Research materials on Cotton Mather, 1661-ca. 1984.

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Research materials on Cotton Mather, 1661-ca. 1984.

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Research materials on Cotton Mather gathered by Kenneth Silverman for his 1984 book "The Life and Times of Cotton Mather." Includes copies of original documents in various repositories, notes, copies of secondary materials, and microfilm.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Silverman, Kenneth

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Kenneth Silverman currently serves as professor emeritus of English at New York University. He is the author of several biographies, including those of Samuel Morse, Cotton Mather, and Edgar Allen Poe. "The Life and Times of Cotton Mather", perhaps his best-known work, won both the Bancroft Prize in History and a Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Silverman is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Samuel F.B. Morse, noted artist and inventor, served as a professor of painting an...

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. ...