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Cotton Mather FRS was a New England Puritan clergyman and a prolific writer. Educated at Harvard College, in 1685 he joined his father Increase as minister of the Congregationalist Old North Church of Boston, where he continued to preach for the rest of his life. A major intellectual and public
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See moreCotton Mather was born in 1663 in the city of Boston, the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, to the Rev. Increase Mather and his wife Maria née Cotton. His grandfathers were Richard Mather an
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In 1689, Mather published Memorable Providences detailing the supposed afflictions of several children in the Goodwin family in Boston....
See moreIn Massachusetts at the start of the 18th century, Joseph Dudley was a highly controversial figure, as he had participated actively in the government
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See moreCotton Mather was a fellow of Harvard College from 1690 to 1702, and at various times sat on its Board of Overseers. His father Increase had succeeded John Rogers as
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See moreOn May 14, 1686, ten days after Cotton Mather's marriage to Abigail Phillips, Edward Randolph disembarked in Boston bearing letters patent from King James II of England that revoked the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company and commissioned Randolph
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See moreCotton Mather was an extremely prolific writer, producing 388 different books and pamphlets during his lifetime. His most widely distributed work was Magnalia Christi Americana (which
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See moreThe practice of smallpox inoculation (as distinguished from to the later practice of vaccination) was developed possibly in 8th-century India or 10th
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