The Late Colonial Period

(~1660-1770)

Helpful Historical Pages

"Meeting the Spirit: an Introduction to Quaker Beliefs and Practices"

Some Writers of the Period

Cotton Mather


• Texts: Texts from the Halls of Church History ("Theology from a Bunch of Dead Guys")

  Jonathan Edwards From Princeton University

  
• Texts: "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God...straight from Jesus-is-lord.com

  Elizabeth Ashbridge the Heath site; see also this site

  
• Texts: Ashbridge's autobiography

  John Woolman from Quakerinfo.com

  
• Texts: The Journal of John Woolman from Bartleby

  Benjamin FranklinLeo Lemay's definitive website

  
• Texts: The Autobiography from Welling and Barnhoorn, The American Revolution

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