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Page 149
... died . She has lived with her husband twenty- three years , and during that time has borne eight children , five of whom are still living . Of the three deceased , one died of smallpox twenty - one years ago at the age of two ; another died ...
... died . She has lived with her husband twenty- three years , and during that time has borne eight children , five of whom are still living . Of the three deceased , one died of smallpox twenty - one years ago at the age of two ; another died ...
Page 298
... died protesting her inno- cence , convicted , as Notestein said , on " the flimsiest [ evidence ] ever offered to a court . " Similar evidence was presented against the others accused . The evidence of con- fessing witches was readily ...
... died protesting her inno- cence , convicted , as Notestein said , on " the flimsiest [ evidence ] ever offered to a court . " Similar evidence was presented against the others accused . The evidence of con- fessing witches was readily ...
Page 439
... died in jail ; one ( Giles Cory ) was pressed to death ; one ( Tituba ) was held indefinitely in jail without trial ; two ( Abi- gail Faulkner and Elizabeth Proctor ) post- poned execution by pleading pregnancy and lived long enough to ...
... died in jail ; one ( Giles Cory ) was pressed to death ; one ( Tituba ) was held indefinitely in jail without trial ; two ( Abi- gail Faulkner and Elizabeth Proctor ) post- poned execution by pleading pregnancy and lived long enough to ...
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