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those who would live after him. He expressed
the desire that for their benefit some perma-
nent record should be made of the important
events of our colonial history, and wrote to
his cousin, Rev. Increase Mather, _ the follow-
ing letter, dated Oct. I, I677 :--
" REVEREND AND DEAR COUSIN,-- I acknowl-
edge myself much engaged, as to God for all
his mercies, so to yourself for your indefatigable
labors, both in our church here, and in your
writings, which of your love you have sent to
me from time to time ; and especially for your
late book which you sent to me, wherein you
have outdone any that I have seen upon that
subject. Go on, dear cousin, and the Lord pros-
per your endeavors for the glory of his great
name, and the good of many souls. And let
me beg one request of you, that you would set
pen to paper in writing an history of New Eng-
land, since the coming of our chief men hither;
which you may do, by conferring with Mr. Hig-
Afterwards president of Harvard College. For an excellent life
of Dr. Mather, see Amer. Quar. Reg., vol. ix., p. 367.