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Main currents in American thought An interpretation of American literature from the beginnings to 1920

Vernon Louis Parrington

_Defence of the Constitution of Government of the United States of America, A_, 310, 311, 312 n, 315 n, 316 n, 317 n, 318 n Defoe, Daniel, 90, 91, 110, 166 _De Jure Naturae et Gentium_, 121 _Diary of Jonathan Edwards_, 154 _Diary of John Harrower_, 135-136 _Diary of Cotton Mather_, 107, 109, 109 n, 110 n, 112, 123, 123 n, 128 n _Diary of Samuel Sewall_, 88, 90 n, 91 n, 92 n, 93, 93 n, 94 n, 95 n, 96 n, 97 n, 113 n, 126 n, 127 n _Diary and Letters of Thomas Hutchinson_, 196 n _Diary of the Revolution_, 191 n Dickinson, John, 137, 167, 219-232, 253, 291, 344 Diderot, Denis, 324 Diffenderfer, F. R., 134, 135 n _Discourses on Davila_, 310, 311, 324, 376 Dodd, William Edward, 345 n _Don Quixote_, 390 Duck, Chancellor, 56 Dudley, Joseph, 29 ----, Governor Joseph, 92, 93, 104, 112, 113, 118, 126-127 ----, Paul, 112, 127 Duguit, Léon, 73 n Dulaney, Daniel, 221, 226, 344 Dummer, Mr., 92 Duns Scotus, 14 Dwight, Theodore, 359, 360 ----, Rev. Timothy, 249, 358, 359, 360-363, 367, 369, 383, 385, 389 _Early American Philosophers_, 155 n _Ecclesiasticall Politie_, 149, 149 n _Echo, The_, 363 _Economic Basis of Politics, The_, 287 n _Economic Interpretation of the Constitution, An_, 184 n _Economic Origins of Jeffersonian Democracy, The_, 320 n _Economic Writings of Sir William Petty, The_, 171 n Edwards, Jonathan, vi, 105, 120, 151, 152-163, 249, 359, 361 _Elegy on the Times, An_, 249 Elizabeth, Queen, 7 Eliot, Rev. John, 30, 59, 81-84 ----, Sir John, 38 _Elliot’s Debates_, 229 n, 230 n, 282 n, 283 n, 302 n Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 62, 153 _End of the Wicked Contemplated by the Righteous, The; or, The Torments of the Wicked in Hell, no Occasion of Grief to the Saints in Heaven_, 159 n Endicott, Roger, 23, 29, 50 Epistle to the Romans, 67 Ernst, Dr. James E., 67 n _Essay of Projects, An_, 166 _Essay for the Recording of Illustrious Providences, An_, 105, 106 _Eternity of Hell Torments, The_, 159 _n Every Man in his Humour_, 28 _False Systems of Government, On_, 377 n _Familiar Letters of John and Abigail Adams_, 253 n _Federal Constitution in Massachusetts, The_, 284 n _Federalist, The_, 283 n, 284-288, 289 Fenno, John, 311, 379, 380 Ferne, Dr., 46 _Feu de Joie, The_, 257 Filmer, Sir Robert, 103, 189, 190, 215, 218, 240 _First Principles of Government_, 280 Ford, Paul Leicester, 231 n, 283, 284 n ----, Worthington C., 326 n Forman, S. E., 311 n, 379 n, 380 Fothergill, Dr., 169 _Founding of New England, The_, 20 n, 30 n, 36 n, 58 n, 87 n Fox, Charles James, 383 Franklin, Benjamin, vi, 90, 97, 124, 128, 162, 164-178, 180, 188, 202, 236, 244, 328, 334, 347, 363, 369, 380 ----, Ebenezer, 165 ----, James, 96, 128, 166 ----, Josiah, 166 ----, Mrs., 168 n _Freedom of the Will, On the_, 157 Freneau, Philip, 247, 251, 255, 256, 368-381, 390 _Frontier Woman, The_, 146 n Fuller, Dr., of Plymouth, 23 Gage, General Thomas, 128, 183, 199, 259 Galloway, Joseph, 235, 259 _Gazette of the United States, The_, 311, 311 n _General History of Connecticut, A_, 260-262 Genesis, Book of, 94 Genêt, Citizen, 323 George III, King, 182, 183, 184, 185, 190, 228, 256, 259, 330, 340, 371, 373, 395 _German Immigrants into Pennsylvania, The_, 134, 134 n Gerry, Elbridge, 288 _God’s Sovereignty_, 156 n Godwin, William, 292, 296, 313, 376 Goldsmith, Oliver, 172 Gooch, George Peabody, 73 n _Grace Abounding_, 40 _Greenfield Hill_, 363 Grenville, George, 240 Grotius, Hugo, 236 _Group, The_, 207 Halifax, Marquis of, 280 Hamilton, Alexander, vi, 275, 281, 284, 285, 289, 292-307, 317 n, 320, 323, 328, 342, 346, 347, 348, 367, 368, 375, 380, 391 Hancock, John, 205, 241 Harding, Samuel Bannister, 284 n Harrington, James, 25, 26, 103, 213, 269, 270, 278, 280, 296, 318, 319 _Harrison Gray Otis_, 359 n Harrower, John, 135-136 Hartford Wits, The, 291, 357-367, 368 Hartley, David, 170 Hasselwood, Captain, 135 _Hasty Pudding, The_, 389 Haynes, Governor, 57, 57 n Hazen, Charles D., 321 n, 323 n _Henry the Fourth_, 28 _Henry Knox_, 277 n Henry, Patrick, 222 _Heresiography_, 64 n Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 321 Hirst, Francis W., 342 n _History of American Literature, A_, 391 n _History of American Literature during the Colonial Period, A_, 89 n _History of the Congregational Churches in the United States, A_, 23 n, 25 n, 100 n, 101 n, 148 n _History of English Democratic Ideas in the Seventeenth Century, A_, 73 n _History of the Dividing Line, The_, 138 n, 139-140 _History of Massachusetts Bay Colony_, 31 n, 33 n, 34 n, 50 n, 127 n, 196, 198 n, 203 n, 205 n, 219 n, 242, 242 n _History of Mrs. B., The_, 146 n _History of New England, A_, 118 n _History of New England_ (Winthrop), 49 n, 105 _History of the Supreme Court_, 284 n Hobbes, Thomas, 68, 69, 103, 208, 278, 280, 296, 300, 319 Hillsboro, Lord, 200, 201 _Hoch Deutsche Pennsylvanische Bericht, Der_, 135 Homer, 250 Hooker, Richard, 12, 67, 68, 149, 236 ----, Thomas, 47, 53-62, 68, 79, 90, 99, 361 Hopkins, Dr. Lemuel, 359, 364-365 ----, Rev. Samuel, 105 Hopkinson, Francis, 252-255, 291 Hosmer, J. K., 196 n, 200, 237 n Howe, Joseph, 249 ----, Sir William, 164 Hubbard, Rev. William, 57 Hume, David, 171, 222, 236, 239, 280, 296, 298, 319, 352, 353, 354, 363 Humphreys, David, 359, 360, 367 Hutchinson, Mistress Anne, 24, 28, 29, 49, 50, 194, 195 ----, Mistress Peggy, 191 ----, Colonel John, 38 ----, Thomas, Sr., 195 ----, Governor Thomas, 31 n, 33 n, 50 n, 127 n, 181, 194-206, 207, 219, 224, 234, 235, 237 n, 241, 242, 243, 245, 250, 259 _Hutchinson Papers_, 36 n _Increase Mather, the Foremost American Puritan_, 98 n, 100 n, 101 n, 103 n, 104 n, 106 n _Institutes of Calvin_, 20, 30, 31 n, 42 n, 249 Irving, Washington, 369, 391 Isaiah, 14, 66 n James I, King, 55, 76 Jay, John, 284 Jefferson, Thomas, iii, vi, 72, 147, 176, 190, 222, 230, 247, 259, 280, 292, 296, 299, 302, 306, 307, 312, 320, 324, 327, 333, 337, 342-356, 362, 368, 374, 375, 379, 380, 389, 391, 397, 398 _Johns Hopkins Studies in History and Political Science_, 311 n, 321 n, 379 n Johnson, Dr. Samuel, 307 ----, Sir William, 373 _Jonathan Edwards_, 154 n, 157, 160 n Jones, Adam Leroy, 155 n Jonson, Ben, 28, 76 _Journal of William Maclay_, 323, 342 _Journal_ (Winthrop), 32, 45 n, 47 n Knight, Madam Sarah, 137-138, 141 Knox, General Henry, 277, 375 Lafayette, Marquis de, 323 _Landscapes_, 147 n Laski, Harold J., 190 n, 280 n Latimer, Hugh, 55 Laud, Archbishop, 23, 27, 32, 55, 56, 84, 215, 256 _Law in the Modern State_, 73 n _Layman_, 243 n Lechford, Thomas, 23 Lee, Richard Henry, 284, 288-291 Leonard, Daniel, 194, 207-213, 216, 250 _Letter to Lord Onslow_, 335 n _Letter of Lord Say and Sele_, 48 n _Letter to Lord Say and Sele_, 31 n _Letter to Major Mason_, 57 n _Letter to the National Convention of France_, 386-387 _Letter to Mr. Niles_, 179 n _Letter to John Taylor_, 313 n, 316 n _Letter to Robert Wodrow_, 123 n _Letter to the Town Clerk of Providence_, 67 n, 72 n _Letters from an American Farmer_, 140, 142 n, 143 n, 144 n, 145, 145 n, 146 _Letters of Fabius_, 230, 231 _Letters from the Federal Farmer to the Republican_, 284, 288-291 _Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer_, 219, 223 n, 224 n, 225, 226 n, 228 n _Letters on Various Interesting and Important Subjects_, 378 n _Leviathan, The_, 209, 280 _Libera Nos, Domine_, 373 _Liberty of the Press in the American Colonies, The_, 119 n _Life and Letters of Thomas Jefferson_, 342 n _Life and Letters of John Winthrop_, 39 n, 40 n, 41 n, 43 n, 44 n, 45 n, 46 n, 47 n _Life of Samuel Adams_, 196 n, 237 n _Life of Franklin_, 171 _Life of Elbridge Gerry_, 276 n _Life of Thomas Hutchinson_, 200 n, 201 n, 202 n, 203 n _Life of Milton_, 64 n, 75 n _Life of Thomas Paine_, 336 n, 339 n Lilburne, “Free-born” John, 328 _Lilly’s Grammar_, 249, 378 Lincoln, Earl of, 29 _Literary History of America, A_, 116 n, 150 n, 284 n, 371 n _Literary History of the American Revolution, A_, 207 n, 226 n, 371 n Livy, 213 Locke, John, iv, 66, 69, 103, 121, 123, 149, 189, 190, 196, 213, 215, 217, 220, 222, 236, 237, 238, 239, 269, 270, 271, 282, 296, 316, 319, 338, 343, 344 _Loyal Verses of Joseph Stansbury and Dr. Jonathan Odell, The_, 168 n, 257 n, 259 n Luther, Martin, 6, 9, 11-12, 70, 72, 100 _Luxury, Idleness and Industry, On_, 174 n Machiavelli, 280, 312, 319 Maclay, Senator William, 323, 342 _M’Fingal_, 249, 250-251, 363 McMaster, John Bach, 171 Madison, James, 282, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 292, 299, 311, 315, 369, 379, 390 _Magnalia Christi Americana_, 33 n, 63, 63 n, 108, 115, 116 Malthus, Thomas Robert, 313 _Man of Sorrows, The_, 146 n Marshall, Chief Justice John, 310, 353 Martin, George, 134 n Mary, Queen, 91 n Mason, George, 231, 281, 292 _Massachusettensis_, 207-213 _Massachusetts Historical Society Collections_, 81 n, 90 n, 112 n, 123 n _Massachusetts Historical Society Proceedings_, 119 n, 328 n Masson, David, 64 n, 75 n _Master John Cotton’s Answer to Master Roger Williams_, 37 n Mather, Cotton, 14, 27, 28, 33, 56, 63, 75, 85, 86, 97, 99, 106-117, 120, 123, 127, 128, 137, 148, 162, 195 ----, Increase, 76, 98, 99-106, 114, 119, 127, 214, 361 ----, Richard, 60, 99 ----, Samuel, 195 Mather Dynasty, The, 98-117 Mathers, The, 98, 120, 128, 162 Mein, John, 379 _Memoirs of Rev. Nathaniel Ward_, 80 n _Memorial of the Present Deplorable State of New England ... by the Male-Administration of their Present Governor, Joseph Dudley, Esq. and his Son Paul, A_, 112 n Merriam, Charles E., 280 n Milton, John, 10, 12, 38, 59, 66, 72, 103, 149, 189, 236, 280, 288, 320 _Mississippi Valley in British Politics, The_, 184 n _Model of Moses His Judicials_, 33 _Modell of Christian Charity_, 43 _Modern Chivalry_, 390-394 _Modest Inquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper Currency, A_, 170 Montcalm, Marquis de, 141 Montesquieu, Baron, 236, 271, 280, 282, 284, 319 Moore, Frank, 191 n More, Sir Thomas, 350 _More Letters from an American Farmer_, 140 _More Wonders of the Invisible World_, 108 Morison, Samuel Eliot, 359 n Morris, Gouverneur, 192, 282, 292, 324 ----, Robert, 184, 221, 252, 259, 295 Murdock, Kenneth B., 98 n, 100 n, 101 n, 103 n, 104 n, 106 n Napoleon, 324, 353, 384, 397 _Narragansett Club Publications_, 25 n, 35 n, 37 n, 57 n, 64 n, 66 n, 67 n, 68 n, 69 n, 71 n, 72 n, 74 n _Narrative of the Surprizing Works of God, A_, 160 _Nation, The_, 86 n _National Gazette, The_, 379 _Negotiations in London_, 169 n Nemours, DuPont de, 346 _New England Courant, The_, 128 _England Weekly Journal, The_, 128 _New Haven Gazette, The_, 363 _New Roof, The_, 254