The Last American Puritan: The Life of Increase Mather, 1639–1723

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The Last AmericanPuritan Courtesy, American Antiquarian Society Increase Mather. Oil painting by Jan van der Spriett, London, 1688. MICHAEL G. HALL The Last American Puritan The Life of Increase Mather 1639-1723 WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS Middletown, Connecticut Copyright © 1988 by Michael G. Hall All rights reserved All inquiries and permissions requests should be addressed to the Publisher, Wesleyan University Press, 110 Mt. Vernon Street, Middletown, Connecticut 06457 Distributed by Harper & Row Publishers, Keystone Industrial Park, Scranton, Pennsylvania18512 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Hall, Michael G. (Michael Garibaldi) The last American Puritan. Bibliography: p. Includes index. I. Mather, Increase, 1639-1723. 2. Puritans— Massachusetts—Biography. 3. Massachusetts—History— Colonial period, ca. 1600–1775. I. Title. F67.M468H35 1988 974.4'o2'0924 [B] 87-7367 ISBN 0-8195-5128-7 Manufactured in the United States of America FIRST EDITION To MARGARET NIXON HALL for whom I herewith divest myself of the Mathers and ELIZABETH HOOD HALL whose love and strength makes life a joy This page intentionally left blank ...