Letters to Samuel Gardner Drake and Francis Jackson, 1828 June-1831 Apr.

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Letters to Samuel Gardner Drake and Francis Jackson, 1828 June-1831 Apr.

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Includes comment on New England history, including Indians, in Mr. Drake's correspondence; and genealogical information and criticism of facts in Cotton Mather, Hutchinson, and Savage in Farmer's letters to Mr. Jackson.

340 p.

State Library of Massachusetts

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SNAC Resource ID: 8057865

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Jackson, Francis, 1789-1861

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American temperance leader. From the description of Autograph letters signed (4) : [n.p.], to the Reverend John Pierpont, 1841 Feb. 13-1849 May 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269544794 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to the Reverand George Ripley, 1841 Mar. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269523333 Reformer. From the description of Papers of Francis Jackson, 1845-1849. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450123 ...

Farmer, John, 1789-1838

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John Farmer, son of John and Lydia (Richardson) Farmer, was born 12 June 1789 Chelmsford, MA; he was an antiquarian and pioneer of American genealogy; he died 13 August 1838 Concord, NH. From the description of John Farmer papers, 1810-1834. (New England Historic Genealogical Society). WorldCat record id: 185145659 Corresponding secretary of New Hampshire Historical Society. From the description of Letters to Samuel Gardner Drake and Francis Jackson, 1828 June-18...

New Hampshire Historical Society

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Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728

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Mather was an American Puritan clergyman and writer. Mather attended Harvard (A.B. 1678, M.A. 1681) and served as minister at the Second Church in Boston from 1685 until his death. His advice was sought during the Salem witch trials. During his lifetime Mather wrote more than 450 books. ...

Drake, Samuel Gardner, 1798-1875

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Samuel Gardner Drake, antiquarian and author. Drake was born to Simeon and Love Muchmore (Tucke) Drake in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, on October 11, 1798. After teaching for several years in New Hampshire and New Jersey, Drake established a book auction business in 1828. Two years later, he opened the first antiquarian bookstore in the United States in Cornhill, Boston. Drake was a founding member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, serving as its first corresponding secr...

Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780

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Governor of Massachusetts. From the description of Certification, 1752. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70960172 At this time, Hutchinson was judge of probate in Suffolk County (1749-1766); later he was royal governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1771-1774) From the description of A Brief State of that Part of Massachusetts Bay which is situated East of the Province of Main (sic) with reasons for erecting it into a separate & distinct Province : manuscript...

Savage, James, 1784-1873

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James Savage received his A.B. from Harvard in 1803. From the description of [Student theme] , March 14, [1803]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77072623 ...