Title: Timothy Pickering correspondence,
Authors: Pickering, Timothy, 1703-1778.; Sparhawk, John,; Bowditch, Joseph, 1700-1780,
Year: 1744
Subjects: Pickering, Timothy,; Education and state Massachusetts; Church controversies Massachusetts; Salem (Mass.)
Abstract: Contains correspondence on 13 July 1744 from Deacon Timothy Pickering (1703-1778) to Reverend John Sparhawk of Salem, Massachusetts, requesting he publicly apologize for an issue relating to the church; and correspondence dated March 1776 from Pickering to Joseph Bowditch (1700-1780) regarding education of the children of Salem. Also includes typed transcriptions of both letters and a note from a descendant of Bowditch.