# The witchcraft delusion of 1692

Author: Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780; Poole, William Frederick, 1821-1894 [Contributor]

Genre: Category: History - American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72626

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## Summary

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 readily find the passage of which I was in search. The first portion of the manuscript seemed to be missing, and its place was supplied by matter which belonged to the Appendix. My first impression was that the missing sheets were those which Gov. Hutchinson did not recover after the stamp-act riot of 1765. Finding the matter of the Appendix out of place, suggested that the volume might have been carelessly arranged for...

## Chapters

- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-witchcraft-delusion-of-1692-72626/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-witchcraft-delusion-of-1692-72626/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-witchcraft-delusion-of-1692-72626/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-witchcraft-delusion-of-1692-72626/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-witchcraft-delusion-of-1692-72626/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-witchcraft-delusion-of-1692-72626/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-witchcraft-delusion-of-1692-72626/chapters/7/index.md)