The Complete Writings of Roger Williams, Volume 6: The Letters of Roger WilliamsTen years after the U. S. Civil War, a group of men in Rhode Island made a conserted effort to rescue the widely scattered writings of Roger Williams. Few sets were printed though, and under the guidance of Perry Miller, 'The Complete Writings of Roger Williams' were brought back in 1963, but still in short numbers. The present collection now makes these volumes available to readers in their original orthography. The theme of religious liberty is dominant in these volumes, running through Williams's correspondence with John Cotton and on through his famous pair of works on 'The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution.' All of the extant shorter writings and letters of Roger Williams are included in this set, along with two significant works resulting from his engagement with Native Americans: his seminal 'Key into the Language of America and Christenings Make Not Christians.' |
Contents
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To the Towns of Provie and Warwick April 1 1653 235 | 257 |
Town of Providence to Sir H Vane do 27 do | 266 |
To John Winthrop J do do | 277 |
To John Winthrop Jr February 15 165455 | 287 |
To do do do Providence April 26 do 29 I | 293 |
To the General Court of Maffachuſetts Bay Provi | 299 |
Teſtimony of Roger Williams relative to deed | 305 |
Teſtimony relative to the purchafe of lands in See | 316 |
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To do do e do 28 do | 78 |
To do do Providence January Io 1638 | 84 |
To do do do May 22 do | 94 |
To do do do do Io I | 127 |
To do do do no date I 29 | 143 |
To J Winthrop Jr Whitehall April 2o 1652 | 234 |
Mrs Sadlier to Roger Williams in reply no date 24 I | 242 |
Mrs Sadlier to Roger Williams in reply | 249 |
J Winthrop Jr Providence May 28 1664 3 I 9 | 324 |
To J Winthrop Jr Cawcaumfquffick Aug 2o 1647 | 333 |
To John Cotton do Mar 25 1671 35 I | 357 |
To J Winthrop Gov of Conn Mr Smiths | 363 |
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To do do do do 27 do | 373 |
To Gov Leverett do Jan 14 16756 | 379 |
To Gov Leverett and Gov Winflow | 385 |
To Thomas Hinckley Commiſſioner United Colo | 395 |
To Gov Bradftreet Providence May 6 1682 | 406 |
Common terms and phrases
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