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Old 05-03-2008, 01:27 PM
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So Cotton Increased the work of Increase?
Cotton was very prolific, but Increase wrote 175 books and pamphlets, and it would be hard for most to top that. They were quite a pair, and of course there was Richard too. That was an amazing spiritual dynasty.
I think Dr. Andrew Holmes (my lecturer last semester at Queen's) said that Cotton Mather wrote around 380 books.
Well, Wikipedia says that Cotton Mather wrote 450 books and pamphlets. So I guess Cotton did Increase the work of Increase.
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