A catalogue of books which I r[eceiv]ed by the great bounty of Madam Usher, 5 Decemb[er] 1676 : autograph manuscript

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Title:
A catalogue of books which I r[eceiv]ed by the great bounty of Madam Usher, 5 Decemb[er] 1676 : autograph manuscript
Title (alt.):
Catalogue of books which I received by the great bounty of Madam Usher
Former owner:
Prince, Thomas, 1687-1758
Owner:
Old South Church (Boston, Mass.)
Creator:
Mather, Increase, 1639-1723
Date:
December 5, 1676
Format:
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Prince Collection and Library of the Old South Church
Subjects:
Mather, Increase, 1639-1723--Library--Early works to 1800
Hoar, Leonard, 1630?-1675--Library--Early works to 1800
Usher, Bridget, 1642-1723--Library--Early works to 1800
Private libraries--New England--Catalogs--Early works to 1800
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 item (1 leaf) : paper ; 34 x 20 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/47429c91k
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Boston
Language:
English
Notes:
A handwritten list of books from the personal library of Leonard Hoar (d. 1675), offered to Increase Mather by Bridget Usher to replace those books lost when the Mather house burned down in November, 1676. Written in Mather's own hand, the list contains approximately 100 entries.
Title from caption at bottom of page.
Notes (ownership):
Formerly owned by Thomas Prince. Deposited at the Boston Public Library by the Old South Church in 1866.
Notes (date):
Date appears as "5 Decemb 1676"
Notes (publications):
Published, with accompanying description, in: Tuttle, Julius Herbert. The libraries of the Mathers. Worcester [Mass.]: Davis Press, 1910.
Identifier:
06_01_016210-06_01_016211
Call #:
RARE BKS MS Am.1502 v.2 no.29
Barcode:
39999085425237