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James Winthrop, Jr. was born on March 28, 1752, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of Prof. John Winthrop, Sr. of Harvard and Rebecca Townsend.
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library W038335 Printed in two columns. With an errata slip mounted on verso of title page. Printed in Boston : for the author, by Belknap and Hall, sold at their office, no. 8, Dock Square, MDCCXCIV. 1794. 79, 1 p. ; 8°
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library W029518 Printed at Boston : for the author, by Thomas Hall, State Street: sold by him, by Isaac Cazneau, Marshall's Lane, and at the bookstores, --MDCCXCV. 1795. v, 2, 8-35, 1 p. ; 8°
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James Winthrop, Jr. was born on March 28, 1752, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of Prof. John Winthrop, Sr. of Harvard and Rebecca Townsend.
Winthrop, Jr. was graduated from Harvard in 1769.
A year later he took over the work of the librarian, to whose post he was formally appointed in 1772. On the day of Bunker Hill he left to others the packing of the college books for removal to safety, and went into the battle, where he was slightly wounded. For a time that year he was postmaster of Cambridge, but he laid down that and took the office of register of probate for Middlesex. When Professor Winthrop, Sr. died in 1779, James was considered for his chair of mathematics and natural philosophy, but his intemperate manner and his eccentricities militated against him. The next year he encouraged the students in the revolution which deposed President Samuel Langdon, being motivated, contemporaries said, by spite. In 1787 the Corporation of the College forced him to choose between the library and the probate office, and he left the former. After serving as a volunteer against Shays's rebels he was considered for his father's professorship when it again fell vacant, but encountered public opposition. In 1791 he was appointed judge of common pleas for Middlesex, and in the same year surveyed for a proposed Cape Cod canal. He was a promoter of the West Boston Bridge and the Middlesex Canal. In the Literary Miscellany he published some articles on ancient history containing many statements "which seem to have been familiarly known to him, but which were not known before, and have not been confirmed since". His chief literary efforts, however, were directed toward the interpretation of the Biblical prophecies, which led him to believe that the European confederation of 1810 marked the beginning of a world union to be under a Guardian of the Law residing at Jerusalem. He also became an overseer of the new institution, and bequeathed to it his large and valuable library. He died on September 26, 1821, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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In politics James Winthrop, Jr. was a rabid Republican, which, in conjunction with his past experiences, turned him from Federalist Harvard to Allegheny College, which was being founded by his friend Timothy Alden.
James Winthrop, Jr. was one of the first members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a founder of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
James Winthrop, Jr. mastered all of the common languages, icluding Russian and Chinese.
James Winthrop, Jr. never married.