SOURCE: "Dolefull Witchcraft," in Increase Mather: The Foremost American Puritan, 1925. Reprint by Russell & Russell, 1966, pp. 287-316.
In the following excerpt from a work first published in 1925, Murdock recounts Mather's involvement in the witch trials and argues that Mather has been unfairly labeled throughout history as a proponent of the executions when he was instead a voice for temperance and moderation.
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