{"data":{"description":".. Father of Cotton Mather, Increase was a Clergyman, College President, Pastor of North Church, Boston, first president of Harvard College, author of, ..","title":"Increase Mather","post_type":"page","content":"\u003ch3 style=\"color: #ad8431;\"\u003e(1639-1723)\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eMather was an intermediary with Congregational churches and James II, author of treatises on Indians and noted sermons, and the father of Cotton Mather. Increase Mather was a Clergyman, College President, Pastor of North Church, Boston, and the first president of Harvard College.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"imgctr\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #000000; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"imgctr aligncenter\" src=\"/images/earlyamerica/mather.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Increase Mather\" width=\"354\" height=\"404\" /\u003eIncrease Mather\u003c/div\u003e","menu":[{"path":"lives-early-america","title":"Famous Lives","submenu":[{"path":"lives-early-america/autobiography-benjamin-franklin","title":"Autobiography of Ben Franklin"},{"path":"lives-early-america/ramsays-life-washington","title":"Ramsay's The Life of Washington"},{"path":"lives-early-america/adventures-col-daniel-boone","title":"The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone"},{"path":"lives-early-america/true-story-paul-revere","title":"The True Story of Paul Revere"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"portrait","title":"Portraits"},{"path":"rare-images/last-men-revolution","title":"The Last Men of the Revolution"}]},{"path":"freedom-documents","title":"Freedom Documents","submenu":[{"path":"freedom-documents/bill-rights","title":"Bill of Rights"},{"path":"freedom-documents/declaration-independence","title":"Declaration of Independence"},{"path":"freedom-documents/u-s-constitution","title":"The U.S. Constitution"}]},{"path":"world-early-america","title":"World of Early America","submenu":[{"path":"bookmarks","title":"Early American Bookmarks"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"firsts","title":"Firsts!"},{"path":"rare-images/maps","title":"Maps"},{"path":"rare-images","title":"Rare Images"},{"path":"music1","title":"Music"},{"path":"writings","title":"The Writings of Early America"}]},{"path":"boston-massacre","title":"Boston Massacre"},{"path":"milestone-events","title":"Milestones"},{"path":"early-america-review","title":"The Review"},{"path":"home/teachers-students","title":"Teachers"},{"path":"sitemap","title":"Sitemap"}]},"success":true}