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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| A Note about the Text | |
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| Introduction: Explaining the Salem Witch Hunt | |
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| Putting Salem into a Larger Context | |
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| Puritanism and the Supernatural World | |
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| Dangerous Women | |
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| Malevolent Neighbors | |
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| The Witch Panic of 1692 | |
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| The Afflicted Girls | |
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| Trying a Witch | |
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| The Collapse of the Trials | |
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| The Documents | |
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| Signs and Assaults from the Supernatural World | |
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| The arrival of a Comet and the Death of a Star Preacher | |
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| Samuel Sewall finds Reassurance in a Rainbow | |
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| The Death of Cotton Mather's Infant Son | |
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| Strange Afflictions in the Goodwin Household | |
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| The Horseshoe Controversy in Newberry, Massachusetts | |
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| Mary Rowlandson's Account of the Indian Attack on Lancaster | |
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| Cotton Mather on the Quaker Threat | |
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| The Dominion of New England | |
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| Cotton Mather on the Recent History of New England | |
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| Beginnings | |
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| John Hale's Account, 1702 | |
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| Deodat Lawson's Account, 1692 | |
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| Samuel Parris on the Outbreak of Witchcraft Accusations in Salem Village, March 27, 1692 | |
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| Samuel Parris's Statement to his Congregation about Mary Sibley's Use of Countermagic, March 27, 1692 | |
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| Witches on Trial | |
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| Sarah Good | |
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| Arrest Warrant for Sarah Good, February 29, 1692 | |
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| Examination of Sarah Good, (as recorded by Ezekiel Cheever), March 1, 1692 | |
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| Elizabeth Hubbard against Sarah Good, March 1, 1692 | |
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| Ann Putnam Jr. against Sarah Good, March 1, 1692 | |
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| William Allen, John Hughes, William Good, and Samuel Braybrook against Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba, March 5, 1692 | |
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| Abigail Williams against Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba, May 23, 1692 | |
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| Indictment against Sarah Good for Afflicting Sarah Bibber, June 28, 1692 | |
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| Sarah Bibber against Sarah Good, June 28, 1692 | |
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| Sarah Gadge and Thomas Gadge against Sarah Good, June 28, 1692 | |
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| Joseph Herrick Sr. and Mary Herrick against Sarah Good, June 28, 1692 | |
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| Samuel Abbey and Mary Abbey against Sarah Good, June 29, 1692 | |
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| Henry Herrick and Jonathan Batchelor against Sarah Good June 29, 1692 | |
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| Samuel Sibley against Sarah Good, June 29, 1692 | |
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| Death Warrant for Sarah Good, Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth How, and Sarah Wilds (July 12, 1692) and Officer's Return (July 19, 1692) | |
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| Tituba | |
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| First Examination of Tituba, March 1, 1692 | |
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| Second Examination of Tituba, March 2, 1692 | |
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| Elizabeth Hubbard against Tituba, March 1, 1692 | |
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| Ann Putnam Jr. against Tituba, March 1, 1692 | |
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| Indictment against Tituba for Covenanting with the Devil, May 9, 1693 | |
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| John Proctor | |
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| Elizabeth Booth against John Proctor, April 11, 1692 | |
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| Abigail Williams against John Proctor, May 31, 1692 | |
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| Physical Examination of John Proctor and John Willard, June 2, 1692 | |
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| Mary Warren against John Proctor, June 30, 1692 | |
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| Petition of John Proctor, July 23, 1692 | |
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| John DeRich against John Proctor and others, August 4, 1692 | |
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| Samuel Sibley against John Proctor, August 5, 1692 | |
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| Petition for John Proctor and Elizabeth Proctor, August 5, 1692 | |
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| Petition for John Proctor and Elizabeth Proctor, August 5, 1692 | |
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| Bridget Bishop | |
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| Examination of Bridget Bishop (as recorded by Ezekiel Cheever), April 19, 1692 | |
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| William Stacy against Bridget Bishop, May 30, 1692 | |
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| Sarah Churchill and Mary Warren against Bridget Bishop and others, June 1, 1692 | |
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| Physical Examinations of Bridget Bishop and others, June 2, 1692 | |
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| John Bly Sr. and Rebecca Bly against Bridget Bishop, June 2, 1692 | |
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| John Bly Sr. and William Bly against Bridget Bishop, June 2, 1692 | |
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| Richard Coman against Bridget Bishop, June 2, 1692 | |
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| John Louder against Bridget Bishop, June 2, 1692 | |
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| Samuel Shattock and Sarah Shattock against Bridget Bishop, June 2, 1692 | |
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| Susannah Sheldon against Bridget Bishop and others, June 3, 1692 | |
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| Dorcas Hoar | |
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| Examination of Dorcas Hoar (as recorded by Samuel Parris), May 2, 1692 | |
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| Sarah Bibber against Dorcas Hoar, July 2, 1692 | |
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| Elizabeth Hubbard against Dorcas Hoar, July 2, 1692 | |
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| Ann Putnam Jr. against Dorcas Hoar, July 2, 1692 | |
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| Mary Walcott against Dorcas Hoar, July 2, 1692 | |
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| Mary Gage against Dorcas Hoar and others, September 6, 1692 | |
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| John Hale against Dorcas Hoar, September 6, 1692 | |
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| Joseph Morgan and Deborah Morgan against Dorcas Hoar, September 6, 1692 | |
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| John Tuck against Dorcas Hoar, September 6, 1692 | |
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| Petition of John Hale, Nicholas Noyes, Daniel Epes, and John Emerson Jr., September 21, 1692 | |
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| George Burroughs | |
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| Benjamin Hutchinson against George Burroughs and others, April 22, 1692 | |
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| Examination of George Burroughs (as recorded by Samuel Parris), May 9, 1692 | |
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| Elizar Keyser against George Burroughs, May 9, 1692 | |
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| Mercy Lewis against George Burroughs, May 9, 1692 | |
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| John Putnam Sr. and Rebecca Putnam against George Burroughs, May 9, 1692 | |
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| Mary Walcott against George Burroughs, May 9, 1692 | |
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| Simon Willard and William Wormall against George Burroughs, May 9, 1692 | |
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| Abigail Hobbs, Deliverance Hobbs, and Mary Warren against George Burroughs and others, June 1, 1692 | |
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| Mary Webber against George Burroughs, August 2, 1692 | |
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| Ann Putnam Jr. against George Burroughs, August 3, 1692 | |
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| Physical Examination of George Burroughs and George Jacobs Jr., August 4, 1692 | |
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| Hannah Harris against George Burroughs, August 5, 1692 | |
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| Thomas Greenslit against George Burroughs, September 15, 1692 | |
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| Sarah Wilson and Martha Tyler against George Burroughs, September 15, 1692 | |
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| The Witch Court under Attack | |
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| Confession of William Barker Sr., August 29, 1692 | |
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| Recantation of Margaret Jacobs, undated | |
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| Declaration of Mary Osgood, Mary Tyler, Deliverance Dane, Abigail Barker, Sarah Wilson, and Hannah Tyler, undated | |
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| Increase Mather's Conversation in Prison with Mary Tyler, undated) | |
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| Sarah Ingersoll for Sarah Churchill, undated | |
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| The Return of Several Ministers Consulted by His Excellency and the Honorable Council upon the Present Witchcrafts in Salem Village, June 15, 1692 | |
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| Letter from Cotton Mather to John Foster, August 17, 1692 | |
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| Letter from Robert Pike to Jonathan Corwin, August 9, 1692 | |
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| Letter from Thomas Brattle to an Unnamed Clergyman, October 8, 1692 | |
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| Letter from William Phips to William Blathwayt, Clerk of the Privy Council in London, October 12, 1692 | |
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| Aftermath | |
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| Samuel Parris, "Meditations for Peace", Read to the Congregation at the Salem Village Church, November 18, 1694 | |
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| Summary of Grievances against Samuel Parris, Read to the Congregation at the Salem Village Church, November 26, 1694 | |
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| A Proclamation, December 17, 1696 | |
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| Public Apology by Samuel Sewall, January 14, 1697 | |
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| Public Apology by Jurymen, undated | |
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| The Public Confession of Ann Putnam, August 25, 1706 | |
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| Reversals of Conviction, Judgment, and Attainder, October 17, 1711 | |
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| The Massachusetts General Court Makes Restitution, December 17, 1711 | |
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| Reversals of Excommunication at the Church in Salem Town, March 6, 1712 | |
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| John Hale on "Hidden Works of Darkness", 1702 | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| A Chronology of the Salem Witch Hunt (1692-1712) | |
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| Questions for Consideration | |
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| Selected Bibliography | |
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| Index | |