V HARVARD Copyright, 1898, BY LUTHER CALDWELL. THE NICHOLS PRESS-THOS. P. NICHOLS, LYNN, MASS. TO MY UNCLE, RICHARD SUTTON RUST, D.D., LL.D. Cincinnati, Ohio. I dedicate this volume, for the love I bear him, and the many acts of fraternal affection and love he has all my life so abundantly extended to me. Both of us born under the same roof, educated at the same schools, and having the same high regard for the old town of Ipswich, of which we are both natives, I take pleasure in associating his name with mine. LUTHER CALDWELL. Caldwell Crescent, Lynn, Mass. 1759Q Street, Washington, D. C. PREFACE. HE first woman's club formed in Massachusetts was Ann Hutchin to meet every morning in to examine the text and criticise the sermon preached the Sunday previous by her pastor, Rev. John Cotton. And almost at the same time Anne Bradstreet was busily at work in Ipswich writing poetry so abundantly, that John Harvard Ellis, in his large quarto edition of her works, takes over four hundred pages to give them all complete. Ann Hutchinson, for her efforts, was tried, convicted, and like another "Hagar," sent into the wilderness. Anne Bradstreet sent her writings to London, where they were printed, and she was praised and eulogized by the same learned and wise men who prosecuted Ann Hutchinson. Mrs. Bradstreet asked no favors, but said: "And oh ye high flown quills that soar the Skies, And ever with your prey still catch your praise, Give Thyme or Parsley wreath, I ask no bayes." In this volume I have had space to give only scanty selections from Anne Bradstreet's writings, and have endeavored to choose some of her best and most harmonious poetry, and took the first thirty-seven paragraphs or sections of her " Meditations." To those who wish to read her larger compositions, her "Quarternions," I refer to Mr. Ellis' quarto work. I desire to extend my thanks to Rev. Augustine Caldwell, the Historian and Genealogist, for many words of advice and encouragement. If this effort of mine, with its text, quotations and illustrations shall create a greater interest in Anne Bradstreet's writings, and of the early Colonial history of Puritan Massachusetts, the object of the undersigned will have been accomplished. December 1, 1898. LUTHER CALDWELL. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Introductory. The Editor, Native of Ipswich. Settled by Gov- ernor Winthrop. — Dudley and Bradstreet. CHAPTER II. PAGES I-4 Anne Bradstreet. Her Ipswich Home. She Condemned the Beheading of Charles I. — Gave Sympathy to Ann Hutchinson. Great Honors at her Death.- Rev. John Norton's Praises.Cotton Mather has a Word. - John Rogers' Verses. - Nathaniel Ward Speaks of her Great Womanly Boast. Du Bartas. First Edition Printed, London, 1650. — Love Verses. - Life at Ipswich. Among her Friends at Ipswich. — Johnson and Mather Speak in High Praise of Ipswich Settlers. Rude Home on High Street.- Table Talker.- Richard Sutton Buys Log House; Ipswich Name . V 5-12 - CHAPTER III. - - - Married at Sixteen Years Old. — Arabella, Ship. — Ten Years in - - Bradstreet Children. - Early Marriages. - Governor Winthrop. — Nephew of Milton. - No Portrait. - Unknown Grave. Poems, Published 1650. — Faith in Prayer. - The Bird's Poem. 17-23 - - Gov. Thomas Dudley. - Her Father. - Queen Elizabeth's Army. Siege of Amiens.—Thomas Dudley's Marriage; Wife's Maiden Name not Given. - He Became a Puritan. - Emigrated to America 1630.- Winthrop. — Dudley and Bradstreet. - Pal- frey's Words. — Dudley's Lines. - Ann Hutchinson. — John Cotton.-Antinomian Fight.-Rufus Choate's Toast.-Women Preachers. — Thomas K. Beecher.—Independents. — Professor - 24-31 - Simon Bradstreet. — Born March, 1603. — At Cambridge. — Emi- - |