Papers, 1682-1722 and undated.

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Papers, 1682-1722 and undated.

1682-1722 and undated.

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Sermons, letters and petitions by the clergyman Cotton Mather. Contains autograph manuscripts and photostatic reproductions of a book list, sermons, excerpts from his diary, and correspondence with Thomas Prince of Boston (1687-1758), the Congregational minister Peter Thatcher of Boston (d. 1739), and the Congregational minister Joseph Webb (1666-1732) concerning the Hollis professorship of Divinity at Harvard College. Also contains petitions on behalf of Harvard College to the Governor and General Assembly of Massachusetts Bay, and to the Lieutenant-Governor and Council of Massachusetts Bay.

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