A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3

by George Elliott Howard

[619] Sewall's Letter-Book, in 6 Mass. Hist. Coll., II, 83, 84 (letter of Jan. 25, 1718, referring to his wife's death in 1717); cf. the Diary, in 5 Mass. Hist. Coll., VII, 143, 144.

[620] Sewall's Diary, in 5 Mass. Hist. Coll., VII, 165.

[621] Ibid., 151, 163, 164.

[622] Feb. 3, 1718, he writes: "I sent Madam Winthrop, Smoking Flax Inflamed, the Jewish Children of Berlin, and my small vial of Tears."—Diary, in 5 Mass. Hist. Coll., VII, 164. On March 14 he sends her a copy of the Berlin Jewish Converts, ibid., VII, 177.

[623] Ibid., 177 (March 19, 1718), 180.

[624] Ibid., 178, 179 (March 26, 1718).

[625] Ibid., 182, 187, 188, 189, 190, 199.

[626] Ibid., 202 (Nov. 1, 1718).

[627] Weeden, Ecc. and Soc. Hist. of N. E., II, 542.

[628] Sewall, loc. cit., 205 (Nov. 28, 1718).