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A true account of the tryals, examinations, confessions, condemnations, and executions of divers witches, at Salem, in New-England

for their bewitching of sundry people and cattel to death, and doing other great mischiefs, to the ruine of many people about them. With the strange circumstances that attended their enchantments: and their conversation with devils, and other infernal spirits. In a letter to friend in London..

by Cotton Mather

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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8 pages ; 20 cm (4to) Signed and dated on page 8: Salem, 8th month, 1692. C.M Attributed to Cotton Mather by Sabin Holmes states that this work was not written by Cotton Mather but devised from his "Wonders of the invisible world" printed in London, 1693 Dated 1692 by ESTC and Wing Dated 1693 by European Americana based on the publication of Mather's work Signatures: A⁴ Title printed within single rule border See: Holmes, T.J. Cotton Mather, page 1133 Purchase; 0552

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Witchcraft and folk magic.

  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “witches” in the title, “Witchcraft” in the subject metadata, and “witches” in the edition title.

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for their bewitching of sundry people and cattel to death, and doing other great mischiefs, to the ruine of many people about them. With the strange circumstances that attended their enchantments: and their conversation with devils, and other infernal spirits. In a letter to friend in London..

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1692London, : printed for J. Conyers, in Holbourn.; printed for J. Conyers, in Holbourn.English—Public

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  • Contributing institution: John Carter Brown Library
  • Digitization sponsor: John Carter Brown Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
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