A brief relation of the state of New England from the beginning of that plantation to this present year, 1689
Subtitle: in a letter to a person of quality.
Contributors: Kick, Abraham; Mather, Increase, 1639-1723.
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 794:32.
Publisher: Printed for Richard Baldwine ...
Published: 1689
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Notes: Attributed to Increase Mather. Cf. NUC pre-1956.

What is evidently a first draft of the above, containing about one-half of the text, is among the Hutchinson papers in possession of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and was printed in its collections, 3rd ser., v. 1, p. 93-101; the handwriting is not that of Mather.

The "Brief relation" includes in addition the 12th article of the Declaration of the gentlemen, merchants, and inhabitants of Boston, Apr. 18, 1689 (believed to have been written by Mather); Abraham Kick's letter to the Princess of Orange, Feb. 1, 1689 n.s.; and a translation of Mather's "De successu Evangelij apud Indos in Nova-Anglia epistola. Ad ... Johannem Leusaenum." It was reprinted in Force's Tracts, v. 4, no. 11, and Andros tracts, v. 2, p. 147-170, the latter containing a discussion of authorship.

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Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Wing M1189

Available electronically as part of Early English books online.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1978. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 794:32)