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Rev. Samuel IVhiling. IO3
and, soon after, wrote a brief memoir of him,
which has been many times reprinted. Young,
having included it in his " Chronicles" (p. 43 I),
adds the following in a note referring to him:
" His vicinity to Cotton, before their removal
to America, afforded him the best opportuni-
ties to obtain information concerning his life
and history; and we are under great obligations
to him for his admirable biographical
sketch. It forms the foundation of Norton's,
as well as of Mather's life Of this great man.
Both of them appropriate Whiting's labors
most unceremoniously, and add but little to
his original sketch."
In I649 Oliver Cromweli made application
to Samuel Whiting, Peter Bulkley, and other
clergymen of the colony, requesting that missionaries
should be sent to Ireland. " Mr.
Whiting, Mr. Cobbet, and four other ministers,
sent a letter to Cromwell, dated 3Ist March,
165o, asking for further information,* and say-
ing, that, "since your honor hath so large a
heart given you of the Lord, as to desire you
* Thompson's Boston, 784.