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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Colonial history. (search)
distrusted every popular Danforth to Increase Mather; Hutch. Hist. i. 339. movement, and sought tond in town-meetings. New England, says Cotton Mather, being a country whose interests are remarkablhe possessed damsel obtained no relief, Cotton Mather, eager to learn the marvels of the world of spew; though he fell upon one inferior Indian C. Mather's Memorable Providences, p. 34, ed. 1689 lane Chap XIX.} sagacious. The vanity of Cotton Mather was further gratified; for the bewitched girl said, is as the sin of witchcraft; and Cotton Mather, in his Discourse, did but repeat the old taleas installed in office. The triumph of Cotton Mather 1692. was perfect. Immediately a court of oy, of Perkins and Bernard, of Baxter and Cotton Mather; and, on the 10th of June, protesting her innorlestown; and from them, by the hand of Cotton Mather, they receive gratitude for their sedulous end. Far different was the reasoning of Cotton Mather. He was met continually with all sorts of obj[30 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXIII (search)
customers. The little sheet satirized hypocrisy, and spoke of religious knaves as of all knaves the worst. This was described as tending to abuse the ministers of religion in a manner which was intolerable. I can well remember, writes Increase Mather, then more than fourscore years of age, when the civil government would have taken an effectual course to suppress such a cursed libel. In July, 1722, a 1722 resolve passed the council, appointing a censor for the press of James Franklin; but tserved for the English navy. The colonial legislatures hated the restriction, and parliament repeatedly interfered to extend and confirm the royal monopoly in the American forests. The ministers of Massachusetts, by the hand of Cot- 1725 ton Mather, desire a synod, to recover and establish the faith and order of the gospel. The council assents; the house hesitates, and, by a reference to the next session, gives opportunity for instructions from the people. The bishop of London anticipates
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., M. (search)
arter, II. 78. Territory enlarged, 81. Plans the conquest of Acadia, 217. Is refused a synod, 391 Withholds a fixed salary from the royal governor, 391. Recovers impressed seamen, 465. Massasoit, I. 317. Masts, II. 89; III. 106, 391. Mather, Cotton, III. 71. Champion of witchcraft, 76. Wonders of the invisible world, 95, 98. Mather, Increase, II. 434; III. 71, 83, 89, 375. Mayhew, II. 97. Melendez, I. 66. Mermet, Father, III. 198. Mesnard, Father Rene, III. 144. LoMather, Increase, II. 434; III. 71, 83, 89, 375. Mayhew, II. 97. Melendez, I. 66. Mermet, Father, III. 198. Mesnard, Father Rene, III. 144. Lost among the Chippewas, 147. Miamis, III. 240. Miantonomoh, I. 361, 423, 424. Michigan visited by Jesuits, III. 128, 152, 155. French in, 194. Micmacs, III. 237. Milborne, III. 52. Executed, 54. Miller, governor of Carolina, II. 156. Miruelo Diego, I. 34. Mississippi company, III. 350, 354. Mississippi River discovered, I. 51; III. 157. Mississippi State, Soto in, I. 51. French settlement, III. 201, 349. Events in, 366. Missouri visited by De Soto I. 52. The