Historical dream account · English · original historical text
A journey planned for Salem
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. 259
Dreamer identified by the source: Samuel Sewall
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Last night I dreamed of my Wife, and of Father Hull, that he had buried somebody, and was presently intending to goe to Salem.
“Last night” in the 16 June 1689 entry; the original calendar is retained.
Source & context
A complete short firsthand report in the June 16, 1689 entry. The buried person remains unidentified, as in the original; Father Hull's plans are a dream event. The separate June 20 entry about his wife's dreamed death is not merged with this episode. 'Last night' is retained without a modern calendar conversion.
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. 259. 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” in the 16 June 1689 entry; the original calendar is retained.
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Original 1878 second edition of seventeenth-century diary text, visually verified from title page and verso. IA metadata marks US status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT. Publication predates 1931; Samuel Sewall (1652–1730) and the original nineteenth-century publication committee are long deceased. This uses the old published text and an expired-US-publication basis, not a modern edited transcription or new Creative Commons licence. No blanket worldwide clearance is asserted.
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Diary, printed p. 259
The original text and redactions are preserved. The page title is an editorial navigation label.
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