Remarkable Providences
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Remarkable Providences is a 17th-century collection of accounts of supposed supernatural and witchcraft-related events compiled by Puritan minister Increase Mather, influential in shaping early New England beliefs about the occult.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| An Essay for the Recording of Illustrious Providences | 1 |
| Remarkable Providences canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T194341 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Remarkable Providences Context triple: [Increase Mather, notableWork, Remarkable Providences]
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A.
Magnalia Christi Americana
Magnalia Christi Americana is Cotton Mather’s extensive early 18th-century ecclesiastical history of New England, detailing its religious leaders, institutions, and providential events.
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B.
Their Pilgrimage
"Their Pilgrimage" is a late-19th-century travel novel by American author Charles Dudley Warner that satirically portrays fashionable society through the journeys of two young protagonists.
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C.
Pilgrims
The Pilgrims were a group of English Separatists who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 and established one of the first permanent European settlements in New England.
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D.
The Quaker
The Quaker is the traditional, colonial-era–styled mascot representing the University of Pennsylvania and its athletic teams.
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E.
Port-Royal Grammar
Port-Royal Grammar is a 17th-century rationalist treatise on universal grammar that sought to explain the underlying logical structure common to all human languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Remarkable Providences Target entity description: Remarkable Providences is a 17th-century collection of accounts of supposed supernatural and witchcraft-related events compiled by Puritan minister Increase Mather, influential in shaping early New England beliefs about the occult.
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A.
Magnalia Christi Americana
Magnalia Christi Americana is Cotton Mather’s extensive early 18th-century ecclesiastical history of New England, detailing its religious leaders, institutions, and providential events.
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B.
Their Pilgrimage
"Their Pilgrimage" is a late-19th-century travel novel by American author Charles Dudley Warner that satirically portrays fashionable society through the journeys of two young protagonists.
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C.
Pilgrims
The Pilgrims were a group of English Separatists who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 and established one of the first permanent European settlements in New England.
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D.
The Quaker
The Quaker is the traditional, colonial-era–styled mascot representing the University of Pennsylvania and its athletic teams.
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E.
Port-Royal Grammar
Port-Royal Grammar is a 17th-century rationalist treatise on universal grammar that sought to explain the underlying logical structure common to all human languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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nonfiction work ⓘ witchcraft treatise ⓘ |
| author | Increase Mather ⓘ |
| compiler | Increase Mather ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
New England Colonies
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surface form:
Colonial New England
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| describes |
alleged witchcraft cases
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apparitions ⓘ extraordinary providences ⓘ hauntings ⓘ supposed demonic possessions ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
American religious history
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Puritan studies ⓘ history of witchcraft ⓘ |
| genre |
occult literature
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religious literature ⓘ witchcraft literature ⓘ |
| hasForm |
collection of case reports
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collection of narratives ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
pro-witchcraft-prosecution viewpoint
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providentialist interpretation of misfortune ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Province of Massachusetts Bay
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surface form:
Colonial Massachusetts
early New England Puritan society ⓘ |
| influenced |
Puritan interpretations of supernatural events
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beliefs about witchcraft in New England ⓘ early New England attitudes toward the occult ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Puritan clergy
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literate New England laity ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Puritan theology
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demonology ⓘ providence ⓘ supernatural phenomena ⓘ witchcraft ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston
|
| publicationCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| purpose |
to defend belief in supernatural interventions
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to provide evidence of God’s providence ⓘ to warn against witchcraft ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | early New England witchcraft scares ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Puritanism ⓘ |
| supportsView |
divine governance of everyday events
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literal belief in witches ⓘ reality of Satanic activity ⓘ |
| theologicalStance | orthodox Puritan ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | 17th-century New England ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy |
historians of colonial New England
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scholars of witchcraft and demonology ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Remarkable Providences Description of subject: Remarkable Providences is a 17th-century collection of accounts of supposed supernatural and witchcraft-related events compiled by Puritan minister Increase Mather, influential in shaping early New England beliefs about the occult.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
An Essay for the Recording of Illustrious Providences