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John Cotton, Milk for Babes

John Cotton’s Milk for Babes catechism in Algonquian language

Cotton Mather

Cotton Mather, 1663-1728

cm diary

Page from Cotton Mather’s Diary

(Collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society)

Increase Mather portrait

Increase Mather, 1639-1723

DP3056

Elizabeth Clarke Freake and Baby Mary

Belinda sutton petition

Belinda Sutton’s petition
(royallhouse.
org)