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Mentioning the death of Dr. Williams and his wife at Barbadoes, discussing T. Palmer's prospects of a settlement at Compton, and speaking of Mr. Wadsworth's approaching ordination, etc.
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p841b585v
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Letter from John Cotton to Rowland Cotton, Sandwich, before 1696 September 8
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p841b585v
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title
Letter from John Cotton to Rowland Cotton, Sandwich, before 1696 September 8
description
Mentioning the death of Dr. Williams and his wife at Barbadoes, discussing T. Palmer's prospects of a settlement at Compton, and speaking of Mr. Wadsworth's approaching ordination, etc.
date
["September 18, 1696"]
year
1696
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
19_03_1507_01_008b
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
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
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1 item (2 pages) ; 16 x 12 cm
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42.25
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-71.8333
notes
"Mr. Wadsworth was ordain'd Sept. 8. 1696." --Note in the hand of Thomas Prince
Description of contents copied from Boston Public Library Prince Collection catalog.
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