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269 Index “An Account of the Life and Writings of the Earl of Rochester” (Johnson), 132 An Account of the Voyages (Hawkesworth), xxxv Ackland, Mrs., 109, 228n144 Adam and Eve, xxxix, 77–81 Adams, Hannah, xlii, xlviii, 109, 215n9, 228n142; An Alphabetical Compendium of the Various Sects, xvii; The History of the Jews, xxx, 139, 208n3, 240n237 Adams, John, 139, 193n1, 239n232 Adams, Samuel, 168, 169, 250n33 Addison, Joseph, 137, 236n223 The Adulateur (Warren), xviii African Americans, 162–65, 176–77, 211n13, 248nn17–18 Aikin, Lucy, xxxv, 80; Epistles on Women, 107–8, 217n10, 217n12 Alexander, William, 89, 218n26; The History of Women, xxxv Allen, John, 138, 237n228 An Alphabetical Compendium of the Various Sects (H. Adams), xvii American Antiquarian Society, xxv, xxvii, xlvi, 29–31 American Israel, 15, 125, 231n179 American Revolution, xli–xlii, 14, 125, 168–70, 201n49 Ames, Fischer, 139, 239n232 Anne (queen of England), 101, 224n97 antiquarian research, 16, 27–28, 30–34, 171, 209n10 “Antiquarian researches, Pleasant and easy” (H. M. Crocker), xxv, 207 Arius, 98, 222n70 Ascham, Roger, 101, 224n94 associations and societies. See institution(s) Attucks, Crispus, 193n1, 250n35 Aurelian, 99 Aurelius (pseudonym for Samuel Mather), 142–44, 242n257 Bacon, Francis, 133, 138, 233n199, 236n224 Balaam, 4–6, 9, 176 Balak, 4–6, 9 Basnage, Jacques, 41, 139; The History of the Jews, 210n3, 210n7, 240n237 Baxter, Richard, 137, 235n219 Beauties of History (Stretch), xxxv, 134, 230n164, 230n171 Belknap, Jeremy, 139, 239n232 Bellingham, Richard, 191, 254n72 Bendish, Henry, 218n23 Bernard, Francis, 168, 250n36 Bigelow, Timothy, 58, 214n31 Boaz (pillar in Solomon’s temple), 59, 214n32 Boston, xlvi–xlvii, 159, 161–62, 163, 164, 168, 169–70 Boston Massacre, 168, 193n1, 250n34 Boston  Centinel, xxi Boston Tea Party, 169 Botting, Eileen Hunt, xxxvi Bowdoin, James, 139, 239n232 270 index Boyle, Robert, 140, 241n241; Life of Boyle, 241n242 Bradford, William, 138, 237n228 Bradstreet, Simon, 138, 237n228 Brantôme, Pierre de Bourdeille, Seigneur de: Illustrious Dames, 100, 223n87 Brattle Street Church, 247n21 “Brave seamen, you may safely sail” (H. M. Crocker), 62–63 Brewster, William, 138, 237n228 Brooks, John, 185–86, 252nn59–60, 253n62 Bullock, Stephen C., 197n24, 211n13 Burgoyne, John, 170, 250n41 Burke, Edmund, 137, 236n223 Burleigh, Lady (Mildred Cecil), 104 Burleigh, Lord (William Cecil), 104 Burnet, Gilbert, xxxv, 132, 232n192; Some Passages in the Life and Death of John, Earl of Rochester, xxxiv– xxxv Burroughs, Jeremiah, 137, 235n219 Cagliostro (Giuseppe Balsamo), 208n6 Caius Gracchus, 102–3, 225n107 Caldwell, James, 250n35 Calvin, Jean, 137, 235n218 Calvinism, 231n181 Canada, 5, 14 Cape of Good Hope, 62–63, 68, 214n1 Cary, Margaret Greaves, 177, 251n52 Cato, Marcus Porcius, 140, 241n244 Centinel. See Columbian Centinel Chapone, Hester Mulso, 104, 225n113 charity, 17, 121–22, 129–30, 140 Chatham, First Earl of. See Pitt, William Chauncy, Charles, 138, 237n229 children, 126, 127, 139–40 Christianity: and Freemasonry, 46, 47, 53–54, 212n23, 213n26; and institutions , 16, 31; and Josephus, 132; and rational living, 127–28; and temperance, 66–68; and women, 75, 81–83, 90–92, 98, 113, 117 Cicero, 134–35, 234n207 “city upon a hill,” 161, 247n9 Clark, Elizabeth Saltonstall, 173 Clark, John, 172–73, 251n46 Clinton, Henry, 170, 250n41 Coke, Edward, 236n224 Coke, Thomas, 138, 217n5; A Commentary on the Bible, xxxv Colman, Benjamin, 138, 238n230 “Columbia” (Dwight), xxvi Columbian Centinel, xxi, 44, 57–58 Columbus, Christopher, 106, 138, 214n1 A Commentary on the Bible (T. Coke), xxxv commonplace books, xvi, xviii, xx– xxi, xxxvi, xlvi, 194n8 Conrad, Susan Phinney, xvi–xvii Cooper, Samuel, 138, 238n230 Cooper, William, 138, 238n230 Cornelia (mother of the Gracchi), 102–3, 225n106 Cotton, John, 138, 237n229 creation, 77–78 Crocker, Hannah Mather: ancestry of, 190; “Antiquarian researches, Pleasant and easy,” xxv, 207; background of, xiv–xv; “Brave seamen, you may safely sail,” 62–63; children of, xv, 194n6; and Enlightenment, xviii, xxi– xxii, 195n11; “Fast Sermon,” 202; and Federalist party, 252n260; first publication of, xviii; and Freemasonry, xxii, xxvi, 196n17, 203, 230n163; on government, 24; “An Humble Address to the rea- [18.222.115.179] Project MUSE (2024-04-20 00:02 GMT) 271 index son, and Wisdom of the American Nation,” xxiv–xxv; “An humble imitation of Dwight’s ‘Columbia,’” xxvi, 35–36; humor of, xxx; letter to, from parents, 175–76; “[Lines to be Read at Opening School],” 181; and Mather chair, 188; The Midnight Beau, xxvii, xliii–xlv, xlvii , 197n30, 245n16; “North Square Creed, 30 Years ago,” xxi–xxii, xlvii; Observations on the Real Rights of Women, xviii, xxxiii–xliii, xlvii, 198n35; “[On Launching the Frigate Independence...

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