Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648-1706

A BRIEF AND TRUE NARRATIVE, 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

INTRODUCTION

THE WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD

The Author's Defence.

Letter

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Notes

I. The Tryal of G. B. At a Court of Oyer and Terminer, Held in Salem, 1692.

II. The Tryal of Bridget Bishop, alias Oliver, At the Court of Oyer and Terminer Held at Salem, June, 2, 1692.

III. The Tryal of Susanna Martin, At the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Held by Adjournment at Salem, June 29, 1692.

IV. The Trial of Elizabeth How, at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Held by Adjournment at Salem, June 30, 1692.

V. The Trial of Martha Carrier, at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Held by Adjournment at Salem, August 2, 1692.

The First Curiositie.

FROM “MORE WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD,” BY ROBERT CALEF, 1700

A MODEST INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF WITCHCRAFT, BY JOHN HALE, 1702

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It has been suggested that this means the Rev. John Higginson, the venerable senior minister at Salem, whose hesitation as to the proceedings may be inferred from Brattle's words (p. 184, above) — and from all else we know. See below, p. 398.

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The philosopher Seneca, it will be remembered, was an advocate of suicide and ended his own life thus.

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Whisperings.

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