Examination of Geo. Burroughs, 1692 May 9-11.

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Examination of Geo. Burroughs, 1692 May 9-11.

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Proceedings of the examination of Geo[rge] Burroughs and the testimony of bewitched girls, 9-11 May 1692, during the Salem witchcraft trials. Burroughs was found guilty and executed for witchcraft. The document has been attributed to Samuel Parris, minister in Salem, who sometimes served as court clerk during the trials. The verso of the document contains Parris's shorthand notes of Biblical references to "Purge." The document was formerly attributed to Cotton Mather.

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Parris, Samuel, 1653-1720

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Samuel Parris (born 1653, London, England – died February 27, 1720, Sudbury, Massachusetts) was the Puritan minister in Salem Village, Massachusetts, during the Salem witch trials. He was also the father of one of the afflicted girls, and the uncle of another. During the witchcraft controversy. His preaching shaped the village's interpretation of the "afflictions." The son of a wealthy British merchant, Parris dropped out of Harvard College in 1673, failed at running an inherited Barbados planta...

Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728

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Mather was an American Puritan clergyman and writer. Mather attended Harvard (A.B. 1678, M.A. 1681) and served as minister at the Second Church in Boston from 1685 until his death. His advice was sought during the Salem witch trials. During his lifetime Mather wrote more than 450 books. ...

Burroughs, George Edward Richard

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