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Sending tokens of love from himself and his wife to R.C. and his "dearest" with "gingerbread for the lambs," criticizing severely T. Palmer's sermon, transcribing news, speaking of the writer's constant visitations to the sick, and stating that Capt. Chubb is to be tried for his life, Thursday, A.M.
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p841b597n
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Letter from John Cotton to Rowland Cotton, Sandwich, after 1696 August
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p841b597n
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title
Letter from John Cotton to Rowland Cotton, Sandwich, after 1696 August
description
Sending tokens of love from himself and his wife to R.C. and his "dearest" with "gingerbread for the lambs," criticizing severely T. Palmer's sermon, transcribing news, speaking of the writer's constant visitations to the sick, and stating that Capt. Chubb is to be tried for his life, Thursday, A.M.
date
["August 1696"]
year
1696
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
19_03_1507_01_011
creators
Cotton, John, 1640-1699
Cotton, Rowland, 1667-1722
Old South Church (Boston, Mass.)
Prince, Thomas, 1687-1758
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Thomas Prince Library and Collection of the Old South Church
Cotton and Prince Papers
subjects
Massachusetts--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Puritans
Cotton family
Prince family
subjectsGeographic
Massachusetts
North and Central America
United States
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Correspondence
Manuscripts
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Text
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United States
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Massachusetts
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1
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1 item (4 pages) ; 19 x 30 cm
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42.25
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-71.8333
notes
Description of contents copied from Boston Public Library Prince Collection catalog.
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p841b597n
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