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Samuel Mather letters [textual record (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1689-1790.

Reference:

R13231-0-1-E

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3963187

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Samuel Mather letters
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Date(s):

1689-1790.

Place of creation:

Various places

Extent:

1 microfilm reel.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of letters of Congregational minister Samuel Mather (1706-1785) to his son Samuel (1737-1813) during the latter's service with Provincial forces at Fort Edward during the French and Indian War; in Quebec as Commissary until the change from military to civil rule and Mather Jr.'s return to Boston (1771); and to him in England and Wales as an American refugee during and following the Revolution. Mather's letters discuss family and local Boston news, the progress of the French and Indian War, reaction to the Stamp Act (1765) and its later repeal, fatherly advice and concern for his son, and disapproval at his choice of loyalties and flight from the U.S. Also, correspondence between Thomas Hutchinson Jr. and Mather Jr. regarding money matters and stipends for refugees; a document on "The Case of Samuel Mather..., an American Refugee" (1790); and earlier letters to and from Judge Samuel Sewall (1652-1730) and from Cotton Mather. Additional correspondents include William Burnet and Edmund Quincy (1681-1738).

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Mather, Samuel, 1706-1785

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Mather, Samuel, 1706-1785 : Samuel Mather is the son of Cotton Mather (1663-1728), an important American Congregational clergyman and author. Like his father, Samuel was a clergyman. He graduated at Harvard in 1723 and was pastor of the North Church, Boston, from 1732 to 1742. Owing to a dispute among his congregation over revivals, he resigned to take charge of a church established for him in North Bennett Street. Among his works are "The Life of Cotton Mather" (1729), "An Apology for the Liberties of the Churches in New England" (1738) and "America Known to the Ancients" (1773).

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(No finding aid) Some items are individually described in the Massachussets Historical Society manuscript catalog. (90: Open)

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Microfilming of the documents was done in 2005, thanks to financial assistance provided by the Cultural Affairs office of the United States Embassy to Canada.

Location of originals note:

Originals are kept by the Massachusetts Historical Society, call number P-768.

Source:

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Microfilm reel [R13231] M-9644

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