Papers concerning Increase Mather, ca. 1920-1930.

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Papers concerning Increase Mather, ca. 1920-1930.

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Negative and positive photostat copies and typescript transcripts of documents and printed materials (belonging to other institutions) concerning Increase Mather. This material was found in a box of items formerly owned by Professor Kenneth Ballard Murcock and these copies were possibly assembled by Murdock for his research on Increase Mather.

1 box (.25 linear ft.)

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Murdock, Kenneth Ballard, 1895-1975

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Murdock graduated from Harvard in 1916; taught English at Harvard and served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. From the description of Papers of Kenneth B. Murdock, 1932?-1971 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973140 ...

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...