Prior to the year 1692, a man named Cotton Mather wrote a book called Memorable Providences Relating to Witchcrafts and Possessions. ... Mather firmly believed this was a case of witchcraft and his opinion influenced others. ...

• Word Count: 1002
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

He did not have many friends, but "... he had read several books quite through, and was a perfect master of Cotton Mather's History of New England Witchcraft, in which, by the way, he most firmly believed....

• Word Count: 626
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School