Facts
and Figures Total Area
(Rank): 10,555 sq mi (44th). Population
(Rank): 6,349,097 (13th). Capital:
Boston. Ratified Constitution (Rank):
February 6, 1788 (6th).
Increase
Mather was a leader in the
Puritan church who doubted the
effectiveness and fairness of the Salem
Witch Trials while never publicly
denouncing the trials themselves, nor the
people who conducted them.