Samuel Sewall
Biographic Data
| ID | 685614 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samuel Sewall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samuel |
| FAMILY NAME | Sewall |
| SIGNATURE | SEWALL S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Puritan Family Life: The Diary of Samuel Sewall
Historians have commonly characterized Puritan family life as joyless, repressive, even brutal. By such accounts, Puritan parents disciplined their children mercilessly, crushed their wills, responded callously to their deaths, and routinely sent them of the home to be raised by cold-hearted surrogates. The diary of Samuel Sewall (1652-1730) contradicts this grim portrait of the Puritan household. Although Sewall was an exceptional Puritan father…
Puritan Family Life: The Diary of Samuel Sewall
A Letter from Samuel Sewall to His Father
The Other Diary of Samuel Sewall
IT is a truth not universally acknowledged that the Diary of Samuel Sewall actually contains two diaries. One, the scholars and critics have read, commented on, anthologized, and abridged for us, so that familiar to even the casual student of early America is the figure of our wealthy Puritan forefather whose eligible widower's bowels yern[ed] towards Mrs. Denison.'1 In this diary we read, as the editors of one American literature anthology phras…
Re-Editing an American Classic
The Diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674-1729
The Diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674–1729 Get access Thomas M. Halsey, Editor, The Diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674–1729. 2 vols.; New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1973. xxxvii, 1254 pp. $30.00. David H. Flaherty David H. Flaherty Associate Professor of History University of Western Ontario, Canada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 19, Issue 4, October 1975, Pages 313–315…
Judge Samuel Sewall's Efforts in Behalf of the First Americans
Samuel Sewall, who was presiding judge at the Salem, Massachusetts, witchcraft trials of 1692, is more widely-remembered in this connection than any other. He had a considerable involvement with Indians in the Massachusetts area, however, which has been largely overlooked by historians. His relationships with these Indians are examined here. Our Blessed Saviour's Method of Conversion was, To Heal the Bodies of Men and Women, in order to His Entir…
The Diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674-1729
The Diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674–1729 Get access Thomas M. Halsey, Editor, The Diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674–1729. 2 vols.; New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1973. xxxvii, 1254 pp. $30.00. David H. Flaherty David H. Flaherty Associate Professor of History University of Western Ontario, Canada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 19, Issue 4, October 1975, Pages 313–315…
Puritan Family Life: The Diary of Samuel Sewall
Historians have commonly characterized Puritan family life as joyless, repressive, even brutal. By such accounts, Puritan parents disciplined their children mercilessly, crushed their wills, responded callously to their deaths, and routinely sent them of the home to be raised by cold-hearted surrogates. The diary of Samuel Sewall (1652-1730) contradicts this grim portrait of the Puritan household. Although Sewall was an exceptional Puritan father…
Judge Samuel Sewall's Efforts in Behalf of the First Americans
Samuel Sewall, who was presiding judge at the Salem, Massachusetts, witchcraft trials of 1692, is more widely-remembered in this connection than any other. He had a considerable involvement with Indians in the Massachusetts area, however, which has been largely overlooked by historians. His relationships with these Indians are examined here. Our Blessed Saviour's Method of Conversion was, To Heal the Bodies of Men and Women, in order to His Entir…
Re-Editing an American Classic
The Diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674-1729
The Diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674–1729 Get access Thomas M. Halsey, Editor, The Diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674–1729. 2 vols.; New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1973. xxxvii, 1254 pp. $30.00. David H. Flaherty David H. Flaherty Associate Professor of History University of Western Ontario, Canada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 19, Issue 4, October 1975, Pages 313–315…
The Other Diary of Samuel Sewall
IT is a truth not universally acknowledged that the Diary of Samuel Sewall actually contains two diaries. One, the scholars and critics have read, commented on, anthologized, and abridged for us, so that familiar to even the casual student of early America is the figure of our wealthy Puritan forefather whose eligible widower's bowels yern[ed] towards Mrs. Denison.'1 In this diary we read, as the editors of one American literature anthology phras…
A Letter from Samuel Sewall to His Father
Puritan Family Life: The Diary of Samuel Sewall
Historians have commonly characterized Puritan family life as joyless, repressive, even brutal. By such accounts, Puritan parents disciplined their children mercilessly, crushed their wills, responded callously to their deaths, and routinely sent them of the home to be raised by cold-hearted surrogates. The diary of Samuel Sewall (1652-1730) contradicts this grim portrait of the Puritan household. Although Sewall was an exceptional Puritan father…
Puritan Family Life: The Diary of Samuel Sewall
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