Historical dream account · English · original historical text
Escaping and hiding from enemies
Samuel Sewall (1652–1730)
Diary of Samuel Sewall, vol. III (1714–1729), in Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, vol. VII, fifth series (1882) · Diary, vol. III, printed p. 213
Dreamer identified by the source: Samuel Sewall
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Last night I dream'd of being beset with Enemies, so that I was fain privately to make my Escape, and hide my self.
“Last night” in the 5 March entry under printed Old Style year 1718/19; the original calendar is retained.
Source & context
A complete short firsthand report of escape and hiding. The following “This morning” passage, which continues onto the next printed page, is waking business and is excluded. The enemies are not identified or inferred from the surrounding diary. “Last night” in the 5 March entry under printed Old Style year 1718/19; the original calendar is retained.
Samuel Sewall (1652–1730), own diary, Diary of Samuel Sewall, vol. III (1714–1729), in Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, vol. VII, fifth series (Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1882), Diary, vol. III, printed p. 213. Committee of Publication: George E. Ellis; William H. Whitmore; Henry Warren Torrey; James Russell Lowell (Committee of Publication). Original-edition witness: Internet Archive, Princeton Theological Seminary Library scan. Dates, source spelling and author qualifications retained; descriptive title and navigation metadata added by Synastry.
“Last night” in the 5 March entry under printed Old Style year 1718/19; the original calendar is retained.
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Original nineteenth-century English diary publication, dated from the actual title-page witness rather than the generic archive metadata. The publication predates 1931 and Samuel Sewall (1652–1730) and the original publication committee are long deceased. This uses an expired-US-publication basis, not a modern transcription or new Creative Commons licence; no blanket worldwide grant is asserted. This record's title-page date is 1882; archive metadata's generic 1878 date is not used.
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Diary, vol. III, printed p. 213
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