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 Title:  Rebecca Nurse Collection: Deodat Lawson's Narrative  
 Published:  1998 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text 
 Description: Rev. Deodat Lawson had served as minister at Salem Village from 1684 to 1688. Upon hearing about the witchcraft outbreak in the village and that several members of his family may have previously died there under "the malicious operations of the infernal powers," Lawson decided to visit his former abode to learn what was happening. Lawson's observations during the latter part of March and the first of April were subsequently written into a 10-page pamphlet titled A Brief and True Narrative and printed by Benjamin Harris of Boston. These short though tantalizing descriptions give a broader perspective than many of the surviving court records.
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