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History of the United States in 100 Objects -- 14: The Winthrop Alchemical Physician's Chair

Dec 20, 2021

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The Alchemy of John Winthrop Junior

04:06

The Relationship Between Alchemy and Perfectionism

02:26

The Central Rosette and the Three Rings Around It

02:43

Introduction

3min

The Story of John Winthrop Junior and the Massachusetts Bay Colony

3min

John Winthrop Jr.

3min

John Winthrop Junior, Governor of New Haven, Conn.

3min

Winthrop, the First Colonist in the Royal Society

2min

Winthrop's Life and Work

1min

The Story of Winthrop

3min

Alchemy and the New England Colony

2min

John Winthrop Junior's Wainscot Chair

3min

10.

The Chipstone Chair of the Restoration Period

3min

11.

The Central Rosette and the Three Rings Around It

3min

12.

The Alchemy of John Winthrop Junior

4min

13.

The Relationship Between Alchemy and Perfectionism

2min

14.

The First New Religious Secular Group in the United States

3min

15.

John Winthrop Junior Chair

3min

UNLOCKED after 1 year for patrons only: --Wainscot great chair with turned and carved ornaments --Made of Oak, by unknown maker in New York or Connecticut, 1660-75 --Owned by John Winthrop, Jr.; held by Connecticut Historical Society How do the enigmatic designs on an oak chair belonging to the governor, doctor, and alchemist, John Winthrop, Jr., reflect the teeming underground world of mystical and esoteric thought in colonial southeastern New England? Suggested reading: Neil Kamil, "Fortress of the Soul"; John Brooke, "The Refiner's Fire"; William Woodward, "Prospero's America"; Robert F. Trent, review of “Fortress of the Soul,” in American Furniture, 2005. CORRECTION: This is the fourteenth, not fifteenth, installment in the series. Please support this podcast to hear all installments of History of the United States in 100 Objects -- https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5530632