A Vindication of the ministers of Boston, from the abuses & scandals, lately cast upon them, in diverse printed papers (Printed by B. Green, for Samuel Gerrish, at his shop near the Brick Meeting House in Corn-Hill, 1722)
"The compiler of the work is not known, but [Cotton] Mather's contributions have been definitely proved."--Holmes. - Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1980. - Evans, 2396. - Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, 430. - In defence of those ministers advocating the practice of inoculation for smallpox