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Word: mather (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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Among the greatest of the early colonial writers are Increase and Cotton Mather, father and son. They were able and so far beyond the learned men of New England of the day that Prof. Coit Tyler devotes a chapter to "The Dynasty of the Mathers." To be a scholar was part of the family inheritance." Of Increase Mather, the first native American who was president of Harvard College, Prof. Tyler says :-"By the great force of his learning, his logic, his sense, his eloquence, his sagacity and audacity in partilsan command, he became, during the first thirty years of that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FAMOUS HARVARD MEN. -1. | 10/6/1883 | See Source »

PARK THEATRE. - Margaret Mather in "Lady of Lyons." Performance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AMUSEMENTS. | 3/24/1883 | See Source »

PARK THEATRE. - Margaret Mather in "Lady of Lyons." Performance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AMUSEMENTS. | 3/23/1883 | See Source »

PARK THEATRE. - Margaret Mather in "Lady of Lyons." Performance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AMUSEMENTS. | 3/22/1883 | See Source »

PARK THEATRE.-Margaret Mather in "Romeo and Juliet." Performance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AMUSEMENTS. | 3/21/1883 | See Source »

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