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- The Correspondence of John Cotton
- Book
- 2018
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
- Series: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
summary
John Cotton (1584-1652) was a key figure in the English Puritan movement in the first half of the seventeenth century, a respected leader among his generation of emigrants from England to New England.
This volume collects all known surviving correspondence by and to Cotton. These 125 letters--more than 50 of which are here published for the first time--span the decades between 1621 and 1652, a period of great activity and change in the Puritan movement and in English history. Now carefully edited, annotated, and contextualized, the letters chart the trajectory of Cotton's career and revive a variety of voices from the troubled times surrounding Charles I's reign, including those of such prominent figures as Oliver Cromwell, Bishop John Williams, John Dod, and Thomas Hooker, as well as many little-known persons who wrote to Cotton for advice and guidance.
Among the treasures of early Anglo-American history, these letters bring to life the leading Puritan intellectual of the generation of the Great Migration and illustrate the network of mutual support that nourished an intellectual and spiritual movement through difficult times.
This volume collects all known surviving correspondence by and to Cotton. These 125 letters--more than 50 of which are here published for the first time--span the decades between 1621 and 1652, a period of great activity and change in the Puritan movement and in English history. Now carefully edited, annotated, and contextualized, the letters chart the trajectory of Cotton's career and revive a variety of voices from the troubled times surrounding Charles I's reign, including those of such prominent figures as Oliver Cromwell, Bishop John Williams, John Dod, and Thomas Hooker, as well as many little-known persons who wrote to Cotton for advice and guidance.
Among the treasures of early Anglo-American history, these letters bring to life the leading Puritan intellectual of the generation of the Great Migration and illustrate the network of mutual support that nourished an intellectual and spiritual movement through difficult times.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xiv
- List of Illustrations
- pp. xxi-xxii
- Abbreviations and Short Titles
- pp. xxiii-xxviii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-67
- Provenance
- pp. 68-79
- Editorial Method
- pp. 80-90
- CORRESPONDENCE, 1621–1652
- pp. 91-92
- March 3, 1625/6: From R[alph] Levett
- pp. 103-107
- [March 1626]: To R[alph] Levett
- pp. 107-109
- October 25, 1626: From Herbert Palmer
- pp. 113-116
- November 8, 1626: To Herbert Palmer
- pp. 116-119
- April 5, [1627?]: From Edward Reyner
- pp. 119-121
- March 15, 1627/8: From Charles Chauncy
- pp. 121-123
- [Spring 1628?]: To Arthur Hildersham
- pp. 124-126
- November 29, 1628: From John Nicolaus Rulice
- pp. 129-133
- October 26, 1629: From Timothy Van Vleteren
- pp. 133-135
- December 16, 1629: To Timothy Van Vleteren
- pp. 135-137
- February 3, 1629/30: To Arthur Hildersham
- pp. 137-139
- April 12, 1630: To Hugh Goodyear
- pp. 139-141
- October 2, 1630: To Samuel Skelton
- pp. 141-149
- October 3, 1630: To Herbert Pelham
- pp. 150-151
- November 1, [1630]: From Jeremiah Burroughes
- pp. 151-155
- [November 1630]: To Jeremiah Burroughes
- pp. 155-156
- 1630: To N[athaniel] Rogers
- pp. 156-157
- January 1, 1630/1: From John Dinley
- pp. 157-162
- December 13, 1631: From Nathaniel Ward
- pp. 162-164
- [1628–1631?]: To a Silenced Minister
- pp. 164-166
- March 9, 1631/2: To Nathaniel Rogers
- pp. 171-172
- June 4, 1632: From William Coddington
- pp. 172-173
- [Spring 1633?]: From Thomas Goodwin
- pp. 176-177
- [About April 1633]: From Thomas Hooker
- pp. 177-178
- December 3, 1634: To a Minister in England
- pp. 181-188
- [Late 1634–Early 1635]: To [John Hall]
- pp. 192-203
- October 5, 1635: To [Anthony Tuckney]
- pp. 210-211
- Early 1636: To Roger Williams
- pp. 211-225
- [March 31, 1637]: From Peter Bulkeley
- pp. 253-257
- April 1, 1637: From Richard Bernard
- pp. 257-262
- December 19, [1637]: To John Dod
- pp. 268-272
- March 27, [1638]: To Samuel Stone
- pp. 272-275
- June 4, [1638]: To [Unknown] at Aquidneck
- pp. 276-280
- March 21, 1638/9: From Thomas Dudley
- pp. 288-289
- October 15, 1639: From John Reyner
- pp. 293-297
- October 18, [1639]: To John Reyner
- pp. 298-299
- April 18, 1640: To [John Wheelwright]
- pp. 300-315
- June 3, 1640: From John Wheelwright
- pp. 315-319
- August 12, [1640]: To Francis Hutchinson
- pp. 319-323
- August 26, 1640: To [John] Elmeston
- pp. 323-328
- December 17, 1640: From Peter Bulkeley
- pp. 334-337
- January 4, 1640/1: From Peter Bulkeley
- pp. 338-339
- January 16, 1640/1: To Peter Bulkeley
- pp. 339-343
- February 19, 1640/1: To a ‘‘Dear Sister’’
- pp. 343-345
- [March–April 1641]: From William Coddington
- pp. 345-348
- August 7, 1641: To Peter Bulkeley
- pp. 349-350
- August 27, [1641]: From William Coddington
- pp. 350-351
- February 1641/2: From Peter Bulkeley
- pp. 352-354
- [February 1641/2]: To [Peter Bulkeley]
- pp. 355-356
- March 9, 1641/2: To Stephen Bachiler
- pp. 356-362
- September 26, 1642: From Peter Bulkeley
- pp. 365-366
- [After September 26, 1642]: To [Unknown]
- pp. 367-368
- November 21, 1642: From Thomas Allen
- pp. 368-375
- Late 1644: To Master R. M.
- pp. 381-382
- [About 1638–1644]: To [Robert Harding?]
- pp. 382-383
- July 3, 1645: From Robert Jordan
- pp. 385-388
- [April 3, 1646]: To Thomas Shepard
- pp. 388-393
- March 12, 1646/7: From Benjamin Keayne
- pp. 394-395
- July 1647: From Nathanael Norcross
- pp. 396-398
- [Late March or April 1648]: To John Winthrop
- pp. 400-404
- September 14, 1648: To [Lydia Gaunt]
- pp. 404-408
- [1646–1648?]: To [Unknown]
- pp. 409-413
- January 8, 1648/9: To a Friend in England
- pp. 413-414
- April 30, 1649: From Peter Bulkeley
- pp. 416-417
- May 1649: To [Peter Bulkeley]
- pp. 417-418
- [1649]: To Richard Saltonstall, Jr.
- pp. 419-421
- April 4, 1650: From Peter Bulkeley
- pp. 429-432
- April 29, 1650: To [Nathaniell White]
- pp. 432-436
- May 6, 1650: From John Davenport
- pp. 436-439
- [May 1650]: To John Davenport
- pp. 440-441
- September 16, 1650: From Samuel Stone
- pp. 443-446
- June 6, 1651: From John Eliot
- pp. 446-448
- [June 1651]: To John Eliot
- pp. 449-454
- July 28, 1651: To Oliver Cromwell
- pp. 458-464
- September 15, 1651: From Richard Mather
- pp. 464-468
- October 2, 1651: From Oliver Cromwell
- pp. 468-470
- October 18, 1651: To Mr. [John] Elmeston
- pp. 470-472
- [About 1648–1651]: From S[eaborn] C[otton]
- pp. 473-477
- [1651–1652?]: To a Minister
- pp. 477-480
- [1651–1652]: To [Edward?] Naylor
- pp. 480-488
- [1647–1652]: To a ‘‘Scrupler’’
- pp. 488-489
- October 12, 1652: To John Elmeston
- pp. 504-507
- [?1637–1652]: From Samuel Whiting
- pp. 507-512
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469601151
Related ISBN(s)
9780807826355, 9780807839157, 9781469615240, 9798890871817
MARC Record
OCLC
1080551966
Pages
584
Launched on MUSE
2019-01-02
Language
English
Open Access
No