[DOC] [TLE] Benjamin Franklin and Satire - Lesson Plan - America in Class [PAR] Benjamin Franklin, A Witch Trial at Mount Holly, 1730, from Founders Online, 
from the National Archives. ... which they called enthusiasm, of those caught up 
in the Awakening's fervor. ... If they sink, they are innocent; if they float, they are 
guilty. ... It would not be surprising if these stories inspired Franklin to write his 
satire. [DOC] [TLE] The Witch Trial at Mount Holly (1730) - The Museum of Hoaxes [PAR] If they floated, then this would be evidence that they were witches. The man and 
woman, eager to prove their innocence, volunteered to undergo these tests. ... 
The Pennsylvania Gazette's account of the witch trial slipped into obscurity for ... 
by Benjamin Franklin, and included it in his book Benjamin Franklin as a Man of... [DOC] [TLE] NEW JERSEY OPINION - THE TRIAL OF WITCHES IN MT. HOLLY ... [PAR] Oct 28, 1984 ... An account of the case first appeared in Benjamin Franklin's ... trial that took 
place in Mount Holly, then a Burlington County village, in 1730. ... They agreed, 
but only if two of their chief accusers, also a man and ... The assumption was that 
a witch would sink while an innocent person would float, since water... [DOC] [TLE] February 2016  Franklin and the American Experiment [PAR] Feb 16, 2016 ... Benjamin Franklin Essay To the Royal Academy of Brussels ... of farts and how 
they can be revolutionized if they could control how they smell. ... to decide, but it 
leaves everyone thinking about the points Polly Baker made. ... of an honest 
writers group, and asks that these publishers print fact not fiction. [DOC] [TLE] Benjamin Franklin [PAR] Benjamin Franklin, in the words of biographer Carl Van Doren, was a ... selling 
Poor Richard's Almanack, literary hoaxes such as A Witch Trial at ... These 
essays made their way into his ..... woman are subjected to two tests; in one of 
them, they are placed in water, where, if they are witches, they are supposed to 
float. [DOC] [TLE] Manuscript Collections held at the Nantucket Historical Association ... [PAR] Collection Overview: Arranged alphabetically by ship, these papers include bills 
of sale ... Probably originally assembled by Benjamin Franklin Folger (1777-1859
). ... They owned ships and took part actively in the silk industry on Nantucket. ..... 
the Society was made up of citizens without official backing or responsibility who
... [DOC] [TLE] Did Fairfax County ever have Witch trials or Witch burnings ... [PAR] Anyway, I woke up curious and did a little research, and I found only a brief ... 
Prince William County was founded in the 1730s. ... While Virginia saw some 
witch trials earlier in the seventeenth century (1600s), they seem to all have ...... [
13] According to the principles of trial by water, if Sherwood floated she... [DOC] [TLE] W - EMC Publishing [PAR] We have made every effort to trace the ownership of all copyrighted material and 
..... Ben Franklin: Scientist and Inventor ...... these selections will expand your 
appreciation of literature and your world .... to the tree and if their minds are clean 
and they are obedient ... giant monster who swallows up anyone who comes 
along. [DOC] [TLE] Women in the news | Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital ... [PAR] Mar 8, 2016 ... If this news account can be trusted, women came to the Senate in .... In the U.S. 
and the UK, where upper-class and upper-middle-class women made up most of 
the ... Many antebellum Hoosiers could have bought these at the store. ... 
newspapers, including Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette. [DOC] [TLE] Ephrata/F-Ra-Ta - Esoterica - Michigan State University [PAR] Less than three weeks before the nuclear test, an obscure Chicago jazz musician 
... Sonny read constantly, earned top grades, and soaked up the sounds of the .... 
a recording made by the Arkestra in 1958, suggests how Ra translated these ..... 
to have hymnbooks printed, usually by Philadelphia

Question: In 1730 Ben Franklin printed a made-up account of the trial of these, including testing whether they floated
Answer: witches