Newberry Library - Circular letter Boston, Mass., to Josiah Cotton, Plimouth, Mass., 1712/13 i.e. 1713 Feb. 10

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Open book Circular letter Boston, Mass., to Josiah Cotton, Plimouth, Mass., 1712/13 i.e. 1713 Feb. 10

Title Circular letter Boston, Mass., to Josiah Cotton, Plimouth, Mass., 1712/13 i.e. 1713 Feb. 10

Creator Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the Parts Adjacent in America

Date 1713

Place New England

Language English

Subjects Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the Parts Adjacent in America, Indians of North America, Missionaries, Missions

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Text of letter on p. [1]-[2]; address on p. [4]
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.

Summary February 10, 1712/13, circular letter from the commissioners of the society, addressed to Josiah Cotton, a Plymouth, Mass., teacher, missionary, and town official, who for nearly forty years (dismissed 1744) received an annual stipend of twenty pounds for his preaching to the Indians. Signed and probably composed by Samuel Sewall, the letter informs the missionaries that the commissioners have advanced and borrowed large sums to keep the work going, and advises them to keep the Sabbath, promote the schools, and protect the Indians from unscrupulous whites.

Biographical/Historical Note Protestant foreign missionary society founded in 1649 in London to convert the Indians of New England. The society collected and invested funds, the interest from which it sent annually to its New England commissioners, who then paid the salaries of missionaries there. Samuel Sewall, a prominent Boston public official and merchant, was appointed commissioner of the society in 1699, secretary in 1700, and treasurer in 1701.

Extent 1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 31 cm

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts, Records

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 181

BibID 136936

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2104px × 3392px 20.45 MB

Filename 991369368805867_Ayer_MS_181_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11IA0U