Cotton Mather (February 12, 1663 - February 13, 1728). A.B. 1678 (Harvard College), A.M. 1681; honorary doctorate 1710 (University of Glasgow), was a socially and politically influential Puritan minister, prolific author, and pamphleteer. Cotton Mather was the son of influential minister Increase Mather. He is often remembered for his connection to the Salem witch trials. Wikipedia
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But, as Cotton Mather observed, the Government of New-England was for having their Students brought up in a more Collegiate Way of Living. collegiateway.org/mather/
The Last Days of Increase Mather From "Memoirs of Remarkables in the Life and the Death of the Ever-Memorable Dr. Increase Mather" (1724). www.gty.org/~phil/mather.htm
