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Narratives of the witchcraft cases, 1648-1706
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926: American Law.
- Original narratives of early American history.
- The Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926: American Law
- Original narratives of early American history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Witchcraft.
- Witchcraft--New England.
- Trials (Witchcraft)--United States.
- Trials (Witchcraft).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 467 p., [3] leaves of plates ) facsims.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1914.
- 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.
- Reproduction of original from Harvard Law School Library.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 60731562
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