Reverend Michael Wigglesworth's 1649 notebook, containing notes on sermons. Most entries are written in shorthand, following a variant of the system in Thomas Shelton's Tachygrahy.
Bound in brown leather. Part of the Wigglesworth family papers, making up 25 items. Papers from three generations of the Massachusetts Wigglesworth family: Rev. Michael Wigglesworth (1631-1705), Edward Wigglesworth (1693-1765) and Edward Wigglesworth (1732-1794). The latter two were professors of divinity at Harvard College. The papers include correspondence, deeds, estate papers, poetry and records of estate settlements.
Catherine Evans
Available online as part of the New England Hidden Histories project (see link below).
Sermon 1 on Matthew 11:1 -- 3 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 2 on Matthew 11:1 -- 17 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 3 on Matthew 11:1 -- 5 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on Ecclesiastes 9:3 -- 5 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on Zechariah 1:5 -- 4 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on Matthew 11:6 -- 3 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 1 on Jeremiah 8:20 -- 5 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on Lamentations 1:7 -- 5 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on Psalms 90:15 -- 4 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on Luke 17:6 -- 2 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on Ephesians 2:20 -- 7 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 2 on Jeremiah 8:20 -- 2 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on Mark 6:34 -- 8 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on 2 Timothy 1:6 -- 3 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on Matthew 11:7 -- 4 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 1 on Psalms 42:7-8 -- 4 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on Matthew 2:9 -- 2 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 2 on Psalms 42:7-8 -- 3 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 2 on Psalms 42:7-8 -- 3 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 3 on Psalms 42:7-8 -- 3 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on Ezekiel 33:33 -- 3 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on Matthew 1:12-13 -- 3 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 1 on 2 Corinthians 4:1 -- 5 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 2 on 2 Corinthians 4:1 -- 5 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 3 on 2 Corinthians 4:1 -- 3 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 4 on 2 Corinthians 4:1 -- 7 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 5 on 2 Corinthians 4:1 -- 3 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on Hebrews 1:25 -- 5 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on unknown text -- 4 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 1 on 2 Corinthians 4:18 -- 2 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 2 on 2 Corinthians 4:18 -- 3 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 3 on 2 Corinthians 4:18 -- 2 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on Psalms 90:7-8 -- 4 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on Psalms 130:1 -- 2 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 1 on Psalms 130:2 -- 3 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 2 on Psalms 130:2 -- 4 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 1 on Psalms 130:3 -- 3 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 2 on Psalms 130:3 -- 4 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 3 on Psalms 130:3 -- 3 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on Matthew 7:30 -- 2 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on Matthew 5:28-29 -- 3 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 4 on Psalms 130:3 -- 4 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 1 on Psalms 130:4 -- 3 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on Matthew 2:3 -- 2 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 2 on Psalms 130:4 -- 3 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 3 on Psalms 130:4 -- 4 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on John 6:35 -- 5 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 4 on Psalms 130:4 -- 4 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 5 on Psalms 130:4 -- 5 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 6 on Psalms 130:4 -- 4 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 6 on Psalms 130:4 -- 4 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon 7 on Psalms 130:4 -- 2 pp. (unfoliated and unpaginated)
Sermon on Revelations 3:7-13 -- pp. 1 - 6 (written in reverse)