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John Oldham

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

John Oldham , c.1600-1636, colonist in New England, b. England. A trader, he emigrated to Plymouth in 1623 but was banished (1624) because of his opposition to the strict government. Later he was involved in establishing the unsuccessful settlement on Cape Ann (1626), several of the settlements in the Massachusetts Bay colony, and Wethersfield, Conn. His murder by the Pequot on Block Island was one of the events leading to the Pequot War (1637). Author not available, OLDHAM, JOHN. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Oldham, John
Oldham, John (1653–83), is chiefly remembered for his ironical Satire against Virtue (1679) and Satires upon the Jesuits (1681). His... Read more

John Oldham
...and A Satire against Virtue (1679). He was much admired by Dryden, who wrote the beautiful To the Memory of Mr. Oldham, included in Oldham's collected works (1684). Bibliography: See study by P. Hammond (1984). Read more

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