Cotton Mather's Account of the Tryals of the Several
Witches Lately Executed in New-England (London, l693), written at the
request of the judges in the trials, defended the justice of the verdicts.
Mather's connection to the witchcraft trials has been a matter of much
debate. He originally felt punishment milder than execution might be imposed.
This work is one of the classics of a tragic chapter in Massachusetts'
history.
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