Indians converted or historical collections of the Indians in New England ..., 1674.

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Indians converted or historical collections of the Indians in New England ..., 1674.

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Original ms. written by Daniel Gookin, colonial magistrate, in 1674. Gookin discussed the state of Native American affairs in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, especially the culture, language, religion, and customs of Native Americans. Among the tribes he focused on were the Massachuset, the Narraganset, and the Pequot. Gookin described his work and the efforts of John Eliot, James Fitch, and Thomas Mayhew in culturally assimilating Native Americans, work supported by Robert Boyle and the Society for Propagation of the Gospel in New England.

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Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691

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Boyle, British natural philosopher, chemist. Eton College, circa 1635-1638, traveled on continent and studied with private tutors, 1638-1644. He was greatly influenced by his readings of Bacon and Descartes. Became active participant and member "Invisible College, London, 1644 (predecessor of the Royal Society, 1662); established a laboratory, Oxford 1654; Director, East India Company; financed much missionary work including the printing of Bibles for the various British colonies; m...

Mayhew, Thomas, 1621-1657

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Society for Propagation of the Gospel in New England

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Eliot, John, 1604-1690

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John Eliot, styled "the Indian Apostle," was born in England, emigrated to the U.S. (Boston) in 1631 and died at Roxbury, Mass. He was the translator of the first Bible into the Indian (N.A.) language; known as Eliot's Indian Bible. From the description of Autograph signature to covenant, 1624 Jan. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615429 Clergyman and missionary. From the description of John Eliot letter, 1673. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71010036 ...

Fitch, James, 1622-1702

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Gookin, Daniel, 1612-1687

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Daniel Gookin, soldier, born in Kent, England, about 1612; died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 19 March, 1687. He came with his father to Virginia in 1621. During the Indian massacre of 1622, Gookin, with thirty-five men, held his plantation, at what is now Newport News, against the savages. In May, 1644, in consequence of his doctrinal sympathies with the Puritans, he removed to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he was soon afterward appointed a captain of militia and a member of the house of deput...