reg ational ▁church . ▁This ▁spark ed ▁an ▁inten se ▁dispute ▁between ▁Br attle ▁and ▁famous ▁Pur itan ▁minister , ▁Cot ton ▁M ather . ▁R ather ▁than ▁being ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁Pur it ans , ▁his ▁church ▁was ▁more ▁like ▁the ▁Church ▁of ▁England . ▁He ▁was ▁e ul og ized ▁by ▁the ▁Re ver end ▁Benjamin ▁Col man ▁as ▁" worth ▁Christian ▁phil os opher , ▁who ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁glory ▁of ▁his ▁country ▁in ▁respect ▁to ▁his ▁excell ing ▁knowledge ▁of ▁mathematics ". ▁Br attle ▁died ▁in ▁Boston , ▁MA , ▁but ▁his ▁death ▁date ▁is ▁still ▁question ed ▁to ▁this ▁day . ▁He ▁was ▁buried ▁in ▁Boston , ▁MA . ▁ ▁Leg acy ▁ ▁S alem ▁W itch ▁Tri als ▁ ▁Br attle ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁S alem ▁W itch ▁Tri als ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁obser vers ▁and ▁comment ators . ▁Later , ▁he ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁person ages ▁who ▁became ▁more ▁open ▁about ▁their ▁critic isms ▁of ▁the ▁tri als . ▁Al ong ▁with ▁Robert ▁C ale f ▁and ▁Thomas ▁Mau le , ▁he ▁was ▁particularly ▁critical ▁of ▁the ▁procedures ▁adopted . ▁▁ ▁In ▁October ▁ 8 , ▁ 1 6 9 2 , ▁Br attle ▁wrote ▁a ▁letter ▁to ▁an ▁un named ▁English ▁cl erg yman ▁containing ▁his ▁sent iments . ▁The ▁letter ▁was ▁circul ated ▁widely ▁in ▁Boston ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁and ▁it ▁continues ▁to ▁be ▁studied ▁for ▁its ▁reason ed ▁attack ▁on ▁the ▁w itch craft ▁tri als ▁in ▁S alem . ▁The