richard trask has a fabulous archive including the church , record book which is the minister.he witchcraft breaks out and a lot of other supporting documents. great 17th-century take. -- text. societyican antiquarian together at the bulk of the increasing cotton mather papers. there are terrific ministerial diary's from 17th century but we discover for example, minister who has kept a very meticulous account of every time he had his haircut or fed his horse. he will skip over 1692. you are reading through getting every detail of life and realize, wait, what i'm looking for is missing. brian: in my life, i remember cotton mather. i first heard about it and it seems to be the biggest name out of this book, maybe not. he was only 29 at the time. stacy: quite brilliant. the son of the most esteemed minister in massachusetts. he is a prodigy. he graduated from harvard at 11 and preached his first sermon at 16. brian: what did it mean to graduate from harvard in the 1690's? stacy: you would be a minister. most of these men will become ministers. brian: would it be like going -- stac