Wikipedia's dedicated article on Cotton Mather (1663 to 1728), stating he served as co-pastor of the Congregationalist Old North Meeting House in Boston alongside his father Increase Mather for most of his life, and describing Magnalia Christi Americana (1702) as his most widely distributed work, a seven book ecclesiastical history of New England from 1620 to 1698 including roughly fifty biographical sketches of prominent New Englanders. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Citation
AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Mather
Source Typereference
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Tier three, general reference encyclopedia entry, matching this database's established convention for Wikipedia citations. Used for Mather's pastorate and the book's scope, cross checked against the Congregational Library and Archives' own bibliography of his works. Connections
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Boston, Cities This source names Boston directly: "Old North Meeting House in Boston alongside his father Increase Mather for most of his life, and describing Magnalia Christi Americana (1702) as his most widely distributed work, a seven book..."
Source Cotton Mather (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors
This source names Congregationalists directly: "Wikipedia's dedicated article on Cotton Mather (1663 to 1728), stating he served as co-pastor of the Congregationalist Old North Meeting House in Boston alongside his father Increase Mather for most..."
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Claims Backed By This Source (22 claims)
This source backs 22 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Historical Figures, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 3 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Literary Works, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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