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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About this eBook
- Author
- Perley, M. V. B.
- Title
- A Short History of the Salem Village Witchcraft Trials Illustrated by a Verbatim Report of the Trial of Mrs. Elizabeth Howe
- Credits
- Produced by MWS, ellinora and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis
- Subject
- Trials (Witchcraft) -- Massachusetts -- Salem
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 54042
- Release Date
- January 22, 2017
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.A SHORT HISTORY OF THE Salem Village Witchcraft Trials ILLUSTRATED BY A Verbatim Report of the Trial of Mrs. Elizabeth Howe
- 2.NOTICE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5.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
- 6.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
- 7.DESCENDANTS OF JAMES HOWE IPSWICH HOWES—JAMES BRANCH ARMA VIRUMQUE CANO — The Coat of Arms James, Jr., and Elizabeth
- 8.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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