''Major Mason's Brief History of the Pequot War'' is a 1677 historical
primary source
In the study of history as an academic discipline, a primary source (also called an original source) is an artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under ...
memoir of the
Pequot War, written by the commander of the
Connecticut Colony forces
John Mason. It was written in 1670, but only posthumously published in 1677. Mason's work spans 12,000 words, including mention of his command over the
Mystic massacre
The Mystic massacrealso known as the Pequot massacre and the Battle of Mystic Forttook place on May 26, 1637 during the Pequot War, when Connecticut colonizers under Captain John Mason and their Narragansett and Mohegan allies set fire to th ...
. Mason's history was heavily referenced by
Increase Mather
Increase Mather (; June 21, 1639 Old Style – August 23, 1723 Old Style) was a New England Puritan clergyman in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and president of Harvard College for twenty years (1681–1701). He was influential in the administ ...
in his work A Relation of the Troubles.
[https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5436619 Christies]
References
1677 books
Pequot War
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