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Witchcraft -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History -- 17th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Massachusetts Court of Oyer and Terminer Records, 1692-1694, 1710-1716, 1843, undated

 Collection
Identifier: DEP 01
Abstract The collection contains legal documents from the Essex County Court of Massachusetts, Court of Oyer and Terminer, for the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692. Documents include declarations, arrest warrants, summonses, mittmuses, and a death warrant. The documents have been left in their original order, with the item number included in parentheses. It should be noted that the numbering of the documents is not consecutive, there is a gap between 125 and 136, in Volume One, which resulted from a...
Dates: 1692-1694, 1710-1716, 1843, undated

Salem Witchcraft Trials Records, 1692-1693, undated

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 401
Abstract

This collection contains various legal documents from the witchcraft trials held in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692/1693. Formerly titled, "Salem Witchcraft Papers of the Essex Institute Archives: Essex County Court of Oyer and Terminer, Salem Witchcraft Trials", the name has been changed to reflect the provenance of the documents within this collection, all documents having been given to the Phillips Libary by various families.

Dates: 1692-1693, undated