Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648−1706 George Lincoln Burr Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648−1706 Table of Contents Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648−1706...............................................................................................1 George Lincoln Burr................................................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................3 Notes........................................................................................................................................................5 A BRIEF AND TRUE NARRATIVE: titlepage.....................................................................................7 “The Bookseller to the Reader.”..............................................................................................................7 Narrative..................................................................................................................................................7 Notes......................................................................................................................................................11 Remarks of things more than ordinary about the Afflicted Persons......................................................14 Notes......................................................................................................................................................15 Remarks concerning the Accused..........................................................................................................15 Notes......................................................................................................................................................16 LETTER OF THOMAS BRATTLE, F. R. S., 1692.............................................................................16 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................17 Notes......................................................................................................................................................17 LETTER OF THOMAS BRATTLE, F. R. S., 1692.............................................................................18 Notes......................................................................................................................................................27 LETTERS OF GOVERNOR PHIPS TO THE HOME GOVERNMENT, 1692−1693........................32 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................32 Notes......................................................................................................................................................33 LETTERS OF GOVERNOR PHIPS.....................................................................................................34 Letter......................................................................................................................................................35 Letter......................................................................................................................................................36 Notes......................................................................................................................................................37 FROM “THE WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD,” BY COTTON MATHER, 1693...........39 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................39 Notes......................................................................................................................................................40 THE WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD................................................................................41 Notes......................................................................................................................................................42 The Author's Defence............................................................................................................................42 Letter......................................................................................................................................................43 Notes......................................................................................................................................................44 I. The Tryal of G. B. 116 At a Court of Oyer and Terminer, Held in Salem, 1692...............................46 Notes......................................................................................................................................................49 II. The Tryal of Bridget Bishop, 127 alias Oliver, At the Court of Oyer and Terminer Held at Salem, June, 2, 1692.............................................................................................................................51 Notes......................................................................................................................................................54 III. The Tryal of Susanna Martin, 130 At the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Held by Adjournment at Salem, June 29, 1692........................................................................................................................54 Notes......................................................................................................................................................60 IV. The Trial of Elizabeth How, 134 at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Held by Adjournment at Salem, June 30, 1692............................................................................................................................60 Notes......................................................................................................................................................62 V. The Trial of Martha Carrier, 136 at the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Held by Adjournment at Salem, August 2, 1692..........................................................................................................................63 Notes......................................................................................................................................................65 The First Curiositie................................................................................................................................65 Notes......................................................................................................................................................66 i Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648−1706 Table of Contents Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648−1706 A Second Curiositie...............................................................................................................................66 Notes......................................................................................................................................................67 A Third Curiositie..................................................................................................................................67 Notes......................................................................................................................................................68 A Fourth Curiositie................................................................................................................................69 Notes......................................................................................................................................................69 FROM “MORE WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD,” BY ROBERT CALEF, 1700............70 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................70 Notes......................................................................................................................................................71 MORE WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD............................................................................73 Notes......................................................................................................................................................74 The Epistle to the Reader, And more especially to the Noble Bereans 159 of this Age, wherever Residing................................................................................................................................................74 Letter......................................................................................................................................................79 Notes......................................................................................................................................................79 ANOTHER BRAND PLUCKT OUT OF THE BURNING, OR, MORE WONDERS OF THE INVISIBLE WORLD PART I..............................................................................................................83 Section I. The Afflictions of Margaret Rule.........................................................................................83 Notes......................................................................................................................................................90