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
- NOTICE
- 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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