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Samuel Sewall (1652–1730)

Author of The Diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674-1729

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Image credit: History of the United States," E. Benjamin Andrews, 1912 Project Gutenberg

Works by Samuel Sewall

The Diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674-1729 (1967) 140 copies, 1 review

The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from the Grant of Its Territory to Charlestown in 1640 to the Ye (1990) 12 copies

The selling of Joseph; a memorial (1700) 5 copies

The Christian's triumph. The substance of a discourse delivered at Edgcomb on the 25th of Dec. 1816, at the interment of the widow Sarah Parsons 1 copy

Proposals touching the accomplishment of prophecies 1 copy

The diary of Samuel Sewall vol II, 1709-1729 1 copy

The selling of Joseph a memorial 1 copy

The history of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., from the grant of its territory to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1860. 1 copy

The Diary of Samual Sewall, Edited and abridged with an introduction by Harvey W 1 copy

The Diary of Samuel Sewall. Edited and Abridged, with an Introd. by Harvey Wish (1967) — Author — 1 copy

"Letters of Samuel Lee [1690] and Samuel Sewall [1691] Relating to New England and the Indians," 1 copy

Associated Works

The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1 (1990) — Contributor, some editions — 252 copies, 1 review

American Poetry: The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (2007) — Contributor — 224 copies

American Antislavery Writings: Colonial Beginnings to Emancipation (2012) — Contributor — 145 copies

The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Concise Edition (2003) — Contributor — 73 copies, 1 review

What happened in Salem? Documents pertaining to the seventeenth-century witchcraft trials (1960) — Contributor — 58 copies

American Literature: The Makers and the Making (In Two Volumes) (1973) — Contributor, some editions — 25 copies

An Autobiography of America (1929) — Contributor — 6 copies

Themes in American Literature (1972) — Contributor — 5 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Sewall, Samuel
Birthdate: 1652-03-28
Date of death: 1730-01-01
Gender: male
Education: Harvard College (BA|1671|MA|1674)
Occupations: printer
magistrate
chief justice (Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature)
Relationships: Taylor, Edward (friend)
Nationality: USA
England
Birthplace: Bishopstoke, Hampshire, England
Places of residence: Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Burial location: Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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The diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674-1729 / newly ed. from the manuscript at the Massachusetts Historical Society by M. Halsey Thomas by Samuel Sewall

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Also by: 8
Members: 165
Popularity: #128,475
Rating: 3.9

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 20

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