MS Am 121.1 - Sermon notes, 1686-1687

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 1346
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1450)
Title
Sermon notes, 1686-1687
Shelfmark
MS Am 121.1
Creation Date
1686 - 1687
Repository
Contents Note

Notes made by John Hancock (1671-1752) of sermons by Nathaniel Gookin (1656-1692). Other preachers include Mather and William Brattle.

Material Features

149 leaves. Bound in limp vellum.

Provenance

The printed book label of John Hancock, dated 1687, has been pasted on the inside front cover of the volume. In addition, a handwritten note underneath the book label indicates that the book belonged to Daniel Thomas.

Acquisition

The gift of Mrs E. J. B. Huntoon.

Source of Data

Hannah Yip

Other Note

This manuscript is explored briefly in Michael P. Winship, Seers of God: Puritan Providentialism in the Restoration and Early Enlightenment (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996); Sarah Rivett, The Science of the Soul in Colonial New England (The University of North Carolina Press, 2011). It is cited in Winifred Herget, ‘Writing after the Ministers: The Significance of Sermon Notes’, in Studies in New England Puritanism, ed. by Winifred Herget (Frankfurt am Main: Verlag Peter Lang, 1983), pp. 113-138.

URLs
http://digitalcollections.library.harvard.edu/catalog/990098272490203941 Digitised copy of Houghton Library, MS Am 121.1.
GEMMS record created
March 3, 2021
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024