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John Cotton, Jr. diary and Massachuset vocabulary, 1666-1678
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Manuscript
18.5 cm x 14.5 cm
This web presentation is comprised of:
Images 1-3: Front cover and inside front cover
Images 4-8: Latin exercises and Massachuset vocabulary
Images 8-13: Mathematical notations
Images 14-19: Massachuset vocabulary
Images 20-28: Mathematical notations and Latin exercises
Image 29: List of fabrics and English (sermon in original owner's handwriting?)
Images 30-129: Massachuset vocabulary and Latin exercises
Images 130-154: Latin exercises and English script practice
Images 155-156: English (sermon in Cotton's handwriting?)
Images 157-172: Latin and Hebrew exercises
Image 173: Journal entries, 22 Feb. 1677/8 - 23 July 1678
Images 173-174: Journal entries, 17 Jan. 1676/7 - 28 Nov. 1677
Images 174-175: Journal entries, 25 Jan. 1675/6 - 15 Dec. 1676
Images 175-176: Journal entries, 15 Jan. 1674/5 - 28 Dec. 1675
Images 176-177: Journal entries, 14 Jan. 1673/4 - 15 Dec. 1674
Images 177-178: Journal entries, 15 Jan. 1672/3 - 31 Dec. 1673
Image 178: Journal entries, 23 Jan. 1671/2 - 18 Dec. 1672
Images 178-180: Journal entries, 24 Jan. 1670/1 - 20 Dec. 1671
Image 180: Journal entries, 12 Oct. 1669/70 - 5 Dec. 1670
Images 181-184: Latin exercises and English script practice
Images 185-199: Journal entries, 6 March 1666/7 - November 1667, and Latin exercises
Images 200-201: Latin exercises
Images 202-203: Latin exercises and Indian vocabulary
Images 204-205: Inside back cover and back cover
Image 206: One-page letter about provenance
This notebook was used for Latin and Hebrew exercises by an unidentified previous owner. The original sequence of pages and their orientations have been preserved in this digital presentation. Images 130-202 appear upside down because Cotton started writing from the back of the notebook. Use the rotation tool in the viewer to adjust images.
Note: This manuscript contains documentation of a North American Indigenous language as recorded by a non-Indigenous person. The Massachusetts Historical Society acknowledges the implications and possible misrepresentations contained in records created in this manner.