Autograph petition : Salem prison, to Sir William Phipps [i.e. Phips], Governor of Massachusetts, 1692 Dec. 5.

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Autograph petition : Salem prison, to Sir William Phipps [i.e. Phips], Governor of Massachusetts, 1692 Dec. 5.

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Begging pardon of the death sentence imposed upon her for the crime of witchcraft and repudiating her confession, "which ye Lord above knowes was altogether false and untrue I being hurried out of my senses by ye afflicted persons Abigall Hobs and Mary Lacye who both of them cryed out against me charging me with witchcraft ... spitting in my face saying they knew me to be an old witch ..."

1 item (1 p., with address on verso) ; 30.8 x 19.5 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Eames, Rebecka.

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Phips, William, Sir, 1651-1695

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Epithet: Captain; Governor of Massachusetts British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000342.0x00003b ...