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The materials in this collection were generated by her research on witchcraft. There are notes, roughly arranged by topic; correspondence from librarians and historians; drafts of chapters; and newspaper clippings. Much of the correspondence is from a friend, Mrs. Lovell Thompson ("K") from Ipswich, Mass., who did research for Miss Forbes. The collection seems to have been posthumously arranged by her typist, M. H. Jentsch. The handwritten notes are very difficult to decipher.

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Forbes, Esther

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Esther Forbes (1891-1967), historical novelist and short story writer, was the daughter of Harriette Merrifield Forbes of Worcester, Mass. Although she wrote several widely acclaimed works, her reputation rests primarily on her book Paul Revere and the World He Lived In. This won her the 1942 Pulitzer Prize for History and provided the material for her very popular juvenile book, Johnny Tremain: A Novel for Young and Old. Miss Forbes's last literary project, a history of witchcraft, was unfinish...