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A catalogue of books belonging vnto me Increase Mather

1 pp 1664

A handwritten list of books in the personal library of Increase Mather begun in 1664. Written in Mather's own hand, the list contains approximately 700 entries divided by size (folio, octavo, small octavo, and 16mo). Some of the entries list books as having been borrowed by Mather from others. The final group of entries lists books lent out by Mather.

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A reply to the animadversions on the treatise of prophesie

1 pp 1639

An autograph manuscript (unsigned) in the hand of Thomas Lechford containing a defense of his earlier tract, "Of prophesie."

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Adams, Charles Francis

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Adams, John

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Adams, John Quincy

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An Hebrew grammar

1 pp 1723

A manuscript copy of the work published at Boston in 1735 under title "Dickdook Leshon Gnebreet. A grammar of the Hebrew tongue." With this is bound "An alphabetical catalogue of the nouns & verbs which consists of more than 3 radicals..." (69 pages). This copy signed by Nicholas Bowes and dated 1723 on pages 67 and 103. Bowes was a member of the Harvard Class of 1725.

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Arbitrary government described

1 pp 1644

A manuscript in six parts, all in the hand of John Winthrop. Contains: 1. The full text of Arbitrary government described (1644) -- 2. Miscellaneous excerpts from the writings of Thomas Aquinas (in Latin) -- 3. Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:28 -- 4. A summary of the Committee of Deputies' reply to Arbitrary government described (with Winthrop's commentary on the same) titled "The returnes of the com[m]ittee of the house of Dep:: concerning the book about arbitrary governmt, in the examn thereof, & the votes of the house passed upon each p[ar]ticular" -- 5. Winthrop's defense of Arbitrary government described, titled "The author's review of his writing" -- 6. A contemporary bifolium (26 x 17 cm, folded) containing notes in the hand of John Winthrop, collectively titled "About the booke abt Arbitrary governmnt."

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Aspinwall, Thomas

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Barlow, Samuel L. M. (Samuel Latham Mitchill)

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Bellingham, Richard, 1592?-1672

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Book of possessions of the town of Boston, ca. 1644-1693

1 pp 1644

This document, a 154-page manuscript dating largely from ca. 1652, records land transactions and holdings of the residents of Boston. Entries contain the names of owners or parties to the transactions, the properties in question, and the dates of the transactions. The earliest transaction date referenced is 1644 and the latest is 1652. The first four pages are comprised of a manuscript index dated 1827 and signed by Samuel F. McLeary, City Clerk. An earlier index, possibly contemporary to the original text, is present on the last page. The final six pages contain later entries, running from back to front, that primarily describe transactions related to stray livestock. These entries are dated from 1675 to 1693 and are signed by various clerks. One of these later entries, appearing on the bottom of the page labeled 145, bears the name of Governor John Leverett and attests to the sale of seven enslaved Native American men to Lancelott Talbott and Joseph Smith.

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Boston (Mass.). Town Clerk

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A catalogue of books belonging vnto me Increase Mather

A reply to the animadversions on the treatise of prophesie

Adams, Charles Francis

Adams, John

Adams, John Quincy

An Hebrew grammar

Arbitrary government described

Aspinwall, Thomas

Barlow, Samuel L. M. (Samuel Latham Mitchill)

Bellingham, Richard, 1592?-1672

Book of possessions of the town of Boston, ca. 1644-1693

Boston (Mass.). Town Clerk