Witch-hunting in seventeenth-century New England
Subtitle: a documentary history, 1638-1693
By: edited and with an introduction by David D. Hall.
Contributors: Hall, David D.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780822336136
Subjects: Witchcraft -- New England -- History -- 17th century; Persecution -- New England -- History -- 17th century; New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; New England -- Social life and customs -- To 1775
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The early cases (1638-1651); title: The Parsons of Springfield : a family at odds (1651-1652); title: Suspicion : a widow's resistance (1653-1655); title: The high price of silence; title: A handful of troublemakers (1652-1661); title: A long-running feud (1656-1675); title: One man's many accusers (1658-1669); title: Mother and daughter:; title: The Holmans of Cambridge (1659-1660); title: The Hartford witch-hunt (1662-1665); title: A father's battle (1666-1667); title: One "cunning woman" : at odds with all (1668-1670); title: Three ambiguous cases (1669-1681); title: A servant "possessed" (1671-1672); title: Vehement suspicion :  Eunice Cole of Hampton (1656-1680); title: Two grandparents, one grandson; title: And a seaman (1679-1681); title: The strange death of Philip Smith (1683-1684); title: The "possession" of the Goodwin children; title: The Salem witch-hunt; title: The Stamford-Fairfield witch-hunt (1692-1693); title: Appendix : The Hartford witch-hunt : additional texts.