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Page 436
... Salem area , from farm la- . borers to landowners . John Willard , farmer and deputy con- if Examination of Rebecca Nurse stable of Salem Village , had arrested the first suspects , but he came to see that the real culprits were the ...
... Salem area , from farm la- . borers to landowners . John Willard , farmer and deputy con- if Examination of Rebecca Nurse stable of Salem Village , had arrested the first suspects , but he came to see that the real culprits were the ...
Page 445
... Salem in the county of Essex , sawyer , at a special court of Oyer and Terminer held at Salem the second day of this in- stant month of June for the counties of Essex , Middlesex , and Suffolk , before William Stoughton , Esquire , and ...
... Salem in the county of Essex , sawyer , at a special court of Oyer and Terminer held at Salem the second day of this in- stant month of June for the counties of Essex , Middlesex , and Suffolk , before William Stoughton , Esquire , and ...
Page 520
... Salem , from 1648 to 1691 , slightly more than a dozen witches were executed in New England , and some few others condemned to whipping or banish- ment . This relative freedom from witch- craft for the forty preceding years makes the Salem ...
... Salem , from 1648 to 1691 , slightly more than a dozen witches were executed in New England , and some few others condemned to whipping or banish- ment . This relative freedom from witch- craft for the forty preceding years makes the Salem ...
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