April 12, 2024
AUTOGRAPH Josiah Cotton 1680-1756 INDIAN MISSIONARY
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dust & ashes publications fine used & rare theological book auctions Very rare autograph of Josiah Cotton, pioneer missionary to the Indians of Massachusetts. He was son of the eminent puritan, John Cotton, and nephew to Cotton Mather. The present was issued as part of his duties as Justice of Plymouth, but his chief employment was the preaching of the Gospel to the natives. Even as a layman, he was a pioneer among them, compiling a grammar which exists in MSs at the Massachusetts Historical Society, preaching an average of Sundays per year and even translating a sermon by his uncle, Cotton Mather, into the vernacular. All in all, he preached among them for 39 years! Handsome land document deeding a piece of Land from Richard Bawker to his son, Richard also, signed by several Plymouth officials and dating to 1754. Then docketed in Cotton's hand and signed Plymouth: October 8th, 1754. Reviewed & recorded with the records of Deeds for the County of Plymouth, Book 41, Josiah Cotton, Registr. description: terms & conditions: Refunds gladly issued for substantive errors in description. Payments due within 7 days of the auction's close. Bidding on the present item creates a legal purchase agreement. All questions will be appreciated before the auction's end rather than afterwards. Questions may be directed to or . Shipping is $4.
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