Papers, 1613-1819.

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Papers, 1613-1819.

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Correspondence, diaries, essays, sermons and sermon notes, notebooks, and miscellaneous papers of five generations of Mathers, including Richard Mather (1596-1669), Increase Mather (1639-1723), Cotton Mather (1663-1728), Samuel Mather (1706-1785), and Hannah Mather Crocker (1725-1829). The papers document to a lesser extent other Mather family members and other early New England divines.

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Mather family.

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Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728

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

Crocker, Hannah Mather, 1752-1829

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Mather, Richard, 1596-1669

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Mather, Increase, 1639-1723

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"Increase Mather, the youngest son of the Reverend Richard Mather of Dorchester, and the father of Cotton Mather, has been described as the 'foremost American Puritan' of his generation. Teacher of the Second Church of Boston for more than fifty years, President of Harvard College from 1685 to 1701, agent for Massachusetts Bay in England to request the return of the Charter, and the author of approximately 175 books, pamphlets, prefaces and printed sermons, Mather was intimately involved in poli...

Mather, Samuel, 1706-1785

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American clergyman. From the description of Manuscript sermon : place not specified, 1791 Aug. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 729248589 Rector of Old North Church. Son of Cotton Mather. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to "My dear child" (a relative), 1776 July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270636634 ...