Cotton Mather

Cotton Mather (February 12, 1663 – February 13, 1728) was a politically important Puritan minister and writer. He lived in North America before the creation of the United States in the area that is now known as Boston, Massachusetts. Cotton Mather was the son of minister Increase Mather. He is most well known for his connection to the Salem witch trials.

Cotton Mather Media

Portrait of Richard Mather. Woodcut from a photograph of the original in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society at Worcester Mass. The original was the first print known to have been made in the American colonies according to Michael G. Hall: Increase Mather. The Last American Puritan. Wesleyan UP, 1988, p. 9.
Rev. John Cotton (1585–1652). (It also might be Rev. John Cotton’s grandson, Josiah Cotton (1679-1756), Justice of the Peace in Plymouth, or a great grandson of Rev. John Cotton, John Cotton (1693- ), the third minister of Newton, Massachusetts. See details for additional information: RESEARCH INTO PORTRAIT/S OF REV. JOHN COTTON.
Mather lived on Hanover Street, Boston, 1688–1718
When they joined, ministers signed the book.
Cotton Mather's essay for judges heading off to trials in Salem, May 31, 1692
Return of Several Ministers, unsigned, and in Cotton Mather's hand
Letter from Cotton Mather to Judge William Stoughton, September 2, 1692
Oct 20, 1692 CM letter to his uncle
Transcription of the above letter

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