Papers of Increase Mather, 1683-1717.

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Papers of Increase Mather, 1683-1717.

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Increase Mather was the sixth president of Harvard College, serving as acting president from 1685 to 1686, as rector from 1686 to 1692, and as president from 1692 to 1701. This collection consists of one letter to Abraham Kick concerning an order of books, five letters to Sir William Ashurst regarding political concerns of the Massachusetts colony and Harvard College, and a letter to Harvard treasurer John Richards regarding College account books. One page of notes cites Mather’s concerns regarding the religious views of the Harvard Corporation.

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