Trials for witchcraft in New-England : original manuscript records, including affidavits in the cases against Eunice Coles, 1656; John Godfrey, 1659, etc. and the complete court records in the case against Elizabeth Morse of Newbury, tried in Boston, 1679-1680, and comprising affidavits; order of ar

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Drake, Samuel Gardner, 1798-1875,. Trials for witchcraft in New-England : original manuscript records, including affidavits in the cases against Eunice Coles, 1656; John Godfrey, 1659, etc. and the complete court records in the case against Elizabeth Morse of Newbury, tried in Boston, 1679-1680, and comprising affidavits; order of arrest; summons for jurymen; court proceedings; bills for the jurymen's expenses and a petition from the husband / collected by Samuel G. Drake and forming the basis of his "Annals of witchcraft in New-England" : manuscript, 1656-1680.

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Trials for witchcraft in New-England : original manuscript records, including affidavits in the cases against Eunice Coles, 1656; John Godfrey, 1659, etc. and the complete court records in the case against Elizabeth Morse of Newbury, tried in Boston, 1679-1680, and comprising affidavits; order of arrest; summons for jurymen; court proceedings; bills for the jurymen's expenses and a petition from the husband / collected by Samuel G. Drake and forming the basis of his "Annals of witchcraft in New-England" : manuscript, 1656-1680.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612856580

Abstract

Chiefly depositions of individuals who accused others of witchcraft; mosst of the witnesses accused Elizabeth Morse.

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1 v. (85 leaves) ; 27 cm.

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Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7802143

Houghton Library

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Morse, Elizabeth Look, 1908-1993

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Morse, William Clifford, 1874-1962

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Coles, Eunice.

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Godfrey, John, fl. 1659.

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Drake, Samuel Gardner, 1798-1875

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Samuel Gardner Drake, antiquarian and author. Drake was born to Simeon and Love Muchmore (Tucke) Drake in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, on October 11, 1798. After teaching for several years in New Hampshire and New Jersey, Drake established a book auction business in 1828. Two years later, he opened the first antiquarian bookstore in the United States in Cornhill, Boston. Drake was a founding member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, serving as its first corresponding secr...