A Short History of the Salem Village Witchcraft Trials
Illustrated by a Verbatim Report of the Trial of Mrs. Elizabeth Howe
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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE Salem Village Witchcraft Trials ILLUSTRATED BY A Verbatim Report of the Trial of Mrs. Elizabeth Howe
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CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
Antiquity of the Witch and Her Legal Status
The Colonial Laws and Their Biblical Origin
The Modern Witch and Her Terrible Persecution
The American Witch and Views of the Educated
Old Crone Lore and Three Notable Dissenters
Pen Picture of a Witch Home of the “Delusion”
Ingersoll and His Tavern Revs. Bailey, Burroughs, Lawson
Rev. Samuel Parris, Student West Indian Trader, First Pastor
John and His Tituba Rev. S. Parris’s Slaves
Parris’s Witch School, Apt Pupils, Their Personnel
Casting out Devils “Still the Wonder Grew”
A Portentous Leap Day “The Greatest Show on Earth”
Unwarrantable Usurpation Names of the Court and Jury
Trials Arrested, Court Suspended List of Those Hanged
Friday, June 10th
Tuesday, July 19th
Friday, August 19th
Thursday, September 22d
Monday, September 19th
Tuesday, May 10th
Saturday, December 3d
The Beginning of the End Rev. John Hale’s Change of Heart
Lofty Character of the Condemned Judge Joseph Story’s Tribute
The Place of Execution The Crevice for the Corpses
MRS. HOWE’S CASE
The Sunday Warrant And its Sunday Service
The Preliminary Examination She Never Heard of Her Accusers Before
The Indictment. The Case Heard June 29th and 30th and July 1st
The Witnesses Timothy and Deborah Perley
Samuel and Ruth Perley
Rev. Samuel Phillips
Rev. Edward Payson
Deborah Hadley
Daniel, John, Sarah Warren
Simon and Mary Chapman
Isaac Cummings, Sr.
Joseph and Mary Knowlton
James Howe, Sr. (ninety-four yrs. old)
Isaac Cummings, Jr.
Mary Cummings, Sr.
Mary Cummings, Sr.
Mary Cummings
Francis Lane
John Howe
Jacob Foster
Joseph Safford
Thomas Andrews
Removal of Attainder and Reimbursement
Home of Mrs. Howe Located. The Conclusion
DESCENDANTS OF JAMES HOWE IPSWICH HOWES—JAMES BRANCH ARMA VIRUMQUE CANO
The Coat of Arms James, Jr., and Elizabeth
BIBLIOGRAPHY
THE PERLEY FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY
Favorable Comment
Family Pride
A History
An Inspiration
A Splendid Gift
For Libraries
PERLEY’S CHRONOLOGICAL CHART FOR (1) VERIFYING, (2) CORRECTING, AND (3) INTERPRETING DATES, THUS:
FAMILY GENEALOGIES
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN
ESSEX COUNTY VITAL RECORDS
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