Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind.

During this era public authorities in Massachusetts dealt with the threat primarily by means of quarantine. Upham responded to Poole in a book running five times as long and sharing the same title (referring to Poole as "the Reviewer.

1678 Harvard College; A. 1681 honorary doctorate 1710 University of Glasgow) was a socially and politically influential New England Puritan minister prolific author and pamphleteer; he is often remembered for his role in the Salem witch trials. B.