Diary of Colonel Joseph Pitkin, East Hartford, Connecticut

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Handle
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/11134/30002:22225590
Persons
Persons
Creator (cre): Pitkin, Joseph, 1696-1762
Title
Title
Title
Diary of Colonel Joseph Pitkin, East Hartford, Connecticut
Origin Information
Origin Information
Date Created
1711 to 1756
Parent Item
Parent Item
Classified Archives (RG 000)
Journals, Diaries and Logs (CHI Colonial History Featured Topic)
Resource Type
Resource Type
Still image
Digital Origin
Digital Origin
reformatted digital
Description
Description
A memoir written by Joseph Pitkin of East Hartford. In the volume he recounts his conversion experience at the age of 16, how God influenced his life including finding him a wife and giving him children, how his wife and children died, and an account of speaking with a young woman in Boston who reportedly was seized by the devil (possibly accused of being a witch).
Language
Language
English
Genre
Genre
diaries
man
manuscripts
Subject
Subject
Religious thought
Autobiography
Conversion
Devil--Christianity
Geographic Subject
Geographic Subject
East Hartford
Held By
Held By
Connecticut State Library
Rights Statement
Rights Statement
NO KNOWN COPYRIGHT
Note
Note
Note
Joseph Pitkin was the brother and business partner of Governor William Pitkin. Joesph held important officers in the colony including justice of the peace, judge of the county court and representative to the colonial legislature. He was named a colonel of the First Regiment of militia in 1751. He married three times: Mary Lord, Eunice Chester, and Eunice Law, widow of Governor Jonathan Law. Joseph died in 1762.
Local Identifier
Local Identifier
920_P68d_PitkinJoseph.tif

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