Mather, Cotton: The Mather Papers: Part I, The Papers of Cotton Mather

Location: McKeldin Library
Call Number: MicrofilmBX7233.M32A4

Mather, Cotton. The Mather Papers: Part I, The Papers of Cotton Mather
19 Reels

Description

The American Antiquarian Society's collection comprises the bulk of the known letters of Mather (about 300 items). This collection includes approximately thirty letters to Mather. The correspondence concerns church discipline, administrative matters and some material about political, social and scientific topics. Over one hundred letters held by the Massachusetts Historical Society, written between 1685 and 1726, are also included. In addition, some manuscripts have been f ilmed. Inclusive dates are 1681 through 1726.

Arrangement of the material is chronological. The first frame of each reel indicates the years covered on the reel.There is no index.

Thomas J. Holmes' Cotton Mather: A Bibliography of his Works (1940) (Ref Z 8554 .H73), 3 vols., locates and describes manuscripts by Mather and includes a chronological list of his works.