NOTES PROLOGUE 1. [Joseph Green] An Eclogue Sacred to the Memory of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Mayhew (Boston, 1766), p. 8. 2. MHS Colls., LXXIV (1918), xxiv. See the many references to JM in Adams Papers and Adams Works. For the comparison of JM with Webster, see the Channing Hall lecture by Andrew P. Pea- body in Unitarianism: Its Origin and History (Boston, 1890), p. 162. 3. Adams Works, X, 287-288. 4. E.g., Charles Chauncy to Ezra Stiles, May 6, 1768, Stiles Papers. CHAPTER I. MARTHA'S VINEYARD 1. Practical Discourses, p. 61. 2. See the letters of Thomas Mayhew in MHS Colls., XXXVII (1865), 30-33. Nearly all the sources for the early history of Martha's Vineyard have been conveniently assembled at the MHS in Documents Relating to Marthas Vineyard, 1600-1899; 18 vol- umes with an Index; Transcripts made by Charles E. Banks. These transcripts were used by Banks in writing The History of Martha's Vineyard (vols. I, II, Boston, 1911; vol. Ill, Edgartown, Mass., 1925), one of the most complete and accurate local histories ever written. On details of Vineyard history, I generally follow Banks's Documents and History, with additional documentation as noted. A few documents have come to light since Banks did his work. These have been used in Warner F. Gookin, Capawack alias Mar- tha's Vineyard (Edgartown, Mass., 1947). 3. Ida M. Wightman, The Mayhew Manor of Tisbury (Balti- more, 1921), is helpful in understanding feudal problems on the Vineyard. 4. A History of the Expansion of Christianity, III (New York, 1939), 218. 5. Thomas Mayhew, Jr., to John Winthrop, Aug. 15, 1648, MP. EM and Thomas Prince, Indian Converts (Boston, 1727), passim. 244 NOTES TO CHAPTER I Henry Whitfield, Strength out of Weakness (London, 1652), p. 31. John Eliot and Thomas Mayhew, Jr., Tears of Resentence (Lon- don, 1653), passim. John Eliot and Thomas Mayhew, Jr., The Glorious Progress of the Gospel Amongst the Indians in New Eng- land (London, 1649), passim. 6. Henry Whitfield, The Light Appearing (London, 1651), p. 2. Thomas Mayhew to John Winthrop, Jr., MHS Colls., XXXVII (1865), 34—35· An Act For the promoting and propagating the Gospel of Jesus Christ in New England (London, 1649), passim. See the following by George Parker Winship: "Samuel Sewall and the New England Company," MHS Trocs., LXVII (1945), 55-110; The New England Company of 1649 and John Eliot (Boston, 1920), passim. Frederick L. Weis, "The New England Company of 1649 and its Missionary Enterprises," CSM Pubs., XXXVIII ( !959) > 134-218. William Kellaway, The New England Company, 164Q-1776 (Glasgow, 1961), passim. 7. Indian Converts, pp. 291, 298-300. Letters of Thomas May- hew to John Winthrop, Jr., MHS Colls., XXXVII (1865), 34-37. Thomas Balch, A Sermon Preach'd . July 2gth, 1747 (Boston, 1747). P· 3· 8. Indian Converts, pp. 293-295. MS Agreement between Thomas Mayhew and five Indians, March 15, 1669/70 (Hunting- ton Library). 9. Indian Converts, pp. 301-306. "Diary of Rev. William Homes," NEHG Reg., XLVIII (1894), 447. 10. EM to Paul Dudley, March 20, 1722, NEHG Reg., XXXIX (1885), 13-14. Cotton Mather, Magnolia Christi Americana (Lon- don, 1702), bk. VII, p. 110. John Eliot, A Biographical Dictionary (Boston, 1809), p. 319. 11. A Discourse Shewing that God Dealeth with Men as with Reasonable Creatures (Boston, 1720). 12. "The Diary of Samuel Sewall," MHS Colls., XLV (1878), 502; XL VI (1879), passim; XL VII (1882), 266. "Letter-Book of Samuel Sewall," MHS Colls., LI (1886), 231-233. Cotton Mather to William Ashurst, Oct. 10, 1712 (Huntington Library). Some Correspondence Between The Governors and Treasurers of the New England Company in London and the Commissioners of the United Colonies in America (London, 1896), pp. 97-127. Acts and Resolves, IX, 494, 631. Harvard Graduates, VII, 635. 13. EM to Cotton Mather, Aug. 28, 1723, MHS Miscellaneous Papers, IX, 1721-1729. Thomas Mayhew, Jr., to John Winthrop, Aug. 15, 1648, MP. 14. See EM's account with the Society in MHS Procs., LXVII (1945), 94—95· The trips can often be traced in Sewall's "Diary," MHS Colls., XLV-XLVII. See also Acts and Resolves, X, 532; HARVARD COLLEGE 245 EM to Thomas Foxcroft, May 18, 1742, Foxcroft MSS (Princeton University Library). 15. "Diary of Rev. William Homes," NEHG Reg., L (1896), 156-157· 16. EM, A Discourse Shewing that God Dealeth with Men as with Reasonable Creatures, pp. 24-27, passim. 17. "The Diary of Samuel Sewall," MHS Colls., XL VII (1882), 345. Acts and Resolves, X, 523. 18. Quenames is spelled variously as Quinames or Quanaimes. The deed is in Banks, Documents, Deeds, I, 396. See also EM to Paul Dudley, March 20, 1722, NEHG Reg., XXXIX (1885), 16. 19. MS account of Mayhew family by Zachariah Mayhew in a copy of Indian Converts at Boston Public Library. Jonathan Marsh to Peter Wainwright, Aug. 9, 1845, MP. Vital Records of Tisbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, 1910), p. 232. 20. Vital Records of Chilmark Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, 1904), pp. 22, 24, 25. New England Courant, Jan. 22, 1722. "Diary of Rev. William Homes," NEHG Reg., XXXIX (1885), 12; L (1896), 158. Frederick Freeman, The History of Cape Cod (Boston, 1869), I, 677-681. 21. Indian Converts, p. 307. EM to , July 20, 1741, MP. "Diary of Rev. William Homes," NEHG Reg., L (1896), 158. 22. "Letter-Book of Samuel Sewall," MHS Colls., LIII (1888), 208. "Harvard College Records," CSM Pubs., XVI (1925), 547- 548, 590-591. Harvard Graduates, VII, 635; IX, 70-71. 23. Harvard Faculty Records, I, 16. "Harvard College Records," CSM Pubs., XV (1925), 98; XVI (1925), 599· CHAPTER II. HARVARD COLLEGE 1. MP, no. 61, pp. 54-55. 2. Boston News-Letter, April 5, 1739. There is a suggestion of EM's interest in farming in a letter from Paul Dudley in Trans- actions of the Royal Society, no. 385 (Oct.-Dec. 1724). 3. "Diary of Rev. William Homes," NEHG Reg., L (1896), 159-162. 4. Duke's County Papers, 1722-1800 (MSS, LC), passim for 1722-1740. New England Courant, April 1, June 3, 1723. 5. "Letter-Book of Samuel Sewall," MHS Colls., LI (1886), 340; LII (1888), 163, 232. JM to EM, March 11, 1746, MP. EM to , July 20, 1741, MP. Experience Mayhew MSS (MHS), passim. Duke's County Probate Records, IV, 60. Nathan May- hew's copy of Lyra Prophetica David is at MHS. 6. The inkstand is on display at MHS. For its identity see MHS Procs., IV (i860), 107-108. See also MP, no. 137. 246 NOTES TO CHAPTER II 7. Acts and Resolves, XI, 530, 595; XII, 618; XIII, 56. Mass. House Journals, XVII, 169. 8. Boston News-Letter, June 26, 1740. 9. "Harvard College Records," CSM Pubs., XV (1925), 134. Diary of Andrew Eliot (MS, MHS), Sept. 11, 1741. Daniel D. Addison, The Life and Times of Edward Bass (Boston, 1897), p. 7. MHS Frocs., XVIII (1881), 150. 10. Benjamin Peirce, A History of Harvard University (Cam- bridge, Mass., 1833), p. 238η. Samuel E. Morison, Three Cen- turies of Harvard, 1636-IQ36 (Cambridge, Mass., 1946), p. 104. "Diary of Rev. William Homes," NEHG Reg., L (1896), 165. 11. Boston News-Letter, July 31, 1740. Harvard Faculty Rec- ords, I, 149-150. "Harvard College Records," CSM Pubs., XXXI (1935), 383-384· 12. Harvard Graduates, XI, passim. 13. "Harvard College Records," CSM Pubs., XV (1925), cxli. Diary of Robert Treat Paine (MS, MHS), May 1, 1746. Harvard Faculty Records, I, 149-150. Morison, Three Centuries, p. 104. 14. "Harvard College Records," CSM Pubs., XV (1925), 135. Diary of Jeremy Belknap (MS, MHS), March 15, 1760. Harvard Faculty Records, I, 157-158. Steward's Quarter-Bill Book, 1720- 1756 (Harvard University Archives), passim. 15. Harvard Faculty Records, I, 186-187. 16. Harvard Faculty Records, I, 186-190, 198, 214. JM to EM, April 6, 1744, MP. Peirce, History of Harvard, p. 263. 17. Harvard Faculty Records, I, 156-158, 169, 186, 191. "Har- vard College Records," CSM Pubs., XV (1925), lxxxix, 140, 204; XVI (1925), 713, 721, 740. EM to —, July 20, 1741, MP. Eliot Diary for 1740-1741. 18. JM's classmate, Jacob Green, kept a complete diary of his activities for one typical week during his third year at Harvard (Christian Advocate, IX [1831], 635-637). Harvard Faculty Rec- ords, I, 149. "Harvard College Records," CSM Pubs., XV (1925), 138-139. Harvard Graduates, IX, 67-70. Peirce, History of Har- vard, pp. 244-249. Morison, Three Centuries, p. 9. 19. JM's alphabetical list is in MP, no. 9; a commonplace book is in MP, no. 10. Harvard Faculty Records, I, 178. Arthur O. Norton, "Harvard Text-Books and Reference Books of the Seven- teenth Century," CSM Pubs., XXVIII (1935), 360-438. Perry Miller, The New England Mind, The Seventeenth Century (New York, 1939), pp. 196-206, 396-397. Samuel E. Morison, Harvard College in the Seventeenth Century (Cambridge, Mass., 1936), pp. 260-263. 20. A Continuation of the Reverend Mr. Whitefield's Journal From Savannah June 25, 1740 (Boston, 1741), p. 55. A Letter GREAT AWAKENING 247 to the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield (Boston, 1745), pp. 30-31. Boston Gazette, April 20, 1741. Colman MSS (MHS), II. zi. New England Courant, June 8, July 20, Dec. 7, 1724. Clifford K. Shipton, "Literary Leaven in Provincial New England," New England Quarterly, IX (1936), 203-217. 22. Winthrop's diary is in the Harvard College Library. Har- vard Graduates, IX, 240-264. Winthrop wrote the obituary notice of Mayhew that appeared in the Boston Post-Boy, July 14, 1766, and other Boston newspapers for the same week.