Papers, 1682-1722 and undated.

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Papers, 1682-1722 and undated.

1682-1722 and undated.

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Sermons, letters and petitions by the clergyman Cotton Mather. Contains autograph manuscripts and photostatic reproductions of a book list, sermons, excerpts from his diary, and correspondence with Thomas Prince of Boston (1687-1758), the Congregational minister Peter Thatcher of Boston (d. 1739), and the Congregational minister Joseph Webb (1666-1732) concerning the Hollis professorship of Divinity at Harvard College. Also contains petitions on behalf of Harvard College to the Governor and General Assembly of Massachusetts Bay, and to the Lieutenant-Governor and Council of Massachusetts Bay.

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Webb, Joseph, 1666-1732

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Prince, Thomas, 1687-1758

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Thomas Prince (1687-1758) was a graduate of Harvard College, a clergyman, scholar, historian, pastor of the Old South Church in Boston, Mass. from 1718 to 1758, and author of A Chronological History of New England, in the Form of Annals (1736). From the description of Thomas Prince letters, 1721-1738. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 660848206 From the guide to the Thomas Prince letters, 1721-1738, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke U...