Legacy LibraryMather Family
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Library Information
| Library date | ~1600-1785 |
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| Library Size (titles) | 1859 added to date |
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| Sources | Tuttle, Julius Herbert. The Libraries of the Mathers (1910) Manuscript list; books purchased by Cotton Mather from Harvard College Library as duplicates (1682) Manuscript catalog of Increase Mather's library (begun 1664) at the Boston Public Library; Digital Version (this *not* yet incorporated into the LT catalog) Extant copies (American Antiquarian Society; Massachusetts Historical Society; Houghton Library, Harvard; Yale University, &c., &c.) |
| Library Notes | This collection includes books owned by several generations of Mathers, beginning with Richard (1596-1669) and extending down at least three generations. Data in the entity information below is given for Cotton Mather (1663-1728). For information on the others represented here, see the profile page. Additional titles at AAS and other locations remain to be sussed out and added. |
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| Provenance Marks | Family members each typically signed their name in the front leaves of the book. Increase Mather generally signed with his name and the date (i.e. "Crescentii Matheri Liber. Julii 24, 1682"). Other examples: ""Liber Richardi Mather: ex dono Dom. Eliot"; "Sam: Mather"; "M. Byles" It is not uncommon to find examples from the Mather library signed by several generations |
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Entity Information
| Date of Birth | 1663-02-12 |
| Date of Death | 1728-02-13 |
| Gender | male |
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