, 5 March 1687

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 323

Correspondence, dated March 5, 1687 (5 1mo. 1687 Quaker Style), from anonymous, to George Fox

An Arrow Against Profane And Promiscuous Dancing Drawn Out Of The Quiver Of The Scriptures, Increase Mather

Electronic Texts in American Studies

When a dancing master arrived in Boston in 1685 and offered lessons and classes for both sexes during times normally reserved for church meetings, the Puritan ministers went to court to suppress the practice. Increase Mather (1639-1723) took the leading part, writing and publishing this tract, which compiles arguments and precedents for the prohibition of “Gynecandrical Dancing, [i.e.] Mixt or Promiscuous Dancing, viz. of Men and Women … together.” These justifications were certainly shared with the court, which found the dancing master guilty, fined him £100, and allowed him to skip town.

Mather’s tract on dancing is an overwhelming compendium …

William Gibson, James Harrison, June 24, 1684, William Gibson

Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions

Letter dated June 24, 1684 (June 14, 1684 Old Style) from William Gibson to James Harrison. Gibson relates to Harrison the persecutions and disrupted meetings in England since the Harrisons settled in Pennsylvania. He also admits, regretfully, that he would be unable to travel to the colonies because of a recent illness.

William Gibson, James Harrison, June 24, 1684, William Gibson

Pemberton Correspondence

Letter dated June 24, 1684 (June 14, 1684 Old Style) from William Gibson to James Harrison.

Oliver Hooton, George Fox, 8 April 1682, Oliver Hooton

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 323

Correspondence, dated April 8, 1682 (8 2mo. 1682 Quaker Style), from Oliver Hooton, to George Fox

John Rous; George Fox, George Whitehead, Alexander Parker, 25 December 1681 (Ms Vol. 323, 48), John Rous

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 323

Correspondence, dated December 25, 1681 (25 10mo. 1681 Quaker Style), from John Rous, to George Fox; George Whitehead; Alexander Parker

John Rous; George Fox, George Whitehead, Alexander Parker, 25 December 1681 (Ms Vol. 323, 49), John Rous

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 323

Correspondence, dated December 25, 1681 (25 10mo. 1681 Quaker Style), from John Rous, to George Fox; George Whitehead; Alexander Parker

John Rous, George Fox, 30 January 1681, John Rous

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 323

Correspondence, dated January 30, 1681 (30 11mo. 1681 Quaker Style), from John Rous, to George Fox

Richard Ford; George Fox, George Whitehead, Alexander Parker, 14 January 1681, Richard Ford

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 323

Correspondence, dated January 14, 1681 (14 10mo. 1681 Quaker Style), from Richard Ford, to George Fox; George Whitehead; Alexander Parker

John Rous, Richard Sutton, Thomas Freworth, Edward Wright, William Mullinax, Francis Gamble, George Gray, Thomas Robinson, Ralph Weeks, Benony Pearcey, Joseph Borden, Ralph Fretwell, Richard Ford, Thomas Pilgrim, George Braithwaite; George Fox, George Whitehead, 14 January 1682, John Rous, Richard Sutton, Thomas Freworth, Edward Wright, William Mullinax

A.R. Barclay Correspondence, Volume 323

Correspondence, dated January 14, 1682 (14 11mo 1681 Quaker Style), from John Rous; Richard Sutton; Thomas Freworth; Edward Wright; William Mullinax; Francis Gamble; George Gray; Thomas Robinson; Ralph Weeks; Benony Pearcey; Joseph Borden; Ralph Fretwell; Richard Ford; Thomas Pilgrim; George Braithwaite, to George Fox; George Whitehead

Selected Pages From The History Of The Reformation Of The Church Of England, Gilbert Burnet

Selections from Special Collections

3 v. engr. fronts., ports. ; 32 cm. 2nd ed., corr. London, Printed by T.H. for R. Chiswell, 1681-1753.

Some of the pages in this document were selected as part of a class project for Professor Garth Bond’s History of the Book seminar, Spring 2012. The abstract was prepared by Alexander George.

Prophesies Concerning Christs 2d Coming, Isaac Newton

Rare Books at James White Library

Written sometime in the early 1680s, in English and Latin with quotations in Greek and Hebrew, c. 19,367 words, 40 pp. on 5 quarto signatures

For more information see Kimakwa, Sarah, "James White Library Hidden Treasures Isaac Newton: Early Adventist Pioneer? A Physicist’s Perspective" (2014) at https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/library-pubs/13/

Il Tempio Ravivato Di S. Maria Della Pace, Posto Nel Chiostro Esteriore De Rr. Pp. Dell' Ordine De Predicatori De' Santi Gio: E Paolo Di Venetia, Francesco Carboni

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Short history of devotion to an icon of Santa Maria della Pace in the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice, including verse and reported miracles.

The Lives Of The Noble Grecians And Romans, Compared Together, By That Grave Learned Philosopher & Historiographer Plutarch Of Chaeronea. Tr. Out Of The Greek Into French, By James Amiot ... With The Lives Of Hannibal & Scipio, African ... Into English, By Sir Thomas North. Hereunto Are Added The Lives Of Epaminodas, Of Phillip Of Macedon, ... Collected Out Of Æmilius Probus, By S.G.S. ... The Lives Of Twenty Selected Eminent Persons Tr. Out Of The Work Of That Famous Historiographer ... Andrew Thevet., Plutarch

Selections from Special Collections

8 p. ℓ., 1030 (i.e. 1026) [56] p., 2 ℓ., 91 p. illus. (ports.) 36 cm.

Some of the pages in this document were selected as part of a class project for Professor Garth Bond’s History of the Book seminar, Fall 2012. The abstract was prepared by Christopher Fuelling.

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 …

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 …

Full Text

Gobillon: French

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A Relation Of The Indian War, By Mr. Easton, Of Rhode Island, 1675, John Easton, Paul Royster (Editor)

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

John Easton (1617-1705) was deputy governor of Rhode Island in the winter of 1675-1676 when he wrote this account of the beginnings of King Philip’s War. One copy of the document was sent to Sir Edmund Andros, the governor of New York, and it was preserved in the state archives and is the original source of the version presented here. Jenny Hale Pulsipher writes that Easton "also may have sent copies of the narrative to England, proving to authorities that, contrary to Massachusetts’s repeated protests, the colonies, not the Indians, bore responsibility for the conflict." The "Relation" apparently circulated among …

The Cry Of Sodom Enquired Into, Samuel Danforth

Zea E-Books in American Studies

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 …

The Cry Of Sodom Enquired Into; Upon Occasion Of The Arraignment And Condemnation Of Benjamin Goad, For His Prodigious Villany. (1674) An Online Electronic Text Edition., Samuel Danforth, Paul Royster , Editor

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

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 …

Broadside, Description Of A Great Sea-Storm, Unknown, Michael Sadler

Early Visions Bucket

"'A Description of a Great Sea-Storm' (1671) describes a crew caught in a hurricane off the coast of Florida from a survivor’s point of view. Little is known about this two-column broadside, other than the time and place of publication.

The Life And Death Of That Reverend Man Of God, Richard Mather, Teacher Of The Church In Dorchester In New-England. A Facsimile Reprint With An Introduction ..., Increase Mather, Benjamin Franklin V, William K. Bottoroff

Electronic Texts in American Studies

We most often turn to American Puritan prose to glean historicalor biographical data. If we seek a biography that spans the evolution of American Puritanism from its nadir in England through its zenith in the New England of the 1630's to 1650's, and to the beginning of its decline as symbolized by the "Half-Way Covenant" in 1662, we may turn to Increase Mather's biography of his father, The Life and Death of That Reverend Man of God, Mr. Richard Mather. It includes the background for the elder Mather's decision to emigrate to New England (events leading to his suspension from …

Vita Seraphicae Virginis S. Mariae Magdalenae De Pazzis, Florentinae Ordinis B.V. Mariae De Monte Carmelo Regularis Observantiae Iconibus Expressa., Abraham Van Diepenbeek

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This folio contains a series of engravings created to celebrate the life and miracles of a Florentine Carmelite nun, Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, on the occasion of her canonization in 1669. Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi was canonized on April 28, 1669, and was one of only five women canonized in the 17th century performed in Saint Peter’s Basilica.

Suite of 49 numbered engravings and a title page made after drawings by van Diepenbeeck and engraved by Frederik Bouttats Jr., Gaspard Bouttats, Martin Bouché, Davit Clouwet, Pieter van Lisebetten and Adriaen Lommelin.

The Virtual Carmelite Museum (https://carmelites.info/museum/) has provided …

Livre 1

1668 French edition

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Constitutions Comparison: 1668, 1670

Constitutions and Rules

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Codex: Sarzana Latin

Constitutions and Rules

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Codex: Sarzana English

Constitutions and Rules

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Codex: Sarzana English + Notes

Constitutions and Rules

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Constitutions Latin: 1668 To 1931

Constitutions and Rules

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