Witch-hunting in seventeenth-century New England : a documentary history, 1638-1692 / / edited and with an introduction by David D. Hall.

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Year of Publication:1991
Language:English
Series:e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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Physical Description:332 p.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Introduction
  • Guide to Sources and Abbreviations
  • 1. The Early Cases (1638-1651)
  • 2. The Parsons of Springfield: A Family at Odds (1651-1652)
  • 3. Suspicion: A Widow's Resistance (1653-1655)
  • 4. The High Price of Silence (1654)
  • 5. A Handful of Troublemakers (1652-1661)
  • 6. A Long-Running Feud (1656-1675)
  • 7. One Man's Many Accusers (1658-1669)
  • 8. Mother and Daughter: The Holmans of Cambridge (1659-1660)
  • 9. The Hartford Witch-hunt (1662-1665)
  • 10. A Father's Battle (1666-1667)
  • 11. One "Cunning Woman": At Odds With All (1668-1670)
  • 12. Three Ambiguous Cases (1669-1681)
  • 13. A Servant "Possessed" (1671-1672)
  • 14. Vehement Suspicion: Eunice Cole of Hampton (1656-1680)
  • 15. Two Grandparents, One Grandson, and a Seaman (1679-1681)
  • 16. The Strange Death of Philip Smith (1683-1684)
  • 17. The "Possession" of the Goodwin Children (1688)
  • 18. The Salem Witch-hunt (1692)
  • 19. The Stamford-Fairfield Witch-hunt (1692-1693)
  • Appendix The Hartford Witch-hunt: Additional Texts