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Taylor, Edward, 1642-1729

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1642 - 1729-06-29

Biography

Edward Taylor (1642-1729), Colonial American poet, pastor, and physician.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Ezra Stiles Papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1475
Abstract: The Ezra Stiles Papers contain correspondence; autograph manuscript writings, many incorporating maps and drawings; personal papers and artifacts; family papers; and writings by others and printed material owned by Ezra Stiles or the Stiles family. Correspondence, 1740s-1795, consists of incoming letters, autograph manuscript copies of outgoing letters, and related family and third-party correspondence. Writings by Stiles, 1740s-1795, include research notes, drafts, and other works, with...
Dates: 1667-1991, bulk 1740-1795

Edward Taylor Collection

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1476
Abstract:

The Edward Taylor Collection contains nine volumes of autograph manuscript writings, including poems, sermons, notes on divinity, and commonplace books; and fragments of writings, correspondence, and other materials removed from bindings of these volumes. Some volumes include autograph manuscript ownership inscriptions and other annotations by Taylor’s son-in-law Isaac Stiles and grandson Ezra Stiles.

Dates: 1670s-1767, bulk 1670s-1729

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Almanacs -- New England -- 18th century 1
American literature -- 17th century 1
American literature -- 18th century 1
American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 1
American poetry -- 17th century 1