Narratives of the witchcraft cases, 1648-1706 / edited by George Lincoln Burr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burr, George Lincoln, 1857-1938.

Series:

Original narratives of early American history

Making of modern law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Witchcraft.

Witchcraft--New England.

Trials (Witchcraft).

New England.

Trials (Witchcraft)--United States.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 467 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates) : facsimiles.

Place of Publication:

New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1914.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Contents:

From "An essay for the recording of illustrious providences" / by Increase Mather, 1664

The New York cases of Hall and Harrison, 1665, 1670

"Lithobolia, or The stone-throwing devil" / by Richard Chamberlain, 1698

The Pennsylvania cases of Mattson, Hendrickson, and Guard, 1684-1701

"Memorable providences, relating to witchcrafts and possessions," / by Cotton Mather, 1689

"A briefing to witchcrafts and possessions," / by Cotton Mather, 1689

"A brief and true narrative of witchcraft at Salem village," / by Deodat Lawson, 1692

Letter of Thomas Brattle, F. R. S., 1692

Letters of Governor Phips to the home government, 1692, 1693

From "The wonders of the invisible world," by Cotton Mather, 1693

"A brand pluck'd out of the burning," / by Cotton Mather 1693

From "A modest inquiry into the nature of witchcraft," / by John Hale, 1702

The Virginia case of Grace Sherwood, 1706

Notes:

Includes index

Includes bibliographical references.

Reproduction of original from Harvard Law School Library

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2004. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2004 miunns

Access Restriction:

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