Letter from John Cotton to his father, 1709 May 3.

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Letter from John Cotton to his father, 1709 May 3.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/579461976

Letter written by John Cotton from Boston to his father Rowland Cotton in Sandwich, Massachusetts, while John was a student at Harvard College. In the letter, John shares local news with his father, including information about developments in the Queen Anne's War, the presence of Indians in Haverhill, Massachusetts, community information, and a reference to a "scurrilous pamphlet come over [agst] Uncle Ma: & ye President," likely referring to "The Deplorable State of New England" published in London in 1708.

.01 cubic feet (1 letter)

Harvard University Archives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7764963

Harvard University Archives.

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Cotton, John, 1693-1757

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John Cotton (1693-1757) (AB 1685) was a minister in Newtown, Massachusetts. Rowland Cotton (1667-1722) (AB 1685) was the Congregational minister of Sandwich, Massachusetts from 1691 through his death in 1722. He was the grandson of the Puritan minister John Cotton (1585-1652). From the description of Letter from John Cotton to his father, 1709 May 3. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 579461976 ...

Cotton, Rowland, 1667-1722

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