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Title: Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather
A Reply

Author: Charles W. Upham

Release Date: October 20, 2008 [EBook #26978]

Language: English

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SALEM WITCHCRAFT
AND
COTTON MATHER.

A REPLY.

BY
CHARLES W. UPHAM,
_Member of the Massachusetts Historical Society._

MORRISANIA, N. Y.:
1869.

TO
HENRY B. DAWSON, ESQ.,
PROPRIETOR AND EDITOR
OF
_THE HISTORICAL MAGAZINE_,
THIS REPRINT FROM ITS PAGES
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY
ITS AUTHOR.

SALEM, MASS., December 10, 1869.

Transcriber's Note:

Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.
Superscript text is preceded by the ^ character. Variant spellings,
including the inconsistent spelling of proper nouns, remain as
printed. Spelling errors in quotations have been retained, despite
the generally poor quality of the original typesetting.

PREFATORY NOTE.

The Editors of the _North American Review_ would, under the
circumstances, I have no reason to doubt, have opened its columns to a
reply to the article that has led to the preparation of the following
statement. But its length has forbidden my asking such a favor.

All interested in the department of American literature to which the
HISTORICAL MAGAZINE belongs, must appreciate the ability with which it
is conducted, and the laborious and indefatigable zeal of its Editor, in
collecting and placing on its pages, beyond the reach of oblivion and
loss, the scattered and perishing materials necessary to the eluci