Diaries, 1710-1758.

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Diaries, 1710-1758.

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This collection includes Williams' diaries for the following years: 1710, 1716, 1723, 1752, 1753, and 1758. The diary for 1723 was incorrectly attributed to Williams' father. All of the diaries were kept in interleaved almanacs. The brief entries include information on the weather, daily activities, deaths and baptisms, and farming and beekeeping. There are some financial accounts and occasional notations on Indian activities (especially in the earlier diaries) and on contemporary events (especially the 1758 diary with references to the French and Indian War).

6 v. ; octavo.

American Antiquarian Society

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Williams, William, 1688-1760

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William Williams, Jr., was born in 1688 in Hatfield, Mass., the son of the Reverend William and Eliza Cotton Williams. A 1705 graduate of Harvard College, he settled in Weston, Mass., in 1708 and served as minister there until 1750 when he was dismissed on charges of lascivious and immoral conduct. During his ministerial career he had speculated in land and after his dismissal he devoted himself, not too successfully, to his land investments. His first wife was a daughter of Solomon Stoddard (16...