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- catalog contributor b9772047.
- catalog created "1963, c1914.".
- catalog date "1963".
- catalog date "1963, c1914.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1963, c1914.".
- catalog description ""A brand pluck'd out of the burning" / Cotton Mather, 1693: Introduction ; The story of Mercy Short ; Her bewitchment ; How the devil and his spectres appeared to her ; How they tormented her ; Her discourses to them ; How her tortures were turned into frolics ; The shapes worn by the spectres ; Her remarkable answers and strange knowledge of scripture ; The methods used for her deliverance ; Her deliverance on New Year's Eve ; The renewal of her troubles after seven weeks ; The strange books brought by the spectres for her signing ; The books used at their witch-meetings ; The helpful spirit, and how he aided her against the others ; The prayer-meetings and her final deliverance -- ".
- catalog description ""Lithobolia, or The Stone-throwing devil" / Richard Chamberlain, 1698: Introduction ; Dedicatory letter and verses ; Why the author relates this stone throwing and why he believes it witchcraft ; The Quaker George Walton and his neighbors at Great Island (Portsmouth) ; The beginning of the stone throwing (June, 1682) ; The author himself a victim ; His serenade and its sequel, the black cat ; The deviltries at Great Bay ; Notable witnesses ; The author again an object of attack ; Injuries to others, in house and field ; The lull in August, the final stone throwing in September ; The author's conclusions -- The Pennsylvania cases of Mattson, Hendrickson, and Guard, 1684, 1701: Introduction ; Case of Margaret Mattson and Gertrude Hendrickson, 1684 ; Case of Robert Guard and his wife, 1701 -- ".
- catalog description ""Memorable providences, relating to witchcrafts and possessions" / Cotton Mather, 1689: Introduction ; Dedicatory epistle to the Hon. ".
- catalog description "15) ; Enclosed certificates of witnesses to Margaret Rule's levitation ; Calef's rejoinder (Jan. 18) ; Part V: the Salem witchcraft ; The Rev. Mr. Parris and the divisions at Salem Village ; The strange behavior of divers young persons and its ascription to witchcraft ; Mr. Lawson's visit and his account, the examinations of the accused ; Mr. Lawson's sermon, the solemn fast at Salem ; The "white man," Goodwife Cloyse and the slammed door, the public examination of April 11 ; The Lord's prayer as an ordeal, Specimen of a Mittimus ; Arrival of Governor Phips, the political events leading to it ; Mrs. ".
- catalog description "Cary's commitment and escape ; Captain John Alden's narrative ; Opening of the special court at Salem (June 2) ; Bridget Bishop's fate, advice of the Boston ministers ; The trials of June 30, fate of Sarah Good, of Rebecca Nurse ; The August trials and executions, George Burroughs, John Willard, the Procters ; Procter's letter to the ministers ; Old Jacobs and his grand-daughter, her confession and retraction ; The September trials ; The Coreys, Wardwell, Mary Esty and her letter ; Mrs. Hale accused, Mr. ".
- catalog description "From "A modest inquiry into the nature of witchcraft / John Hale, 1702: Introduction ; An epistle to the reader / John Higginson ; Hr. Hale's "preface to the Christian reader" ; The origin and nature of devils ; Summary of New England witch cases, 1648-1692 ; Margaret Jones, Mrs. Lake ; Mrs. Kendal ; Mrs. Hibbins, Mary Johnson ; The principles acted on in these convictions ; Mrs. ".
- catalog description "From "An essay for the recording of illustrious providences" (better known as "Remarkable providences") / Increase Mather, 1684: Introduction ; The preface ; Chapter V: Preternatural happenings in New England ; Case of Ann Cole, of Hartford, 1662 ; Case of Elizabeth Knap, of Groton, 1671 ; Case of the Morses, at Newbury, 1679-1681 ; The Tedworth case, in England, 1661-1663 ; Case of Nicholas Desborough, of Hartford, 1683 ; Case of George Walton, at Portsmouth, 1682 ; Case of the Hortados, at Salmon Falls, 1682-1683 -- The New York cases of Hall and Harrison, 1665, 1670: Introduction ; Case of Ralph and Mary Hall, of Setauket, 1665 ; Case of Katharine Harrison, 1670 -- ".
- catalog description "From "More wonders of the invisible world" / Robert Calef: Introduction ; The epistle to the reader: the author's reasons for his book ; His materials ; Cotton Mather's letter of enclosure ; His Another brand pluckt out of the burning (the story of Margaret Rule) ; Introductory anecdote of the devil's appearance to an Indian ; Who Margaret Rule was, the beginning of her bewitchment ; How she was tortured by spectres ; And by the devil ; Her remarkable fastings, how she was further tormented ; Her strange revelations as to the spectres ; The white spirit and his comfortings ; Her pastor's efforts for her ; Her tormentors' attempt with poppets ; The author's reply to his revilers ; The good that has come of the affair ; Part II: Calef's correspondence with Mather ; His letter of Jan. 11, 1694, enclosing his journal of his visit to Margaret Rule on Sept. 13 ; And on Sept. 19 ; And rehearsing his earlier letters of Sept. 29 and Nov. 24 ; Mather's reply (Jan. ".
- catalog description "From "The wonders of the invisible world"/ Cotton Mather, 1693: Introduction ; The author's defence ; His relation to the Salem trials ; The trial of George Burroughs ; The trial of Bridget Bishop ; The trial of Susanna Martin ; The trial of Elizabeth How ; The trial of Martha Carrier ; "Curiosities": I. The devil's imitation of divine things ; II. The witches' making themselves and their tools invisible ; III. The bewitched delivered by the execution of the witches ; IV. Apparitions reveal old murders by the witches ; Certificate of the judges to the truth of this account --".
- catalog description "Hale's change of view ; Seizure of the property of fugitives ; Flight of George Jacobs and fate of his family ; The Andover witchcraft ; The Gloucester witchcraft ; End of the special court, summary of its work ; How the accused were brought to confess, protestation of the Andover women ; Criticism of Cotton Mather's account of the trials ; The laws in force against witchcraft ; The new superior court and how it dealt with the witch cases (Jan.-April, 1693) ; Governor Phip's general pardon ; The Benham case in Connecticut (1697), the Massachusetts proclamation of a general fast (Dec. 1696) ; Judge Sewall's public penitence ; The penitence of the jurors ; Criticism of Cotton Mather's Life of Phips (1697) ; And of its author's teaching as to witchcraft ; Calef's own convictions as to the matter -- ".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Letter of Thomas Brattle, F.R.S., 1692: Introduction ; His reasons for writing frankly ; The procedure at Salem, the "afflicted" and their evidence ; The "confessors" ; Indictment and trial ; "Spectre evidence" ; The executions ; Things to wonder at ; The troubles at Andover ; Zeal of the judges ; The doubters and their reasons ; Extent of the convictions, hope from the impending general court ; Efforts of certain ministers to check the matter ; Further reasons for hesitation ; Why the confessions cannot be trusted -- Letters of Governor Phips to the home government, 1692, 1693: Introduction ; Letter of October 12, 1692: the witch panic as he found it, and what he did about it ; Letter of February 21, 1693: recapitulation of his earlier report, how the panic was brought to an end -- ".
- catalog description "Morse, Goody Glover ; The Salem witchcraft, its beginnings ; Tituba's confession ; Conscientiousness of the judges, the authorities used by them ; Influence of the confessions, their agreement with the accusations and with each other, their circumstantiality ; Specimen confessions: Deliverance Hobbs's ; Ann Foster's, Mary Lacy's ; William Barker's ; Their testimony against themselves and against each other ; How doubt at last was stirred ; Wherein lay the error ; Like mistakes in other places ; The application of the whole --The Virginia case of Grace Sherwood, 1706: Introduction ; Her first trial, the jury of women ; The appeal to the Governor and Council, the county court instructed to make further inquiry ; Her second trial, the ducking ; The verdict, her detention for trial by the general court.".
- catalog description "Wait Winthrop ; The Boston ministers "to the reader" ; The introduction ; Case of the Goodwin children, at Boston, 1688-1689 ; The Goodwin family ; The trouble with the laundress and her mother ; The strange malady of the children ; The appeal to the ministers and to the magistrates, arrest and trial of Goody Glover ; Her condemnation and execution ; The continued fits of the children ; Efforts of the ministers to help them ; The author takes the eldest girl to his home, her behavior ; His experiments with her ; Her imaginary journeys ; Strange power over her of the author's study ; The ministers' day of prayer and its effect ; The author tests the linguistic powers of the demons ; And the power of scripture and prayer to quell them ; Their gradual departure ; What the author has learned from it all ; Postscript: the devils return but are again dispelled by prayer ; Goodwin's account of hi children's bewitchment ; Case of Deacon Philip Smith, of Hadley, 1684 ; Case of Mary Johnson, ".
- catalog description "of Hartford, 1648 ; Case of the boy at Tocutt (Branford) ; Other bewitchments -- "A brief and true narrative of witchcraft at Salem Village / Deodat Lawson, 1692: Introduction ; "The bookseller to the reader" ; The author's visit to Salem Village ; The antics of "the afflicted" ; Examination of Goodwife Corey ; Goodwife Putnam's afflictions ; Examination of Goodwife Nurse ; Tales told by Elizabeth Parris, Dorcas Good, Abigail Williams, Mercy Lewis ; Goodwife Cloyse slams the meeting-house door ; Extraordinary things about the afflicted ; About the accused -- ".
- catalog extent "xiv, 465 p. ;".
- catalog isPartOf "Original narratives of early American history".
- catalog issued "1963".
- catalog issued "1963, c1914.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Barnes & Noble,".
- catalog spatial "New England.".
- catalog subject "BF1573.A2 B8 1963".
- catalog subject "Witchcraft New England.".
- catalog subject "Witchcraft.".
- catalog tableOfContents ""A brand pluck'd out of the burning" / Cotton Mather, 1693: Introduction ; The story of Mercy Short ; Her bewitchment ; How the devil and his spectres appeared to her ; How they tormented her ; Her discourses to them ; How her tortures were turned into frolics ; The shapes worn by the spectres ; Her remarkable answers and strange knowledge of scripture ; The methods used for her deliverance ; Her deliverance on New Year's Eve ; The renewal of her troubles after seven weeks ; The strange books brought by the spectres for her signing ; The books used at their witch-meetings ; The helpful spirit, and how he aided her against the others ; The prayer-meetings and her final deliverance -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents ""Lithobolia, or The Stone-throwing devil" / Richard Chamberlain, 1698: Introduction ; Dedicatory letter and verses ; Why the author relates this stone throwing and why he believes it witchcraft ; The Quaker George Walton and his neighbors at Great Island (Portsmouth) ; The beginning of the stone throwing (June, 1682) ; The author himself a victim ; His serenade and its sequel, the black cat ; The deviltries at Great Bay ; Notable witnesses ; The author again an object of attack ; Injuries to others, in house and field ; The lull in August, the final stone throwing in September ; The author's conclusions -- The Pennsylvania cases of Mattson, Hendrickson, and Guard, 1684, 1701: Introduction ; Case of Margaret Mattson and Gertrude Hendrickson, 1684 ; Case of Robert Guard and his wife, 1701 -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents ""Memorable providences, relating to witchcrafts and possessions" / Cotton Mather, 1689: Introduction ; Dedicatory epistle to the Hon. ".
- catalog tableOfContents "15) ; Enclosed certificates of witnesses to Margaret Rule's levitation ; Calef's rejoinder (Jan. 18) ; Part V: the Salem witchcraft ; The Rev. Mr. Parris and the divisions at Salem Village ; The strange behavior of divers young persons and its ascription to witchcraft ; Mr. Lawson's visit and his account, the examinations of the accused ; Mr. Lawson's sermon, the solemn fast at Salem ; The "white man," Goodwife Cloyse and the slammed door, the public examination of April 11 ; The Lord's prayer as an ordeal, Specimen of a Mittimus ; Arrival of Governor Phips, the political events leading to it ; Mrs. ".
- catalog tableOfContents "Cary's commitment and escape ; Captain John Alden's narrative ; Opening of the special court at Salem (June 2) ; Bridget Bishop's fate, advice of the Boston ministers ; The trials of June 30, fate of Sarah Good, of Rebecca Nurse ; The August trials and executions, George Burroughs, John Willard, the Procters ; Procter's letter to the ministers ; Old Jacobs and his grand-daughter, her confession and retraction ; The September trials ; The Coreys, Wardwell, Mary Esty and her letter ; Mrs. Hale accused, Mr. ".
- catalog tableOfContents "From "A modest inquiry into the nature of witchcraft / John Hale, 1702: Introduction ; An epistle to the reader / John Higginson ; Hr. Hale's "preface to the Christian reader" ; The origin and nature of devils ; Summary of New England witch cases, 1648-1692 ; Margaret Jones, Mrs. Lake ; Mrs. Kendal ; Mrs. Hibbins, Mary Johnson ; The principles acted on in these convictions ; Mrs. ".
- catalog tableOfContents "From "An essay for the recording of illustrious providences" (better known as "Remarkable providences") / Increase Mather, 1684: Introduction ; The preface ; Chapter V: Preternatural happenings in New England ; Case of Ann Cole, of Hartford, 1662 ; Case of Elizabeth Knap, of Groton, 1671 ; Case of the Morses, at Newbury, 1679-1681 ; The Tedworth case, in England, 1661-1663 ; Case of Nicholas Desborough, of Hartford, 1683 ; Case of George Walton, at Portsmouth, 1682 ; Case of the Hortados, at Salmon Falls, 1682-1683 -- The New York cases of Hall and Harrison, 1665, 1670: Introduction ; Case of Ralph and Mary Hall, of Setauket, 1665 ; Case of Katharine Harrison, 1670 -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "From "More wonders of the invisible world" / Robert Calef: Introduction ; The epistle to the reader: the author's reasons for his book ; His materials ; Cotton Mather's letter of enclosure ; His Another brand pluckt out of the burning (the story of Margaret Rule) ; Introductory anecdote of the devil's appearance to an Indian ; Who Margaret Rule was, the beginning of her bewitchment ; How she was tortured by spectres ; And by the devil ; Her remarkable fastings, how she was further tormented ; Her strange revelations as to the spectres ; The white spirit and his comfortings ; Her pastor's efforts for her ; Her tormentors' attempt with poppets ; The author's reply to his revilers ; The good that has come of the affair ; Part II: Calef's correspondence with Mather ; His letter of Jan. 11, 1694, enclosing his journal of his visit to Margaret Rule on Sept. 13 ; And on Sept. 19 ; And rehearsing his earlier letters of Sept. 29 and Nov. 24 ; Mather's reply (Jan. ".
- catalog tableOfContents "From "The wonders of the invisible world"/ Cotton Mather, 1693: Introduction ; The author's defence ; His relation to the Salem trials ; The trial of George Burroughs ; The trial of Bridget Bishop ; The trial of Susanna Martin ; The trial of Elizabeth How ; The trial of Martha Carrier ; "Curiosities": I. The devil's imitation of divine things ; II. The witches' making themselves and their tools invisible ; III. The bewitched delivered by the execution of the witches ; IV. Apparitions reveal old murders by the witches ; Certificate of the judges to the truth of this account --".
- catalog tableOfContents "Hale's change of view ; Seizure of the property of fugitives ; Flight of George Jacobs and fate of his family ; The Andover witchcraft ; The Gloucester witchcraft ; End of the special court, summary of its work ; How the accused were brought to confess, protestation of the Andover women ; Criticism of Cotton Mather's account of the trials ; The laws in force against witchcraft ; The new superior court and how it dealt with the witch cases (Jan.-April, 1693) ; Governor Phip's general pardon ; The Benham case in Connecticut (1697), the Massachusetts proclamation of a general fast (Dec. 1696) ; Judge Sewall's public penitence ; The penitence of the jurors ; Criticism of Cotton Mather's Life of Phips (1697) ; And of its author's teaching as to witchcraft ; Calef's own convictions as to the matter -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "Letter of Thomas Brattle, F.R.S., 1692: Introduction ; His reasons for writing frankly ; The procedure at Salem, the "afflicted" and their evidence ; The "confessors" ; Indictment and trial ; "Spectre evidence" ; The executions ; Things to wonder at ; The troubles at Andover ; Zeal of the judges ; The doubters and their reasons ; Extent of the convictions, hope from the impending general court ; Efforts of certain ministers to check the matter ; Further reasons for hesitation ; Why the confessions cannot be trusted -- Letters of Governor Phips to the home government, 1692, 1693: Introduction ; Letter of October 12, 1692: the witch panic as he found it, and what he did about it ; Letter of February 21, 1693: recapitulation of his earlier report, how the panic was brought to an end -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "Morse, Goody Glover ; The Salem witchcraft, its beginnings ; Tituba's confession ; Conscientiousness of the judges, the authorities used by them ; Influence of the confessions, their agreement with the accusations and with each other, their circumstantiality ; Specimen confessions: Deliverance Hobbs's ; Ann Foster's, Mary Lacy's ; William Barker's ; Their testimony against themselves and against each other ; How doubt at last was stirred ; Wherein lay the error ; Like mistakes in other places ; The application of the whole --The Virginia case of Grace Sherwood, 1706: Introduction ; Her first trial, the jury of women ; The appeal to the Governor and Council, the county court instructed to make further inquiry ; Her second trial, the ducking ; The verdict, her detention for trial by the general court.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Wait Winthrop ; The Boston ministers "to the reader" ; The introduction ; Case of the Goodwin children, at Boston, 1688-1689 ; The Goodwin family ; The trouble with the laundress and her mother ; The strange malady of the children ; The appeal to the ministers and to the magistrates, arrest and trial of Goody Glover ; Her condemnation and execution ; The continued fits of the children ; Efforts of the ministers to help them ; The author takes the eldest girl to his home, her behavior ; His experiments with her ; Her imaginary journeys ; Strange power over her of the author's study ; The ministers' day of prayer and its effect ; The author tests the linguistic powers of the demons ; And the power of scripture and prayer to quell them ; Their gradual departure ; What the author has learned from it all ; Postscript: the devils return but are again dispelled by prayer ; Goodwin's account of hi children's bewitchment ; Case of Deacon Philip Smith, of Hadley, 1684 ; Case of Mary Johnson, ".
- catalog tableOfContents "of Hartford, 1648 ; Case of the boy at Tocutt (Branford) ; Other bewitchments -- "A brief and true narrative of witchcraft at Salem Village / Deodat Lawson, 1692: Introduction ; "The bookseller to the reader" ; The author's visit to Salem Village ; The antics of "the afflicted" ; Examination of Goodwife Corey ; Goodwife Putnam's afflictions ; Examination of Goodwife Nurse ; Tales told by Elizabeth Parris, Dorcas Good, Abigail Williams, Mercy Lewis ; Goodwife Cloyse slams the meeting-house door ; Extraordinary things about the afflicted ; About the accused -- ".
- catalog title "Narratives of the witchcraft cases, 1648-1706 / edited by George Lincoln Burr.".
- catalog type "text".