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1. BF1575 .L4

   In 1692 Witchcraft and the Devil were serious topics. In a few months, 19 men and women and two dogs were hanged for witchcraft. People really believed in witchcraft, but were becoming uneasy about reasonable judgements which led to executions. They blamed the Devil. They were besieged by doubts of evidence and convictions involving that invisible world. Salem Village was thought to be a center of activities for the Devil and Witchcraft. Th...

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2. BF1576 .H26

   Witchcraft was practised at many other countries in the world. This book covers witchcraft as practised in Salem, Massachusetts. The book covers the practice and states that witchcraft in the population was sometimes real and most, but not all, of the women executed were innocent. The clergy were said to be against the witchcraft paranoia of the time. The book reviews many cases and accusations of witchcraft.

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3. BF1576 .N5

   This book gives an accounting of the settlement of Salem and the neighboring villages in 1692. It goes into the court trials for witchcraft. It covers the fate of individuals tried and executed for witchcraft. and others where no execution took place. The author tried to put himself into the shoes of 1692 residents, ignoring current day "wisdom".

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4. BF1576 .U56 Vol 1

   The book attempts to convey the extremely low morale of the settlers in Salem Village and correlate their terrible conditions to the panic of the witchcraft "scourge". To do this, the author goes into fine detail of people's lives to convey the feeling of helplessness and the effects of their ignorance and superstition. He tracks the escalation and eventual resolution of this terror of witchcraft.

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5. FIC002.172 - map

   Plan of a part of Beverly in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay. Originated in 1897 and revised in 1927.

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