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Jan. ye 23.

The Weather is bitter cold, and a great snow on the
Ground. By a letter from Newbury, brought me by
Mr. Sewall, who hath just returned from that place, I
heare that Goodwife Morse hath been bound for tryal
as a Witch. Mr. Sewall tells me the Woman is now in
the Boston Jail. As to Caleb Powell, he hath been set
at Libertie, there being no proof of his evil Practice.
Yet, inasmuch as he did give grounds of Suspicion by
boasting of his skill in astrology and astronomy, the
Court declared that he justlie deserves to bear his own
shame and the costs of his prosecution and lodging in
Jail.

Mr. Sewall tells me that Dea. Dole has just married
his housekeeper, Widow Barnet, and that Moses says
he never knew before his Father to get the worst in a
bargain.

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