[Document] 1660 Aug. 3 / Th. Danforth.

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[Document] 1660 Aug. 3 / Th. Danforth.

Appointment of John Webster, Sr., as magistrate for the next year at the court at Springfield.

[1] leaf ; 9 x 20 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7008101

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Webster, John, 1611-1682

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Danforth, Thomas, 1622-1699

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Danforth is best known as one of the judges in the Salem, Mass. witch trials. He was a deputy governor of Massachusetts. From the description of [Document] 1660 Aug. 3 / Th. Danforth. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 213329967 Thomas Danforth was an early resident of New England, a wealthy farmer who held several offices in colonial government and at Harvard College. Born in Suffolk County, England, he emigrated to America with his family in about 1635, where he was rais...