but is the "Preserved" silent?

[ricardienne]

The noted American historian, Preserved Smith. Equally interestingly, his father (Henry Preserved Smith) was "tried for heresy by the Presbytery of Cincinnati." In 1882. I didn't know they *did* that.

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[ricardienne.livejournal.com]

I guess "Cotton" is sillier, but I think that Cotton Mather figured so much in all the history I got in grade school that it doesn't seem like a weird name anymore.