Did you know Yale was created to be the more conservative version of Harvard? At least that’s what Increase Mathers wanted after he was de-throned as Harvard’s president by liberal college grads.
Also: While Increase Mather totally believed in witches, he actually condemned some aspects of the Salem witch trials – most historians’ beef with him is that he was too wishy-washy to stop them before they got out of hand.
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