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Sources



Primary Sources

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  • Calef, Robert. More Wonders of the Invisible World: or the Wonders of the Invisible World Displayed. In Five Parts. London, England: Printed for Nath. Hillar, and Joseph Collier, 1700. Accessed June 1, 2019. https://archive.org/

  • Hale, John. A Modest Enquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft. Carlisle, MA: Applewood Books edition. Originally published in 1702.

  • Mather, Cotton. On Witchcraft: The Wonders of the Invisible World, Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New England. Mineola, New York: Dover Books edition, 2005. Originally published in 1693.

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  • Boyer, Paul and Stephen Nissenbaum. Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft. Cambridge, MA: The President and Fellows of Harvard College, 1974.

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Website Sources

Special thanks to: The George Barker Family of North Andover; Jim Batchelder; Kelly Daniell of the Peabody Historical Society; Candice Dawes of the Rebecca Nurse Homestead; Bethany Groff Dorau of the Museum of Old Newbury; Sue Goganian of Historic Beverly; Dan Gagnon; Gordon Harris of Historic Ipswich; Richard Hite; Father Nathan Ives of St. Peter’s Church, Salem; Kathleen Kent; Heather Lennon of the Lancaster Historical Society; Char Lyons of South Church in Andover; Carol Majahad of the North Andover Historical Society; Joyce McKenna of the Salisbury Historical Society; Kathy Meagher of the Billerica Public Library; Joann Michalik; Elizabeth Peterson of the Witch House; Everett Philbrook of The House of the Seven Gables; Libby Potter of the Samuel Holten House; Shirley Paul Raynard; Marilynne Roach; Wendy Thatcher, Matt Howe, and Jeanne Pickering of the Topsfield Historical Society; Kenna Therrien of the Andover Center for History & Culture; and Richard Trask of the Danvers Archival Center.

All Witch Trials Online Sites Tour text and photos by Jill Christiansen unless otherwise noted.