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Increase Mather, New England Puritan (June 21, 1639 "“ August 23, 1723), was the son of Richard Mather, probable author of the preface to the Bay Psalm Book, and father of Cotton Mather, author of Magnalia Christi Americana.
Increase Mather served as President of Harvard College, and was the author of Remarkable Providences An Essay For the Recording of Illustrious Providences, based on an earlier proposal by Matthew Poole, among other notable works.
Increase Mather served as President of Harvard College, and was the author of Remarkable Providences An Essay For the Recording of Illustrious Providences, based on an earlier proposal by Matthew Poole, among other notable works.