Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather (February 12, 1663 – February 13, 1728) was a politically important Puritan minister and writer.[1] He was the son of minister Increase Mather and lived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony of colonial America, in the area that is now Boston, Massachusetts.[1][2]
Cotton Mather | |
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 Cotton Mather, circa 1700 | |
| Born | February 12, 1663 |
| Died | February 13, 1728 (aged 65) |
| Occupation | Minister |
He is best known for his connection to the Salem witch trials.[2]
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
Holograph copy of Cotton Mather's letter of advice to John Richards concerning the impending trials at Salem, May 31, 1692
The Return of Several Ministers, written in Cotton Mather's hand
Letter from Cotton Mather to Judge William Stoughton, September 2, 1692
painting of Cotton Mather by Richard L. Gunn
The Mather tomb in Copp's Hill Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cotton Mather | Biography, Beliefs, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 2024-09-02. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wendell, Barrett (1897). Cotton Mather, the Puritan Priest. Dodd, Mead. ISBN 978-0-524-01027-3.
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