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Letter, from Cotton Mather to John Woodward, dated at Boston

Reference number: EL/M2/26

Date: 22 November 1712

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Concerning people with ailments who had cures communicated to them through their dreams

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EL/M2/26
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22 November 1712
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5 pages
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Manuscript
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Cotton Mather

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Cotton Mather, Letter, from Cotton Mather to John Woodward, dated at Boston, 22 November 1712, EL/M2/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m2_26/letter-from-cotton-mather-to-john-woodward-dated-at-boston, accessed on 12 May 2025

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