Puritan judge Samuel Sewall witnessed or participated in many of the most important imperial episodes of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Massachusetts. These episodes punctuated his diary, which he kept daily for 55 years to record the issues that concerned him most — family, church, and town. Five representative years from his diary — 1685, 1696, 1706, 1717, 1726 — are reprinted here in their entirety.
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Mel Yazawa is associate professor of history at the University of New Mexico, where he has taught since 1984. He has been the recipient of a Presidential Lectureship, the Snead-Wertheim Lectureship, and a Faculty Recognition Award during his tenure. A specialist in the Revolutionary period and the intellectual history of early America, he has written , among other works, Representative Government and the Revolution: The Maryland Constitutional Crisis of 1789 (1975): From Colonies to Commonwealth: Familial Ideology and the Beginnings of the American Republic (1985); and "Republican Expectations: Revolutionary Ideology and the Compromise of 1790" in A Republic for the Ages, edited by Donald Kenon (forthcoming). Yazawa is currently working on a historiographical analysis of early America.
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A look into the life of a Puritan,
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This review is from: The Diary and Life of Samuel Sewall (Diary of Samuel Sewall) (Paperback)
Samuel Sewall was one of the few early Americans to record his day to day thoughts in a diary. It ia a very intimate look into his life as he never intended for anyone to ever read it. This gives us a unique and accurate glimpse into the mind of a second-generation New England Puritan. "The Diary and Life of Samuel Sewall" highlights Sewall's shift away from religion and toward a more political ideology. Samuel Sewall was also one of the judges in the infamous Salem witch trials. Yazawa has reproduced specific years from Sewall's diary in their entirety. In effort to bridge the gaps between years, Yazawa has included several introductions. Overall, this was an enjoyable and informative read. It brings the Puritan world to life throught the eyes of an influential Boston man.
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Cotton Mather, New England, New York, Samuel Sewall, General Court, Laus Deo, First Church, Increase Mather, Grove Hirst, Deputy Governour, Court of Assistants, Joseph Sewall, Stephen Sewall, Lord's Supper, Joseph Dudley, Major Richards, John Hull, Elisha Cooke, Major Walley, Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, Halsey Thomas, Samuel Willard, Elisha Hutchinson, North Church, Sewall Letter-Book New!
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Cotton Mather, New England, New York, Samuel Sewall, General Court, Laus Deo, First Church, Increase Mather, Grove Hirst, Deputy Governour, Court of Assistants, Joseph Sewall, Stephen Sewall, Lord's Supper, Joseph Dudley, Major Richards, John Hull, Elisha Cooke, Major Walley, Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, Halsey Thomas, Samuel Willard, Elisha Hutchinson, North Church, Sewall Letter-Book New!
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- The Puritan Dilemma: The Story of John Winthrop (2nd Edition) by Edmund S. Morgan on 5 pages
- Samuel Sewall of Boston by Ola E. Winslow on page 2, page 161, and Back Matter
- The Urban Crucible: Social Change, Political Consciousness, and the Origins of the American Revolution by Gary B. Nash on page 41, page 49, and Back Matter
- Worlds of Wonder, Days of Judgment: Popular Religious Belief in Early New England by David D. Hall on page 28, page 145, and Back Matter
- The New England Merchants in the Seventeenth Century by Bernard Bailyn on page 67, page 105, and Back Matter
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