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May 3, 2024 6 min

Cotton Mather

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In this episode, we look into the life of Cotton Mather and his contribution to early New England. Mather was a Puritan minister who was a major figure in the early history of the United States. Special Thanks to "A History of the American People" by Paul Johnson for providing most of the content for this episode. Please check out his book if you want to learn US history. It is the best book I have found on the topic. Also thanks to Wikipedia and Google Gemini for filling in additional details for the story. Thanks to our monthly supporters Dan

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