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  1. Feb 2017
    1. Cotton Mather

      This man was a huge influence on the Salem witch trials!! I totally called it.

      "Mather published Memorable Providences, detailing the supposed afflictions of several children in the Goodwin family in Boston. Robert Calef, a contemporary critic of Mather, considered this book responsible for laying the groundwork for the Salem witch trials"