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Letter, from Cotton Mather to Richard Waller, dated at Boston

Reference number: EL/M2/30

Date: 26 November 1712

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Two cases of apparitions made on 2 May 1687 and at the end of 1695

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EL/M2/30
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26 November 1712
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7 pages
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Manuscript
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Cotton Mather

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Cotton Mather, Letter, from Cotton Mather to Richard Waller, dated at Boston, 26 November 1712, EL/M2/30, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m2_30/letter-from-cotton-mather-to-richard-waller-dated-at-boston, accessed on 10 October 2024

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