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Cotton Mather's work is subtitled: Tryalls of Several Witches lately executed in New England: and of several remarkable curiosities therein occurring. It covers such topics as enchantments encountered; \"an hortatory [sic] and necessary address to a country now extraordinarily alarum'd [sic] by the wrath of the devil;\" \"a narrative of an apparition which a gentleman in Boston, had of his brother, just then murthered [sic] in London;\" and \"a modern instance of witches, discovered and condemned in a tryal [sic], before that celebrated judg[e], Sir Matthew Hale.\" The appendix gives a list of names of people who died on Gallows Hill in 1692 and information on children accused of witchcraft. Mather's work was originally printed in 1693. These two works were brought together by Mr. Fowler and published in 1861. A new every-name index has been added to this reprint.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamuel P. 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Cotton Mather's work is subtitled: \"Tryalls of Several Witches lately executed in New England: and of several remarkable curiosities therein occurring\". The appendix gives a list of names of people who died on Gallows Hill in 1692 and information on children accused of witchcraft.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book is presented as graphic images, so the user sees the work just as it was originally published. It is intended to look and function very much like a \"real\" book. There is no electronic index, and there is no electronic text to search. However, numerous electronic bookmarks have been added which make it easy to move through the book. Image numbers will match the page numbers for all of the main text, as well as the index. Any unnumbered portraits and illustrations are at the back of the actual file, to keep page numbering consistent.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis is a tangible media product shipped via mail. Contains historical reference data.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamuel P. Fowler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1861), 2004, Physical CD-ROM for PC or Mac, new index, 461 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788432552\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-CD3255\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39320751374454,"sku":"101-CD3255","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-cd3255-1500px.png?v=1776980970"},{"product_id":"101-cd3338","title":"CD-Witchcraft in Massachusetts","description":"\u003cp\u003eNineteen years after the celebrated 1692 witchcraft trials, an act was passed by the General Assembly of MA, reversing the attainders of the men and women convicted of witchcraft. These two 1884 pamphlets, now combined in one volume, are a thoroughly researched argument against the viewpoint, held by some at that time, that the 1711 act was never really enacted into law. In presenting his rebuttal, the author explains in detail the history of the bill, later the act, and the book reads like a meticulous legal argument.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis is a tangible media product shipped via mail. Contains historical reference data.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbner Cheney Goodell, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1884), 2004, Physical CD-ROM for PC or Mac, 81 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788433382\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-CD3338\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32160274832,"sku":"101-CD3338","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-cd3338-1500px.png?v=1776981023"},{"product_id":"101-r0515","title":"Salem Witchcraft and Hawthorne's \"House of the Seven Gables\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a detailed and highly readable account of the Salem witchcraft affair of 1692. Its publication coincides with the tercentenary observance of the events that form one of the grimmest chapters in colonial American history. The book has three parts. Part One, \"Salem Witchcraft History,\" provides background information on the Puritan settlement of New England and documents the circumstances which led to the witch hunt of 1692. It identifies the conspirators who accused innocent people by working in collusion with the Puritan old guard authority. It then gives an account of the Andover phase of the witch hunt, with emphasis on the almost forgotten story of the fifty townspeople who were imprisoned for witchcraft in 1692.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNathaniel Hawthorne was a descendant of John Hathorne, one of the most zealous of the Salem witch hunters. Part Two, \"The House of the Seven Gables,\" briefly examines Hawthorne's treatment of the witchcraft events in which his ancestor had played such a central role. It reveals the historical identity of several characters in Hawthorne's novel, including the real-life counterpart of the fictional Matthew Maule, the executed wizard.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Three, \"Salem Witchcraft Genealogy,\" gives biographies of the accusers and the accused during the latter phase of the Salem witchcraft affair. Genealogical inter-connections are shown that help to explain why certain family groups were targeted for witchcraft accusation. Several hundred people are mentioned in the genealogies, involving many families of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnders A. 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Includes extensive transcriptions in modern English from the court files and other sources which help the reader feel the true impact of the events, along with excerpts from the first-hand observations of contemporary writers. Also provides a short history of many participants, and concludes with the confessions and written public apologies of some of the main characters in the tragedy, including Judge Samuel Sewall, and Ann Putnam, Jr., one of the \"afflicted children\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Malcolm Yool\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1992), 2007, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 166 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781556135651\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-Y0565\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39164140112,"sku":"101-Y0565","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-y0565-1500px.png?v=1777309563"},{"product_id":"101-t0256","title":"The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut, 1647-1697","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe witchcraft mania that reached a frenzy in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 was not a phenomenon unique to that time and place. 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A comparison of various online and in-print listings revealed discrepancies. In addition, there were proven ancestors of members who did not appear on any of the published lists. These circumstances combined to form the impetus for this book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLike any genealogical compilation, as soon as the first edition was published, new information and new ancestors appeared. As a result of her continued research, there are twenty-two new ancestors and 126 expanded entries. The references for each entry have been improved, and a new Appendix A showing family connections has been included.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis edition includes 339 ancestors in the Biographical Data section. Each entry includes genealogical information on the accused ancestors, their parents and children, (as available). 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