Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford, A Model of Christian Charity by John Winthrop, and The Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather demonstrate the beliefs, attitudes, and the common histories of the Pilgrims and the Puritans of that period. ... Mather claimed that the outbreak of witchcraft in Salem was one of these said devices as represented by "an army of devils who have horribly broke into upon the place which is the center... the firstborn of our English settlements" (Franklin et. al., 2012, p. 328). Mather then attributes every illness, malady, and misfortun...

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