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"An Enquiry into the Reasons Why God Contends with His People," 1665 (MHS, pp. 6 (MHS)
Reel 14
"The Angel of Bethesda," 1724 (AAS)
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Preferred Citation
Microfilm edition of the Cotton Mather papers, a joint publication of the Massachusetts Historical Society and the American Antiquarian Society.
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Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Of the Four Mathers, Bradstreet, etc." (AAS)
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"Cotton Mather's Quotations" (AAS)
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"Quotidiana" (AAS)
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"Collections," consisting of quotations, proverbs, excerpts, and notes, 1720-1722 (AAS)
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"Curiosa Americana. Before him are Princess Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach, August Hermann Francke, Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Luca Carlevarijs, Agafya Grushetskaya, and Ogata Kenzan.
Sermon notes, 1676-1720
This series contains notes of the sermons of Increase Mather and others taken by Cotton Mather between 1676 and 1720.
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Notebook of authors and texts throughout the Bible, notes on chapters in the Bible with references to essays and other works (384 leaves, 2 loose items), ca. Mather was given the official records of the Salem trials for use in preparation of a book that the judges hoped would favorably describe their role in the affair.
In particular, Mather urged the judges to consider spectral evidence, giving it such weight as "it will bear," and to consider the confessions of witches the best evidence of all. As the trials progressed, and growing numbers of person confessed to being witches, Mather became firmly convinced that "an Army of Devils is horribly broke in upon the place which is our center." On August 4, 1692, Mather delivered a sermon warning that the Last Judgment was near at hand, and portraying himself, Chief Justice Stroughton, and Governor Phips as leading the final charge against the Devil's legions.
(AAS)
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Notes of sermons, undated
IV. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.Persons:
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
Mather, Richard, 1596-1669.
Shepard, Thomas, 1605-1649.
Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748.
Organizations:
Christ Church (Boston, Mass.).
Old South Church (Boston, Mass.).
Subjects:
Clergy--Diaries.
Congregational churches--Clergy.
Diaries--1681-1725.
Religious thought--New England.
Smallpox--Vaccination--Massachusetts--Boston.
Witchcraft--Massachusetts--Salem.
Cotton Mather, the minister of Boston's Old North church, was a true believer in witchcraft.
Miscellaneous numbered documents, 1636-1724
The following documents have been arranged in page number order. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Entries are mainly an account of Mather's personal spiritual life and his ministerial duties, including the preparation of his manuscript "Biblia Americana," attendance at church meetings, counseling of parishioners, and sermons preached at various churches including Old South Church and Old North Church in Boston.
1688-1689 (AAS)
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"The Ancient Gospel"
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"Abel and Enoch"
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"This Arke"
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"Job and Moses"
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"Solomon and Jonah"
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"Serious Consideration Commended as the Way unto Sound Conversion," 1683 (MHS, from the Edward Everett Papers Vol. 246)
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Fragments of sermons and essays, 1680-1722 (AAS)
Reel 9
"The Examination of George Burroughs for Witchcraft," 9 May 1692 (MHS)
Note: While once identified as in the hand of Cotton Mather, more recent scholarship attributes this item to Rev.
Samuel Parris (1653-1720).
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"The Life of Mr. Thomas Dudley Several Times Governor of the Massachusetts Colony in N.E.," ca. After him are Douglas Preston (1956), Bret Easton Ellis (1964), Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), Spencer Johnson (1938), Dennis Lehane (1965), and V. C. Andrews (1923).
American born Writers
Go to all RankingsWritings of Cotton Mather
What Must I Do To Be Saved?
The Duties of Children to Their Parents
The Duties of Parents To Their Children
The Education of Children
A Father's Resolutions
The Last Days of Increase Mather
The Devil in New England
Satisfaction in God
Introduction to Magnalia Christii Americana
Nehemias Americanus
Galeacius Secundus
Eulogius
A Parenthesis on the Witchcraft Episode
Thaumatographia Pneumatica
Memorable Providences, Relating to Witchcrafts and Possessions (1689)
The Wonders of the Invisible World (1693)
The Tryal of G[eorge] B[urroughs] at a Court of Oyer and Terminer, Held in Salem, 1692
Writings About Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather
Mather, Cotton
Cotton Mather's View of Civil Government
Benjamin Franklin and Cotton Mather
Samuel Sewell and Cotton Mather: Two Puritans Stained with Innocent Blood
The Mather Dynasty
Other Cotton Mather Resources
Salem Witch Trials Documentary archive and Transcription Project
Salem Witchcraft Trials, 1692
Ephemera of Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather, an American on Patmos
Cotton Mather Discussion Port
Cotton Mather: An Annotated Bibliography
Bibliography of David Levin's Scholarly and Creative Writings (up to 1994)
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"Biblia Americana," vols.
On August 19, Mather was in Salem to witness the execution of ex-minister George Burroughs for witchcraft. Sermons, essays, and other works, 1680-1724
This series contains the historical and religious works of Cotton Mather, written between 1680 and 1724, including sermons on Biblical figures and studies of apocalypticism, millennialism, conversion, angels, prophecy, and witchcraft.
187-202)
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"Ratio Discipline Fratrum Nov-Anglorum," 1701 (MHS, pp. Documents in this series were written by Cotton Mather unless noted otherwise.
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