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Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem

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by Rosalyn Schanzer


  BIBLIOGRAPHY

  Boyer, Paul, and Stephen Nissenbaum. Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1974.

  ———. The Salem Witchcraft Papers: Verbatim Transcripts of the Legal Documents of the Salem Witchcraft Outbreak of 1692. 3 vols. Transcribed in 1938 by the Works Progress Administration under supervision of Archie N. Frost. New York: Da Capo Press, 1977. Available online at http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/texts/transcripts.html

  Burr, George Lincoln, ed. Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648-1706. New York: C. Scribner’s Sons, 1914. Available online at http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/BurNarr.html

  Calef, Robert. More Wonders of the Invisible World. In Burr, Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648-1706. Available online at http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/Bur5Nar.html

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  Fowler, Samuel Page. An Account of the Life, Character, &c., of the Rev. Samuel Parris, of Salem Village, and of His Connection with the Witchcraft Delusion of 1692: Read before the Essex Institute, Nov’r 14, 1856. Salem, MA: William Ives and George W. Pease, 1857. Available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=bAIERsPLjmIC&source=gbs_navlinks_s

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  Hale, John. Modest Inquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft. Boston: B. Green and J. Allen, 1702. Available online at http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/archives/ModestEnquiry

  Hill, Frances. A Delusion of Satan: The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials. New York: Doubleday, 1995.

  ———. The Salem Witch Trials Reader. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2000.

  Historical Collections of the Essex Institute. Vol. 3. Ed. John S. Pierson, A. M. Salem, MA: G. M. Whipple & A.A. Smith, 1861. Available online at http://www.archive.org/details/essexinstitutehi03esseuoft

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  Lawson, Deodat. A Brief and True Narrative by Deodat Lawson, 1692. In Burr, Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648-1706. Available online at http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/Bur1Nar.html

  Letter of Thomas Brattle, F.R.S., 1692. In Burr, Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648-1706. Available online at http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/Bur1Nar.html

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  INDEX

  Boldface indicates illustrations.

  A

  Affliction

  causes

  overview of victims

  symptoms

  B

  Baron, Benjamin

  Bibber, Goodie

  Bishop, Bridget

  Brattle, Thomas

  Burroughs, George

  accusations against

  arrest

  execution

  family

  life of

  removal of charges

  testimony against

  C

  Calef, Robert

  Carrier, Martha

  Cheevers, Ezekiel

  Churchill, Sarah

  Cloyse, Sarah

  Confessions

  Confessions, recanted

  Corwin, George

  Corwin, Jonathan

  Cory, Giles

  Cory, Martha

  Court of Oyer and Terminer

  D

  DeRich, Mary

  Dogs, accused

  Dustin, Lydia

  E

  Easty, Mary

  English, Mary

  English, Philip

  G

  Gedney, Bartholomew

  Glover, Goody

  Godman, Elizabeth

  Good, Dorcas

  Good, Sarah

  accusations against

  begging from Parrisr />
  execution

  infant

  in jail

  trial

  Gospel Women

  Green, Joseph

  Griggs, William

  H

  Hale, John

  Hathorn, John

  How, Elizabeth

  Hubbard, Elizabeth

  I

  Invisible World

  see also Spectral evidence

  J

  Jacobs, George, Sr.

  Jacobs, Margaret

  Jail conditions & fees

  John Indian

  Jones, Margaret

  Judges

  K

  Keney, Henry

  L

  Lacy, Mary, Jr.

  Lewis, Mercy

  M

  Martin, Susanna

  Mather, Cotton

  Mather, Increase

  Motivation for accusations

  N

  Natural World

  Noyes, Nicholas

  Nurse, Francis

  Nurse, Rebecca

  Nurse, Sarah

  O

  Osborn, Sarah

  P

  Parker, Alice

  Parker, Mary

  Parris, Betty

  accusations by

  affliction

  after the trials

  at the trials

  Parris, Elizabeth

  Parris, Samuel (Reverend)

  after the trials

  anger about black magic

  witchcake

  attending lecture

  church services

  fits as sign from God

  forced to leave Salem

  restitution offer

  revenge

  and Tituba

  unpaid salary

  Parris, Susannah

  Parris, Thomas

  Partridge, Jonathan

  Phips, William

  Pope, Mrs.

  Porter family

  Proctor, Elizabeth

  Proctor, John

  Proctor, William

  Pudeator, Ann

  Putnam, Ann, Jr.

  accusations by

  affliction

  after the trials

  apology for accusations

  at the trials

  Putnam, Ann, Sr.

  Putnam, Edward

  Putnam, Thomas

  Putnam family

  R

  Redd, Wilmott

  Restitution

  Revenge

  Richards, John

  Ruck, Thomas

  S

  Saltonstall, Nathaniel

  Scott, Margaret

  Sergeant, Peter

  Sewall, Samuel

  Sewall, Stephen

  Sheldon, Susanna

  Sibley, Mary

  Spectral evidence

  Stoughton, William

  T

  Tituba (slave)

  Toothaker, Mary

  W

  Walcott, Mary

  Wardwell, Samuel

  Warren, Mary

  Watkins, Mary

  Wildes, Sarah

  Willard, John

  Willard, Samuel

  Williams, Abigail

  accusations by

  affliction

  after the trials

  at the trials

  Winthrop, Wait-Still

  Wonn (slave)

  NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

  As I sifted through volume after volume of research for this story, I was astonished by the vivid imagery that leapt from the pages of each and every trial transcript, letter, book, sermon, list of confiscated property, and other pieces of original source material related to the Salem Witch Trials. By sprinkling quotations from these writings throughout my book, I hope to transport readers back through time, to evoke the sense of horror and dread and wonder that made Puritan witch hunters and their victims pen their terrible words. But 400 years is a long time, and a living language like English has a way of shifting shape through the ages. So in order to clarify the quoted material for modern readers while still retaining its tone, I have abridged many long-winded passages, updated much of the spelling, and clarified a small number of the most archaic terms. To find the original texts, please refer to the notes. Because this tale is so very dark in tone, and to echo 17th-century woodcuts, I decided to do the artwork in black and white with a few small red accents. I conjured up the pictures on Ampersand Scratchbord, a hard thin board covered with a layer of extremely white clay and then coated with black India ink. Making the artwork involves a labor-intensive process calling for a sharp pointed scratch knife that cuts away the black ink coating until a picture appears. The red accents are added by computer. To ensure the accuracy of my art, I referred to period works and photographs I took in and around Salem and Danvers, Massachusetts.

  To see me working on the art for this book, scan this code or text Witches to 20583. To get a mobile scanner, text NatGeo to 20583. On your computer, go to YouTube.com and search for “Rosalyn Schanzer.”

  *“Oyer and Terminer” means “hear and determine.”

  *Not to be confused with his brother, Judge Samuel Sewell.

 

 

 


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