The Salem Witchcraft Papers


The 1692 Salem Witch Trials:
Documents and Participants



accusers Defenders accused persons accused Court Documents 'Afflicted' Girls Jurors Puritan Ministers Puritan Ministers Judges 'Afflicted' Girls
"The Trial of George Jacobs, August 5, 1692." By T. H. Matteson, 1855.
Oil painting. © Peabody and Essex Museum, and used here with permission.


Complete Court documents
Accusers | Defenders | Accused | "Afflicted" Girls
Jurors | Puritan Ministers | Judges

See also


* Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases by George Lincoln Burr, including :
A Brief and True Narrative, by Deodat Lawson, 1692
Letter of Thomas Brattle, F. R. S., 1692
Letters of Governor Phips to the Home Government, 1692-1693
From "The Wonders of the Invisible World," by Cotton Mather, 1693
From "More Wonders of the Invisible World," by Robert Calef, 1700
A Modest Inquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft, by John Hale, 1702.



* Cases of Conscience concerning evil Spirits by Increase Mather, 1693.



* Truth Held Forth and Maintained According to the Testimony of the holy Prophets, Christ and his Apostles recorded in the holy Scriptures, by Thomas Maule.


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