Michael Wigglesworth (1631-1705) was an American Puritan poet, physician, and minister. His poem "The Day of Doom" enjoyed a popular success unequaled in America before Longfellow.Michael Wigglesworth...
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As is true of many colonial figures, Wigglesworth's fame during his life and in the minds of succeeding generations of New Englanders lies in a few, though momentous, public contributions to the spiri...
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