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Diary of John Cotton Jr. - 1666-1678
John Eliot, The Glorious Progress of the Gospel, Amongst the Indians in New England - 1649
John Eliot, et al., Strength out of Weakness, Or, a glorious manifestation of the further progress of the Gospel among the Indians in New England - 1652
John Eliot, Tears of repentance; or A further narrative of the progress of the Gospel amongst the Indians in New-England (London, 1653)
John Josselyn, New-Englands rarities discovered: in birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, and plants of that country: together with the physical and chyrurgical remedies wherewith the natives constantly use to cure their distempers, wounds, and sores - 1672
The Present State of New-England with Respect to the Indian War (London, 1676)
Thomas Shepard, The Clear Sun-shine of the Gospel breaking forth upon the Indians in New-England (London, 1648)
Harry Whitfield, The light appearing more and more toward the perfect day, or, A further discovery of the present state of the Indians in New-England, concerning the progress of the gospel amongst them (London, 1651)
William Wood, New Englands prospect: A true, lively, and experimental description of that part of America, commonly called New England: discovering the state of that countrie, both as it stands to our new-come English planters, and to the old native inhabitants (London: Thomas Cotes, 1634)
Flintlock from musket [lock of the gun by which King Philip was killed, 1676]
Elm burl samp bowl [a trophy from the wigwam of King Philip, when he was slain in 1676]
Cutlass [hangar or cutlass belonging to Col. Benjamin Church and believed to be the sword Church was wearing when King Philip was slain]
Map bearing inscription, 'A map of New-England, being the first that ever was here cut' from William Hubbard, The present state of New-England; being a narrative of the troubles with the Indians in New-England (London, 1677)
Increase Mather [portrait by John van Der Spriett, 1688]
Samuel Shrimpton [lithograph, 1858, based on a portrait by Leopold Grozelier]

These books and artifacts appear courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Located in the timeline are 15 artifacts dating back from the 1650s-1680s. To view them, use the arrow keys on your keyboard to scroll through the timeline. To view the books, manuscripts, and artifacts the class studied, follow the links below. Here you will also find descriptions of the students’ work

John Cotton, “Diary of John Cotton, Jr.” (kept from 6 March 1666-Nov. 1667 and 12 Oct. 1670-23 July 1678, together with a Massachuset Indian Language vocabulary)

John Eliot, The Glorious Progress of the Gospel, Amongst the Indians in New England (England, 1649) (pages 68-98)

John Eliot, et al., Strength out of weakness, Or, a glorious manifestation of the further progresse of the Gospel among the Indians in New England (London, 1652)

John Eliot, Tears of repentance; or, A further narrative of the progress of the Gospel amongst the Indians in New-England (London, 1653)(pages 197-260)

John Josselyn, New-Englands rarities discovered: in birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, and plants of that country: together with the physical and chyrurgical remedies wherewith the natives constantly use to cure their distempers, wounds, and sores (London, 1672)

The present state of New-England with respect to the Indian war (London, 1676)

Thomas Shepard, The Clear Sun-shine of the Gospel breaking forth upon the Indians in New-England (London, 1648)(pages 24-64)

Henry Whitfield, The light appearing more and more toward the perfect day, or, A further discovery of the present state of the Indians in New-England, concerning the progresse of gospel amongst them (London, 1651)(pages 101-47)

William Wood, New Englands prospect: A true, lively, and experimental description of that part of America, commonly called New England: discovering the state of that countrie, both as it stands to our new-come English planters, and to the old native inhabitants (London: Thomas Cotes, 1634)

Flintlock from musket [lock of the gun by which King Philip was killed, 1676]

Elm burl samp bowl [a trophy from the wigwam of King Philip, when he was slain in 1676]

Cutlass [hangar or cutlass belonging to Col. Benjamin Church and believed to be the sword Church was wearing when King Philip was slain]

“Map of New-England”

Increase Mather by John van Der Spriett

Samuel Shrimpton lithograph