I am pleased to announce that the first Winthrop Papers electronic
seminars have been scheduled for the Atlantic World and Puritan
Prophesying e-seminars, and the papers are available at the web site.

Atlantic seminar: Dr. John Thornton of Millersville University has
provided us with his paper on "African Political Ethics and the Slave
Trade: Central African Dimensions". Discussion will be in the Luanda chat
room of the Atlantic seminar at noon (Eastern US time) on 8 February. To
participate in the discussion will require a password that will be good
for that session only. The paper is to be found at
www.millersv.edu/~winthrop/atlantic.html Passwords will be limited to
approximately twenty interested individuals. In case of additional
interest Dr. Thornton has agreed to having an added session.

Puritanism Seminar: Dr. Michael Winship of the University of Georgia has
provided us with his paper on early modern England, "Bridget Cooke and the
Art of Godly Female Self-Advancement. Discussion will be in the Dedham
chat room of the Puritan seminar at 12:10 PM on 9 February. To
participate in the discussion will require a password that will be good
for that session only. The paper, as well as instructions on how to obtain
a password for the discussion is to be found at
www.millersv.edu/~winthrop/puritan.html Passwords will be limited to
approximately twenty interested individuals. In case of additional
interest Dr. Winship has agreed to having an added session.

Francis J. Bremer
Editor, The Winthrop Papers
Professor, Department of History
Millersville University of PA
Millersville, PA 17551
phone: 717-872-3548
fax: 717-560-5025
e-mail: fbremer@marauder.millersv.edu