Stewart Mitchell collection [photostats], 1628-1930.

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Stewart Mitchell collection [photostats], 1628-1930.

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Photostats collected by historian Stewart Mitchell concerning the first Massachusetts charter and other events in early Massachusetts history. The documents include all stages of development of the Royal Charter, including copies of the King's Bill, Writ of Privy Seal, etc., and copies of all official and early manuscript copies by John Winthrop and John Endecott. Also includes copies of documents concerning the settlement of Massachusetts Bay by the Massachusetts Bay Company, extracts from John Winthrop's journal, 1630 and Francis Higginson's writings; copies of the Royal seal and early seals of the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth Colonies; documents concerning the sale of Indian captives; Revolutionary war journals of Ezra Tilden and copies of annotated almanacs. Also includes documents written or signed by John F. Eliot, John Leverett, and King Charles I. The photostats were collected for the publication of The Founding of Massachusetts: a selection from the sources of the history of the settlement, 1628-31 in the proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Also includes a line by line listing of variations in the texts of the Royal Charter, by Julia Crouse.

3 boxes and 1 oversize box

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Higginson, Francis, 1587-1630

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Massachusetts Bay Company

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Massachusetts Bay Company (also known as Commissioners of Massachusetts Bay or Massachusetts Bay Colony) chartered in 1629; in 1684 charter was revoked; the government continued to function, however until 1686, when the Massachusetts Bay Colony was absorbed into the Dominion of New England. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Daniel Denison, William Hathorne, and Richard Walden, Commissioners of Massachusetts Bay, 1662 May 27. (Maine Historical Society Library). Worl...

Tilden, Ezra, 1751-1819.

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Leverett, John, 1616-1679

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Governor of Massachusetts (Colony) and British army officer. From the description of Letter of John Leverett, 1674. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014929 ...

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 ...

Crouse, Julia

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Endecott, John, 1588?-1665

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Colonial governor of Massachusetts. From the description of John Endecott letter, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009908 John Endecott was the Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1629-1630, 1644, 1649, 1651-1653, 1655-1664 and was often the Lieutenant Governor between terms as Governor. From the description of [Document] / J. Endecott, Joseph Wills. [between 1640 and 1649] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 225161371 ...

Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649

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Title: King of Great Britain and Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001084.0x0001b0 John Bennett of Symondsbury, Dorset, yeoman, was the grandfather of John Every, the ward of the Prince of Wales. Barbara Every was the widow of John Every, deceased, and mother of John Every, ward of the Prince of Wales. From the description of Lease from Charles, Prince of Wales, to John Bennett of Symondsbury,...

Mitchell, Stewart

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Winthrop, John, 1588-1649

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Governor of Massachusetts. From the description of Description of John Winthrop, 1631 March 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067142 John Winthrop (1588-1649), a Puritan lawyer, one of the founders and the governor of the colony of Massachusetts. In March 1630, Winthrop began his journal that he kept until January 1649. By the early 1640s, the entries became more irregular and retrospective, and the narrative was more of a history than a personal journal. There were three ...