Historical dream account · English · original historical text
Major Gookin beckons from the room
Samuel Sewall (1652–1730)
Diary of Samuel Sewall, vol. I (1674–1700), in Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, vol. V, fifth series, second edition (1878) · Diary, printed p. 241
Dreamer identified by the source: Samuel Sewall
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Last night I dreamed of military matters, Arms and Captains, and, of a suddain, Major Gookin, very well clad from head to foot, and of a very fresh, lively countenance — his Coat and Breeches of blood-red silk, beckened me out of the room where I was to speak to me. I think 'twas from the Town-house. Read this day in the even the Eleventh of the Hebrews, and sung the 46th Psalm. When I waked from my Dream I thought of Mr. Oakes's Dream about Mr. Shepard and Mitchell beckening him up the Garret-Stairs in Harvard College.
“Last night” within the 30 December 1688 entry; the original calendar is retained.
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A complete firsthand dream and the author's accompanying reflection in the December 30, 1688 entry. The reading of Hebrews and singing of a psalm are waking activities within the retained source paragraph. The remembered Oakes/Shepard/Mitchell dream is a comparison, not another independently counted entry. The following travel/ship paragraph is excluded; source dates are not normalized.
Samuel Sewall (1652–1730), own diary, Diary of Samuel Sewall, vol. I (1674–1700), in Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, vol. V, fifth series, second edition (Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1878), Diary, printed p. 241. Original Committee of Publication: George E. Ellis; William H. Whitmore; Henry Warren Torrey; James Russell Lowell (Committee of Publication). Original-edition witness: Internet Archive, University of California Libraries scan funded by MSN. Original dates, spelling, source brackets and author qualifications retained; descriptive title and navigation metadata added by Synastry.
“Last night” within the 30 December 1688 entry; the original calendar is retained.
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Diary, printed p. 241
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