Category: History - American
In May last I had occasion to consult the original manuscript of Gov. Hutchinson’s second volume of the _History of Massachusetts_, which, it is well known, is among the Hutchinson papers in the State archives in Boston. I had never before seen the manuscript, and did not read...
In May last I had occasion to consult the original manuscript of Gov. Hutchinson’s second volume of the _History of Massachusetts_, which, it is well known, is among the Hutchin...
2. Part 2In February, 1691 [-2], a daughter and a niece of Mr. Parris,[44] the minister of Salem village, girls of ten or eleven years of age, and one or two more girls in the neighborho...
3. Part 3So seven or eight of the confessors are said to have witnessed against the minister Burroughs, but I have seen many examinations wherein he is accused just like this of Lacey. R...
4. Part 4Essex ss. The jurors for our sovereign lord and lady the king and queen present, that George Burroughs, late of Falmouth in the province of Massachusetts Bay, clerk, the ninth d...
5. Part 5[17] In the printed text Gov. Hutchinson gives but four lines to the Morse case. Fuller details may be found in _Remarkable Providences_, pp. 101-111; _Magnalia_, vol. ii. pp. 4...
6. Part 6[44] “An Account of the Life and Character of Rev. Samuel Parris, of Salem village, and of his connection with the Witchcraft Delusion of 1692. By Samuel P. Fowler [of Danvers]”...
7. Part 7The entire confession of Judge Sewall, its date and attending circumstances, will correct erroneous impressions concerning it. The subject matter confessed covers but one point:...