Letter, 1692 Sept 20, Boston [Mass.], to Stephen Sewall.

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Letter, 1692 Sept 20, Boston [Mass.], to Stephen Sewall.

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Letter in which Mather asks Sewall to provide him with a narrative of the evidence against those on trial who were accused of being witches. Mather also asks for Sewall's "observations about ye confessors and ye credibility of what they Assert."

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New England Historic Genealogical Society

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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. ...

Sewall, Stephen, 1657-1725

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