Inventory of the New England Papers, 1648-1773

Collection Number 2833-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Title
New England Papers, 1648-1773.
Call Number
2833-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
12 items.
Abstract
Collected, unrelated papers from colonial New England, including letters from governors John Endecott, 1649, Joseph Dudley, 1710, and Jonathan Belcher, 1733/34, of Massachusetts; Cotton Mather, 1691; William Bollan, 1761; and President Eleazar Wheelock of Dartmouth, 1773, introducing two Indians to Sir William Johnson; a report of an examination, circa 1640-1670, of Hester [Lugge?] by Governor Richard Bellingham of Massachusetts, in which the accused confessed that she was pregnant out of wedlock; and a sermon in shorthand, 1727.


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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the New England Papers, #2833-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757.
Bellingham, Richard, 1592?-1672.
Bollan, William, d. 1776.
Dartmouth College--Presidents.
Dudley, Joseph, 1647-1720.
Endecott, John, 1588?-1665.
Governors--Massachusetts--History--17th century.
Governors--Massachusetts--History--18th century.
Johnson, William, 1715-1774.
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
New England--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Sermons, American--New England.
Unmarried mothers--Massachusetts--History--17th century.
Wheelock, Eleazar, 1711-1779.
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--Massachusetts--History--17th century.
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Collection Overview

Collected, unrelated papers from colonial New England, including letters from governors John Endecott, 1649, Joseph Dudley, 1710, and Jonathan Belcher, 1733/34, of Massachusetts; Cotton Mather, 1691; William Bollan, 1761; and President Eleazar Wheelock of Dartmouth, 1773, introducing two Indians to Sir William Johnson; a report of an examination, circa 1640-1670, of Hester [Lugge?] by Governor Richard Bellingham of Massachusetts, in which the accused confessed that she was pregnant out of wedlock; and a sermon in shorthand, 1727.