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Page 52
... John Cotton , Cotton Mather's sixteen - year - old cousin and classmate , and that this young nephew made the reply that we must interpret from Increase's obscure shorthand . I doubt if " J. C. " means the boy John Cotton . One simple ...
... John Cotton , Cotton Mather's sixteen - year - old cousin and classmate , and that this young nephew made the reply that we must interpret from Increase's obscure shorthand . I doubt if " J. C. " means the boy John Cotton . One simple ...
Page 53
... John Cotton , moreover , would hardly have taken a position in such brazen defiance of the rules before an Overseer and Fellow , even his own uncle.2 25 The conversations that Miss Porter and the Boases invent are extremely unconvincing ...
... John Cotton , moreover , would hardly have taken a position in such brazen defiance of the rules before an Overseer and Fellow , even his own uncle.2 25 The conversations that Miss Porter and the Boases invent are extremely unconvincing ...
Page 54
... John Cotton , was in Boston and Increase dis- cussed with him their nephew's behavior . Just three weeks later , and on several other occasions during the next few months , a man referred to in the diary as " Br . J. C. " and sometimes ...
... John Cotton , was in Boston and Increase dis- cussed with him their nephew's behavior . Just three weeks later , and on several other occasions during the next few months , a man referred to in the diary as " Br . J. C. " and sometimes ...
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