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The sovereignty and goodness of God : together with the faithfulness of His promises displayed : being a narrative of the captivity and restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson and related documents /

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Uniform title:Soveraignty & goodness of God
Author / Creator: Rowlandson, Mary White, approximately 1635-1711
Other Authors / Creators:Salisbury, Neal.
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: Boston : Bedford Books, [1997]
Series:Bedford series in history and culture.
Subjects:
Rowlandson, Mary White, > approximately 1635-1711.
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Indian captivities > Massachusetts.
Indians of North America > Massachusetts > Biography.
Indians of North America > Massachusetts > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
King Philip's War, 1675-1676.
Indians of North America.
History.
Indian captivities.
Massachusetts.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • List of Illustrations
  • Part I. Introduction: Mary Rowlandson And Her Removes
  • The Setting: Metacom's War (1675-1676)
  • Mary Rowlandson and Her Narrative
  • The Great Migration
  • The Anglo-Indian Frontier
  • A World Upended
  • Reordering and Remembering
  • Part Ii. The Document
  • The Preface to the Reader
  • A Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
  • Part Iii. Related Documents
  • Metacom on the Causes of Anglo-Indian War
  • 1. John Easton, Excerpt from "A Relacion om the Indyan Warre," 1675
  • The Perils of War
  • 2. The Examination and Relation of James Quannapaquait, January 24, 1675
  • 3. Town of Lancaster, Petition to the Governor and Council of Massachusetts, March 11, 1675
  • 4. Job Kattananit, Petition to the Governor and Council of Massachusetts, February 14, 1675
  • 5. Indians' Letter to English Troops at Medfield, 1675
  • The Redemption of Mary Rowlandson
  • 6. John Leverett, Letter to "Indian Sagamores," March 31, 1676
  • 7. Sam et al., Letter to John Leverett, April 12, 1676
  • 8. James Printer et al., Letter to John Leverett et al., ca. April 1676
  • 9. Letter from Massachusetts Governor's Council to "Indian Sachems," April 28, 1676
  • Postwar Justice
  • 10. Andrew Pittimee et al. Petition to the Governor and Council of Massachusetts, June 1676
  • 11. Massachusetts Council to James Quanapohit et al., 1676
  • 12. Mattamuck et al., Letter to John Leverett et al., July 6, 1676
  • 13. A Memorandum of Indian Children Put Forth into Service to the English, August 10, 1676
  • 14. John Hull, Excerpt from John Hull's Journal, August 24, 1676
  • 15. Daniel Gookin, An Account of the Disposall of the Indians, Our Friends, November 10, 1676
  • Joseph Rowlandson's Final Sermon
  • 16. Joseph Rowlandson, "The Possibility of God's Forsaking a people, That have been visibly near & dear to him," November 21, 1678
  • The Captivity of Hannah Dustin
  • 17. Cotton Mather, Excerpt from Decennium Luctousum, 1699
  • Appendices
  • A Rowlandson Chronology
  • Questions for Consideration
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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