The Salem Witch Hunt: A Brief History with Documents.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Godbeer, Richard.

Contributor:

GIC Course Text Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Area Studies: American Studies.

Local Subjects:

Area Studies: American Studies.

Contents:

Part 1 Introduction: Explaining the Salem Witch Hunt

Putting Salem into a Larger Context

Puritanism and the Supernatural World

Dangerous Women

Malevolent Neighbors

The Witch Panic of 1692

The Afflicted Girls

Trying a Witch

The Collapse of the Trials

Part 2 The Documents

1 Signs and Assaults from the Supernatural World

1 The arrival of a Comet and the Death of a Star Preacher

2 Samuel Sewall finds Reassurance in a Rainbow

3 The Death of Cotton Mather's Infant Son

4 Strange Afflictions in the Goodwin Household

5 The Horseshoe Controversy in Newberry, Massachusetts

6 Mary Rowlandson's Account of the Indian Attack on Lancaster

7 Cotton Mather on the Quaker Threat

8 The Dominion of New England

9 Cotton Mather on the Recent History of New England

2 Beginnings

10 John Hale's Account, 1702

11 Deodat Lawson's Account, 1692

12 Samuel Parris on the Outbreak of Witchcraft Accusations in Salem Village, March 27, 1692

13 Samuel Parris's Statement to his Congregation about Mary Sibley's Use of Countermagic, March 27, 1692

3 Witches on Trial

Sarah Good

14 Arrest Warrant for Sarah Good, February 29, 1692

15 Examination of Sarah Good, (as recorded by Ezekiel Cheever), March 1, 1692

16 Elizabeth Hubbard against Sarah Good, March 1, 1692

17 Ann Putnam Jr. against Sarah Good, March 1, 1692

18 William Allen, John Hughes, William Good, and Samuel Braybrook against Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba, March 5, 1692

19 Abigail Williams against Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba, May 23, 1692

20 Indictment against Sarah Good for Afflicting Sarah Bibber, June 28, 1692

21 Sarah Bibber against Sarah Good, June 28, 1692

22 Sarah Gadge and Thomas Gadge against Sarah Good, June 28, 1692

23 Joseph Herrick Sr. and Mary Herrick against Sarah Good, June 28, 1692

24 Samuel Abbey and Mary Abbey against Sarah Good, June 29, 1692

25 Henry Herrick and Jonathan Batchelor against Sarah Good June 29, 1692

26 Samuel Sibley against Sarah Good, June 29, 1692

27 Death Warrant for Sarah Good, Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth How, and Sarah Wilds (July 12, 1692) and Officer's Return (July 19, 1692)

Tituba

28 First Examination of Tituba, March 1, 1692

29 Second Examination of Tituba, March 2, 1692

30 Elizabeth Hubbard against Tituba, March 1, 1692

31 Ann Putnam Jr. against Tituba, March 1, 1692

32 Indictment against Tituba for Covenanting with the Devil, May 9, 1693

John Proctor

33 Elizabeth Booth against John Proctor, April 11, 1692

34 Abigail Williams against John Proctor, May 31, 1692

35 Physical Examination of John Proctor and John Willard, June 2, 1692

36 Mary Warren against John Proctor, June 30, 1692

37 Petition of John Proctor, July 23, 1692

38 John DeRich against John Proctor and others, August 4, 1692

39 Samuel Sibley against John Proctor, August 5, 1692

40 Petition for John Proctor and Elizabeth Proctor, August 5, 1692

41 Petition for John Proctor and Elizabeth Proctor, August 5, 1692

Bridget Bishop

42 Examination of Bridget Bishop (as recorded by Ezekiel Cheever), April 19, 1692

43 William Stacy against Bridget Bishop, May 30, 1692

44 Sarah Churchill and Mary Warren against Bridget Bishop and others, June 1, 1692

45 Physical Examinations of Bridget Bishop and others, June 2, 1692

46 John Bly Sr. and Rebecca Bly against Bridget Bishop, June 2, 1692

47 John Bly Sr. and William Bly against Bridget Bishop, June 2, 1692

48 Richard Coman against Bridget Bishop, June 2, 1692

49 John Louder against Bridget Bishop, June 2, 1692

50 Samuel Shattock and Sarah Shattock against Bridget Bishop, June 2, 1692

51 Susannah Sheldon against Bridget Bishop and others, June 3, 1692

Dorcas Hoar

52 Examination of Dorcas Hoar (as recorded by Samuel Parris), May 2, 1692

53 Sarah Bibber against Dorcas Hoar, July 2, 1692

54 Elizabeth Hubbard against Dorcas Hoar, July 2, 1692

55 Ann Putnam Jr. against Dorcas Hoar, July 2, 1692

56 Mary Walcott against Dorcas Hoar, July 2, 1692

57 Mary Gage against Dorcas Hoar and others, September 6, 1692

58 John Hale against Dorcas Hoar, September 6, 1692

59 Joseph Morgan and Deborah Morgan against Dorcas Hoar, September 6, 1692

60 John Tuck against Dorcas Hoar, September 6, 1692

61 Petition of John Hale, Nicholas Noyes, Daniel Epes, and John Emerson Jr., September 21, 1692

George Burroughs

62 Benjamin Hutchinson against George Burroughs and others, April 22, 1692

63 Examination of George Burroughs (as recorded by Samuel Parris), May 9, 1692

64 Elizar Keyser against George Burroughs, May 9, 1692

65 Mercy Lewis against George Burroughs, May 9, 1692

66 John Putnam Sr. and Rebecca Putnam against George Burroughs, May 9, 1692

67 Mary Walcott against George Burroughs, May 9, 1692

68 Simon Willard and William Wormall against George Burroughs, May 9, 1692

69 Abigail Hobbs, Deliverance Hobbs, and Mary Warren against George Burroughs and others, June 1, 1692

70 Mary Webber against George Burroughs, August 2, 1692

71 Ann Putnam Jr. against George Burroughs, August 3, 1692

72 Physical Examination of George Burroughs and George Jacobs Jr., August 4, 1692

73 Hannah Harris against George Burroughs, August 5, 1692

74 Thomas Greenslit against George Burroughs, September 15, 1692

75 Sarah Wilson and Martha Tyler against George Burroughs, September 15, 1692

4 The Witch Court under Attack

76 Confession of William Barker Sr., August 29, 1692

77 Recantation of Margaret Jacobs, undated

78 Declaration of Mary Osgood, Mary Tyler, Deliverance Dane, Abigail Barker, Sarah Wilson, and Hannah Tyler, undated

79 Increase Mather's Conversation in Prison with Mary Tyler, undated)

80 Sarah Ingersoll for Sarah Churchill, undated

81 The Return of Several Ministers Consulted by His Excellency and the Honorable Council upon the Present Witchcrafts in Salem Village, June 15, 1692

82 Letter from Cotton Mather to John Foster, August 17, 1692

83 Letter from Robert Pike to Jonathan Corwin, August 9, 1692

84 Letter from Thomas Brattle to an Unnamed Clergyman, October 8, 1692

85 Letter from William Phips to William Blathwayt, Clerk of the Privy Council in London, October 12, 1692

5 Aftermath

86 Samuel Parris, "Meditations for Peace", Read to the Congregation at the Salem Village Church, November 18, 1694

87 Summary of Grievances against Samuel Parris, Read to the Congregation at the Salem Village Church, November 26, 1694

88 A Proclamation, December 17, 1696

89 Public Apology by Samuel Sewall, January 14, 1697

90 Public Apology by Jurymen, undated

91 The Public Confession of Ann Putnam, August 25, 1706

92 Reversals of Conviction, Judgment, and Attainder, October 17, 1711

93 The Massachusetts General Court Makes Restitution, December 17, 1711

94 Reversals of Excommunication at the Church in Salem Town, March 6, 1712

95 John Hale on "Hidden Works of Darkness", 1702.

ISBN:

9780312484552

0312484550