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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

Chapter 1: A SHORT HISTORY OF THE Salem Village Witchcraft Trials ILLUSTRATED BY A Verbatim Report of the Trial of Mrs. Elizabeth Howe
By M. V. B. Perley
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The work surveys the Salem Village witchcraft persecutions, tracing legal and biblical roots of witchcraft laws, outlining the origins and spread of the prosecutions, and presenting a verbatim transcript of the trial of Elizabeth Howe alongside related affidavits, warrants, charts, and illustrations. It juxtaposes contemporary records with commentary on courtroom procedure, evidentiary practices, religious influences, and social context, and includes maps, portraits, and genealogical notes to help situate names, places, and outcomes for readers seeking a documentary account and interpretive historical outline.

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Title: A Short History of the Salem Village Witchcraft Trials

Author: M. V. B. Perley

Release date: January 22, 2017 [eBook #54042]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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Transcriber Notes
  • There are many inconsistencies in this text. The headings in the table of contents do not all match the actual headings in the text, and not all headings in the text are in the table of contents. There are variations in spelling, hyphenation and capitalization, missing punctuation, and possible repeated words, particularly in the transcriptions from the 1692 court proceedings. In the older text, the letters u/v and I/J are sometimes used differently than is done today. Aside from a small number of punctuation typos in the more modern part of the text, and the page and item number fixes noted below, all inconsistencies and variations have been left as in the original.
  • The page numbers in the Bibliography content list changed to reflect their actual page numbers in the book. A duplicate (3) in the Perley’s Chronological Chart section was changed to (2).

Typical of the Witchcraft Trials

A SHORT HISTORY
 
OF THE
 
Salem Village Witchcraft Trials
 
ILLUSTRATED BY A
 
Verbatim Report of the Trial of
Mrs. Elizabeth Howe

A MEMORIAL OF HER
To dance with
Lapland witches, while the lab’ring moon eclipses at their
charms.
—Paradise Lost, ii. 662
MAP AND HALF TONE ILLUSTRATIONS
SALEM, MASS.:
M. V. B. PERLEY, Publisher
1911
Copyright, 1911
By M. V. B. PERLEY
Salem, Mass.
BOSTON
The Tudor Press
1911