Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1663-02-23
Death 1728-02-24
Britons,
English,

Biographical notes:

American divine.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Sir William Ashurst, 1717 Dec. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270636628

Massachusetts Bay Colony minister.

From the description of List of marriages performed [manuscript], 1704-1705. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647975852

From the description of Notes for sermon, "Christ is a King" [manuscript], 1704 July 16. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647847750

From the description of Notes for sermon, "Christ is a King". : and list of marriages performed, 1704. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135418

Timothy Shaler Williams (1862-1930) was an American journalist, railroad official and political figure. After working for a New York City newspaper from 1884 to 1889, he was private secretary to New York governors David H. Hill and Roswell P. Flower. In 1895 he joined the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company and served as president from 1911 until his retirement. He also was an amateur historian interested in U. S. colonial history.

From the guide to the Timothy Shaler Williams papers, 1876-1930, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

Epithet: Minister at Boston, New England

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001301.0x000350

Clergyman.

From the description of Sermon of Cotton Mather, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454391

From the description of Papers of Cotton Mather, 1681-1711. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067914

Mather (Harvard A.B. 1678, M.A. 1681) was an American Puritan clergyman and writer.

From the description of Papers, 1682-1722 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79413979

From the guide to the Papers, 1682-1722 and undated., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

Clergyman and author.

Mather attended Harvard and served as minister at the Second Church in Boston from 1685 until his death. His advice was sought during the Salem witch trials. During his lifetime Mather wrote more than 450 books.

From the description of Cotton Mather Letters, [1691?]-[1692?]. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 34112648

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  • Marseilles, France (as recorded)
  • Pyrmont, Germany (as recorded)
  • New England (as recorded)
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  • Massachusetts (as recorded)
  • Madeira, Portugal (as recorded)
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